Stephen Miran, a Federal Reserve governor whose term ends at the end of January, said Thursday that he is looking for 150 basis points of interest-rate cuts this year to boost the U.S. labor market. Miran told Bloomberg Television's Surveillance program that Fed officials had room to further reduce rates given his view that underlying inflation was likely running at 2.3%. "I'm looking for about a point and a half of cuts. A lot of that is driven by my view of inflation," Miran said. "Underlying inflation is running within noise of our target, and that's a good indication of where overall...
The Australian Dollar (AUD) continued its gains against the US Dollar (USD) for the second straight day on Tuesday, rising from 0.6131, its lowest level since April 2020. The AUD/USD pair strengthened as the AUD benefited from strong commodity prices. US President-elect Donald Trump's economic team believes that gradually increasing import tariffs is boosting investor confidence, supporting risk-sensitive currencies such as the AUD and contributing to the appreciation of the AUD/JPY pair. Source: FXStreet
Gold (XAU/USD) prices maintained their positive bias through the early European session on Tuesday, albeit lacked bullish conviction and remained below one-month highs touched the previous day. Reports that US President-elect Donald Trump's top economic adviser is considering a gradual tariff hike to prevent a sudden spike in inflation triggered a modest pullback in the US Treasury bond yields. This, in turn, kept the US Dollar (USD) pressured below two-year highs touched on Monday and provided some support to the commodity. Meanwhile, easing concerns about disruptive trade tariffs under...
Oil prices slipped at market open on Tuesday (14/1) but remained near four-month highs as Chinese and Indian buyers sought new suppliers in the wake of the Biden administration's toughest sanctions yet on Russian oil. Brent futures slipped 22 cents, or 0.27%, to $80.79 a barrel by 0122 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell 16 cents, or 0.2% to $78.66 a barrel. That followed roughly 2% gains in Monday trading, after the U.S. Treasury Department on Friday imposed sanctions on Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegas as well as 183 vessels that trade oil as part of Russia's...
The dollar index held steady around 109.6 on Tuesday, near a more than two-year high hit in the previous session. Signs of continued resilience in the U.S. economy prompted traders to scale back expectations for a Federal Reserve interest rate cut this year. Investors are also bracing for key inflation data this week, which could further influence the outlook for interest rates. Markets are now pricing in just 29 basis points of easing this year, a sharp drop from the 50 basis points forecast earlier this month. A quarter-point rate cut that was expected is now likely to be delayed until...
West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US crude benchmark, was trading around $77.25 on Tuesday (14/1). WTI prices rose to their highest since Oct. 8 as US sanctions on Russian oil threatened to tighten global supplies. The US administration of President Joe Biden has imposed new sanctions on Russian oil giants Gazprom and Surgutneftegaz, as well as 183 oil tankers, often referred to as Russia's ‘Shadow Fleet'. Growing concerns over supply disruptions could support the black gold in the near term. "Supply is the key near-term driver, with Biden's new sanctions on Russia's two major oil...
Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda stated that achieving 2% inflation is getting closer, although real inflation remains low. Ueda emphasized that the BOJ will continue to raise interest rates...
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) maintained its cash rate at 4.1% during its April meeting, holding borrowing costs unchanged after slashing 25 bps in the February meeting, aligning with market...