In mid-March 2023, the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank triggered a significant downturn in the financial markets, with most banking stocks and bank-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs) experiencing sharp declines in stock prices.
The British pound sterling has been showing a significant drop in recent days in a pair with the US dollar, falling to the level of 1.2422. On Wednesday, after a speech by the governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, who said that the central bank expects price pressure to ease in April, the pound remains under pressure.
Finance leaders of the Group of Seven nations warned of heightening global economic uncertainty on Saturday as they wrapped up a three-day meeting overshadowed by a US debt ceiling stalemate and the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Crude oil prices remained well-bid above the $65 level against the US Dollar. The price started a recovery wave above the $68 and $68.50 resistance levels.
Bank stocks led a rally on Wall Street on Wednesday as investors regained confidence in the regional banking sector, while also seeing improved sentiment for big banks on optimism that a debt ceiling solution is forthcoming.
Asian currency markets remained stable on Tuesday's trade, helped by the US dollar's strengthening safe-haven status as the policy stalemate in Washington over the US debt ceiling continues.
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On Wednesday (May 17), spot gold oscillated narrowly during the Asian session and is currently trading near $1989.46 per ounce. Speeches by Fed officials continue to dampen expectations of interest rate cuts during the year, with the dollar index and U.S. bond yields moving higher, weighing on gold prices; market fears of a U.S. debt default have also cooled, weakening gold's safe-haven buying demand. Overnight gold prices lost the 2000 mark important support, after the market bias to further do
On Tuesday (May 16), as the U.S. debt ceiling negotiations impasse hit risk appetite, and the U.S. retail sales data in April turned positive, the dollar index approached a five-week high, rising as high as 102.77, and finally closed up 0.166% at 102.62. The EURUSD turned lower after rising above the 1.09 mark, and the GBPUSD fell about 0.5% and lost ground to 1.25.
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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a broad measure of inflation within an economy in relation to the cost of goods and services. That figure can have a significant impact on the value of a currency in relation to the currencies of other nations.
The U.S. dollar is demonstrating extraordinary strength against other global currencies this summer, touching highs against the euro, the Japanese yen and others, with broad effects globally and within the United States.
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China’s exports grew 8.5% in April in U.S. dollar terms, marking a second-straight month of growth, while imports fell 7.9% compared with a year ago.
Spot gold was narrowly oscillating during the Asian session on Tuesday (May 16) and is currently trading near $2015.11 per ounce. The market is generally waiting for the debt ceiling negotiation between President Biden and Republican House Speaker McCarthy later in the day, and the market is in a wait-and-see mood. Previous concerns about debt default to gold prices to provide safe-haven support, but the current market optimism that the U.S. may reach a debt ceiling agreement has risen, which pu
On Monday, spot gold oscillated narrowly and was blocked several times at the $2,020 mark before finally closing up 0.28% at $2,016.44 per ounce. Spot silver moved in the same direction as gold, eventually closing up 0.52% at $24.09 per ounce.