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04.11.2022 07:20 © CMC Markets (UK) | 2022
US payrolls expected to reinforce Fed hawkishness
It was another tough day for European and US markets yesterday in the wake of concerns that the Federal Reserve’s aggressive stance on inflation will drive the global economy into recession, as the soaring US dollar exports an inflationary shock across the world. Asia markets have managed to stabi...
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03.11.2022 14:30 © CMC Markets (UK) | 2022
Sterling sinks further despite record rate rise
The pound had been trading in the middle of the pack against the US dollar, until the Bank of England announced it was raising rates by 75bps, although there was some dissent on the size of the move, and then spent the next hour undermining that hawkish move in what can only be described as “Opera...
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03.11.2022 12:16 © ActivTrades Europe S.A. | 2022
The Fed announced its decision to hike interest rates by 75 basis points
FOREX The US dollar is on the front foot during early Thursday trading, climbing more than one percent during the last 24 hours. It’s the day after the Fed announced its decision to hike interest rates by 75 basis points, taking the fund rate to the highest level since 2007. This was a much-expec...
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03.11.2022 06:25 © CMC Markets (UK) | 2022
No Fed pivot as markets look to Bank of England
European markets which had managed to rebound modestly in the lead up to last night’s Fed decision, saw a little bit of a pullback in yesterday’s session, mainly out of an abundance of caution in the event the Fed delivered a hawkish surprise. As expected, the Federal Reserve did raise rate...
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02.11.2022 11:29 © ActivTrades Europe S.A. | 2022
It is Fed day, and everyone’s base case scenario entails the announcement of a 75-basis points rate hike
FOREX The US dollar is losing ground to other major currencies during early Wednesday trading. It is Fed day, and everyone’s base case scenario entails the announcement of a 75-basis points rate hike later today. This increase will take the Federal Reserve’s fund rate to 4%, the highest level s...
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01.11.2022 13:19 © ActivTrades Europe S.A. | 2022
The US dollar is losing ground to other major currencies
FOREX The US dollar is losing ground to other major currencies during early Tuesday trading, erasing most of the previous session’s gains. The performance of the greenback has, to a large extent, been determined by market expectations over the pace and scope of the Federal reserve’s tightening...
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01.11.2022 07:45 © CMC Markets (UK) | 2022
Europe set for positive start as Fed meeting gets underway
US markets finished October very much on the back foot, although that didn’t stop the Dow from posting its best monthly gain since 1976, reversing the losses seen in September, and almost all of those in August.It’s also not expected to prevent markets here in Europe from picking up from where t...
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31.10.2022 11:02 © ActivTrades Europe S.A. | 2022
Stock indices opened on a mixed tone on Monday in Europe
EUROPEAN SHARES  Stock indices opened on a mixed tone on Monday in Europe, following the trend spotted in Asian shares overnight, as traders digested poor key data from China while bracing for a crucial week on the macro front. Investors have been disappointed by today’s Chinese PMI data falling...
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31.10.2022 07:45 © CMC Markets (UK) | 2022
Europe set for higher open, EU CPI set to push to new record high
Last week was the fourth successive week of gains for equity markets in Europe as well as the US, despite some high-profile earnings misses. It’s been particularly notable that while we’ve seen some notable earnings misses, especially in the tech sector, by and large the more traditional areas o...
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31.10.2022 07:00 © CMC Markets (UK) | 2022
All eyes on the Fed, as rates set to rise by another 75bps
While European markets started the month on a positive note, and look set to continue that vibe this morning, US markets lost their early momentum, finishing the session lower, after the latest job openings numbers, and ISM manufacturing report, showed that the US economy remained in decent shape, d...
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