The FOMC didn’t raise rates this time, but heavily hinted of a possible liftoff in the December meeting. This news was enough to prompt selloffs of gold and silver. Even the GDP report, which showed a gain of only 1.5%,…
The Fed’s decision helped pull back up the U.S. dollar – as more people think the Fed may actually raise rates in December. But it’s far from certain and the latest GDP for Q3 shows the U.S. economic growth isn’t…
The ECB’s decision to heavily hint of more stimulus up ahead was enough to bring down the Euro. And soon after even POBC also upped its ante by reducing rates as well. Now this week the attention will move towards…
The market expected and the Fed needed a strong NFP report to reduce volatility and raise the odds of a rate hike this year. Oh well – not this time. The U.S. non-farm payroll report came up short again with…
The gold and silver market cooled down last week, as the U.S. dollar bounced back and started to appreciate against leading currencies such as the Euro British Pound and Yen. The U.S. GDP showed a growth of 3.9% — higher…
The U.S. dollar resumed its upward trend and strengthened against leading currencies including the Euro and Yen. The recent hawkish remarks of FOMC Chair Yellen along with the modest upward revision of the US GDP provided some backwind for greenback.…
The U.S. non-farm payroll report came up short with only 173K jobs added in August. The ADP report estimated an increase of 190K jobs and the market expectations were at 220K for August – this means the NFP came by…
The U.S. GDP came up higher than expected at 3.7%. And this was enough to through China’s woes out the window and drive back up equities and energy commodities prices. But this could all change if the upcoming NFP report…
The U.S. non-farm payroll report presented another solid, albeit not too surprising, increase of 215K in July – again in line with market expectations. The ADP report estimated an increase of 185K jobs and the market expectations were at 224K…
The FOMC, as usual, didn’t make any major changes to its policy and didn’t offer any big headlines. But this was interrupted by the markets that there won’t be a September rate hike. Also, the U.S. GDP for Q2 came…