As we close out the year, risks surrounding Fed policy have increased amid Washington’s concerns over inflation, which in turn has prompted the Fed to taper asset purchases at a quicker pace and pr…
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Dollar continues to surge ahead of North American trading
The market is looking to price in five rate hikes now after the more hawkish Fed communique yesterday and that is keeping the dollar underpinned in trading today. The latest nudge higher in the greenback is seeing EUR/USD break from a key technical range since late November in a drop below
USD/JPY climbs to fresh two-week highs as hawkish Fed communique continues to play out
The pair is now up by 0.5% on the day, to 115.24 as price touches the highest since 12 January.
The dollar continues to benefit from the more hawkish Fed communique yesterday, maintaining a solid advance across the board in European morning trade. For USD/JPY, the run up now is testing the 38.2 r
UK January retailing reported sales 28 vs 8 prior
Prior 8The headline reading shows a notable rebound in retail sales as compared to January last year, though one has to consider the impact of lockdown measures at the time. When looking at volume of retail sales for this period in time, the reading fell from -2 in December to -23 in January – the l
The risk mood improves on the day
Dip buyers are making themselves heard in European morning trade, as equities are bought back up on the session.European indices are now mixed with those holding losses seeing it trimmed to around 0.1% to 0.4% only. That compares with the much dour mood as losses were well over 1% earlier at the ope
Kremlin says US response does not address Russia’s main security demands, concerns
It will take time for Moscow to review US responseRussia will not rush to make an assessmentBut it is clear that main security demands, concerns have not been taken into accountIt is possible to continue dialogue, it is within both sides‘ interestsA positive takeaway is that Russia says that there w