Market Analysis

19 December 2022
Week ahead: Markets to focus on BoJ rate statement and Canada’s CPI

The financial markets will be monitoring the Bank of Japan policy statement this week. The central bank is expected to keep its short-term interest rate at -0.1%, the same as the previous month.  Meanwhile, Canada will also be under scrutiny, …

19 December 2022
Fed officials: Rates will continue to rise

US stocks confronted the longest weekly losing streak since September, as investors were concerned that the Federal Reserve’s resolve to keep raising rates could tip the economy into a recession. Market participants had cheered the softer-than-expected inflation data earlier this …

16 December 2022
SNB, BoE and ECB raised their interest rates by 50 bps

This Friday, after hawkish signals from central banks, sparked a rout in US and European shares and a rally in the dollar. The S&P 500 closed at its lowest level in more than a month and the dollar climbed the …

15 December 2022
Fed raise interest rates by 50 bps

US stocks turned lower after the Federal Reserve released the raise of rates by half a percentage point. However, while the Fed has downshifted the pace of tightening, the message given to the financial markets is that they’re not done …

14 December 2022
Fed expected to raise 50 bps after US inflation slower

US Dollar falls due to the lower-than-expected CPI which is 7.1%, and the Consumer Price Index in November of 0.1% below the 0.3% of market consensus, which is another moderation in monthly core CPI helps to reaffirm that the USD …

13 December 2022
US inflation causes cautious market sentiment

After the DXY snaps a two-day recovery, US Dollar fails to break the resistance of 105.00 and bounced back. DXY portrays the market’s cautious mood ahead of the United States’ key inflation numbers for November, the Consumer Price Index which …

12 December 2022
Week ahead: All eyes on CPI data from US and UK, and Fed interest rate decision

The upcoming financial week will be filled with economic data and speculation, as inflation and interest rate decisions will be announced by most central banks. The CPI inflation figures in the US are expected to rise by 0.3% in November, …

12 December 2022
Market awaits US CPI data for this week

The DXY and the US equity market moved in an inverse correlation, the U.S. Michigan Consumer Sentiment and PPI released last Friday both showed a positive future for the U.S. Dollar, the greenback had little bounce that raised 0.11%, sits …

9 December 2022
Market awaits US PPI data

U.S. equities bounced back as the Initial Jobless Claims showed higher than the previous number, which is a sign that the inflationary pressures are still around, and the Fed may keep rates higher. On Friday, the data releases include producer …

8 December 2022
Gold moves higher as US stocks falling

U.S. equities kept falling as Gold seemed as a hedge currency, S&P 500 is starting to turn more decisively lower and the gold price raised 0.86%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has little raise to close at 33597.92. The S&P …