I imagine quite a few people felt positive on the back of last night but were still slapped by the price reaction. Personally it falls outside my active trading hours so I am always out the market for it and don't look for opportnities until the following London open. How did everyone get on?
As the Fed has made the message very clear that tapering is going to happen within the year, the payroll data this Friday will become a crucial gauge. Any weaker-than-expected reading may not trigger much sell-off in the dollar. Instead, if the reading is beyond the expectations, we may see...
The Fed said that it will “soon” start tapering its asset purchases, with Powell indicating that it could start in November and end in mid-2022. Powell also reiterated that the central bank will most likely wait until the end of the tapering process before raising interest rates.
The FOMC voted...
Stocks and US equity futures fell Monday, hurt by a slump in Hong Kong property developers and jitters ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting that’s expected to hint at moving toward paring stimulus. This caused the dollar to rise.
Ten-year Treasury yields have risen ahead of the Fed meeting this...
Global stock markets wobbled in recent weeks as bond yields rose, driven by optimism in the vaccine rollout for Covid-19 and the resumption of consumption spending. The environment of rising yield is seen as a short-term boost for the U.S. dollar.
Higher interest rates in the U.S.?
The recent...
Federal Reserve officials have something new to talk about in their policy meeting this week, which is to lend more support to the financial markets in 2021.
This might sound a little absurd. Covid-19 infections, hospitalisations and deaths are hitting new records. States and localities are...
The US Central Bank emphasised that it has a powerful new monetary policy road map for returning the US to full employment and lifting inflation temporarily above 2%. Is the market convinced by this ambitious goal?
Confronted by a pandemic that has devastated the economy, Federal Reserve...
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