Decline in AUDUSD Pair After Australian Reserve’s Decision to Keep Interest Rates Unchanged

Decline in AUDUSD Pair After Australian Reserve’s Decision to Keep Interest Rates Unchanged

US dollar and Australian dollar The AUDUSD pair fell strongly during today’s trading, Tuesday, and recorded its lowest level in 10 months, near 0.6360 points, after the Australian dollar witnessed a strong sale after the Australian Reserve’s decision to keep interest rates unchanged. The Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of Australia decided on … Read more

Economists’ Views on European Central Bank’s Monetary Policy Decisions and Expectations for September Meeting

Economists’ Views on European Central Bank’s Monetary Policy Decisions and Expectations for September Meeting

European Central Economists at Nordea Bank shared their views on the expectations of the European Central Bank’s monetary policy decisions, after the minutes of the bank’s meeting results were released during last July, as experts saw that the results of the meeting did not provide much guidance on what the European Central Bank would do … Read more

Market Updates: Nasdaq 100 Slightly Up, Investors Await Fed Statements and Earnings Reports

Market Updates: Nasdaq 100 Slightly Up, Investors Await Fed Statements and Earnings Reports

NEW YORK IG sees the Nasdaq 100, which has been doing much better since the beginning of the year and has recently been weakening, up 0.3 percent at 15,468 points. The interest rate decision by the US Federal Reserve is on the agenda for Wednesday. It is widely expected to raise interest rates again. However, … Read more

China’s Central Bank PBOC to Deploy Various Tools to Combat Economic Downturn

China’s Central Bank PBOC to Deploy Various Tools to Combat Economic Downturn

Zou Lan, head of the monetary policy department of the Chinese central bank PBOC Zou is also considering lowering the reserve ratio for commercial banks to allow them to lend more. (Foto: imago images/VCG) Beijing, Hong Kong China’s central bank wants to dig deep into its tool kit to fight an economic downturn in the world’s … Read more

Pakistan Secures $3 Billion Loan from IMF to Avert Default

Pakistan Secures  Billion Loan from IMF to Avert Default

Kristalina Georgieva and Shehbaz Sharif Last week the Pakistani Prime Minister met with the Managing Director of the IMF – now the agreement has followed. (Photo: via REUTERS) Lahore Pakistan averted default at the last minute. The government agreed on Friday with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a new loan of three billion dollars. … Read more

US Federal Reserve Expected to Pause Interest Rate Hikes, Tech Companies Could Benefit

US Federal Reserve Expected to Pause Interest Rate Hikes, Tech Companies Could Benefit

NEW YORK Market participants are apparently optimistic that the US Federal Reserve will not raise interest rates further on Wednesday, commented analyst Edward Moya from broker Oanda. After ten increases in a row, bank economists are now also expecting a monetary policy pause due to the cooling economy and the trend towards falling inflation. Another … Read more

“Why Cheap Coal Might Not Be the Solution to Energy Issues – An Opinion Piece”

“Why Cheap Coal Might Not Be the Solution to Energy Issues – An Opinion Piece”

13 hours Edit But how? (5) any trouble? After all, coal (fine) for power plants and heat and power plants is said to be cheap in abundance (our rulers took care of it, after all;) by a strange coincidence, but it’s probably a coincidence that electricity has become more expensive for everyone, now restrictions for … Read more

“The Impact of the Banking Crisis on Credit Conditions and Economic Growth in the United States”

“The Impact of the Banking Crisis on Credit Conditions and Economic Growth in the United States”

The banking crisis tightened credit conditions “While financial stabilization tools have helped calm conditions in the banking sector, developments in the industry on the other hand are contributing to a tightening of credit conditions and are likely to affect economic growth, employment and inflation,” Powell explained. “As a result, we may not need to raise … Read more

Better than expected economic data supports returns and hints at further US interest rate hikes

Better than expected economic data supports returns and hints at further US interest rate hikes

NEW YORK Better than expected economic data weighed on fixed income. The number of initial applications for unemployment benefits fell more sharply than expected in the past week. In addition, the leading indicator for the Philadelphia region brightened more in May than forecast. The data tends to point to further interest rate hikes by the … Read more

“Oil Prices Rise Amid Optimism on Debt Ceiling Negotiations Despite Bearish Inventories Report”

“Oil Prices Rise Amid Optimism on Debt Ceiling Negotiations Despite Bearish Inventories Report”

Oil prices rose as investors flocked to risky assets amid optimism about the debt ceiling negotiations in the United States, and they largely ignored a bearish report regarding the country’s oil inventories. US crude prices stabilized above $72 a barrel on Wednesday due to an improvement in risk appetite in general in the markets, driven … Read more