June 27, 2022
Via: DailyFXDurable goods orders are used as a barometer for the U.S. economy by measuring industrial activity. This economic indicator represents new order data from U.S. manufacturers for higher value goods that are said to last over three years. Increasing durable […]
June 23, 2022
Via: DailyFXU.S. economic activity continued to decelerate at the tail end of the second quarter, weighed down by sky-high price pressures and weakening demand conditions. According to S&P Global, its Flash Composite Purchasing Managers’ Index, which combines manufacturing and services production […]
June 2, 2022
Via: DailyFXGBP/USD called back some of yesterday’s downside in the Asian and European sessions after the dollar took its foot off the pedal as U.S. Treasury yields eased. Currently, the UK economy is under pressure from rampant inflation and slowing manufacturing […]
May 23, 2022
Via: YahooU.S. Bank National Association today announced the redemption on June 2, 2022, of all its outstanding Floating Rate Senior Notes due June 2, 2023 (CUSIP No. 90331HPM9). The redemption price for the Senior Notes will be equal to $1,000 per […]
May 17, 2022
Via: DailyFXIn this edition of Central Bank Watch, we’ll cover the two major central banks in Europe: the Bank of England and the European Central Bank. There’s been somewhat of a divergence between the BOE and ECB in recent weeks, where […]
April 25, 2022
Via: DailyFXThe anti-risk Japanese Yen put in a dismal performance during the first quarter of 2022, particularly as March wrapped up. A majors-based Japanese Yen Index that averages JPY against USD, AUD, GBP and EUR fell as the S&P 500 and […]
April 14, 2022
Via: DailyFXOn Tuesday and Wednesday we saw US and UK headline measures of inflation (inclusive of fuel and food which tend to exhibit the most volatile price changes) which both beat expectations. Upward surprises in inflation data seems to be the […]
April 8, 2022
Via: DailyFXThe US dollar continues to appreciate across the board with the greenback’s strength sending many US dollar pairs to near multi-month and multi-year highs. USD/JPY is within a point of levels last seen in August 2015, GBP/USD continues to test […]
March 22, 2022
Via: DailyFXThe Yen has continued its impressive decline against a number of G7 currencies which may be set to continue. The Yen was naturally on the back foot due to a massively supportive Bank of Japan (BoJ) continuing to provide stimulus […]
February 28, 2022
Via: DailyFXThe Bank of Russian more than doubled its bank rate earlier today to 20%, from 9.5%, as the central bank stepped in to try and prevent a currency crisis after the US and the West imposed stringent sanctions on the […]