Precious metals got a modest boost following the dovish FOMC meeting statement, which also dragged down the implied probabilities of a rate hike in the coming months. Even though the Greek debt crisis keeps the door open of Grexit, which…
The recent FOMC meeting and the ongoing saga around the Greek debt crisis, have kept pushing down the U.S. dollar against leading currencies and brought slightly up precious metals prices. These issues will continue to lead to news cycle and…
The bullion market remained poised last week as gold slightly rose while silver modestly declined. But this could all change and precious metals may take another severe hit this week if the upcoming FOMC meeting were to set the stage…
This week all eyes will be set towards the upcoming FOMC meeting, which will conclude on Wednesday and include an updated economic outlook and press conference. This time, the meeting is likely to stir up the financial markets and crowd…
The non-farm payroll brought further up the USD against leading currencies as it showed a rise of 280,000 jobs – higher than market estimates. This news is likely to resonate in the financial markets as it raises the odds of…
The latest NFP report presented a better than expected results with a gain of 280K jobs back in May. Â This news is likely to keep echoing in the first couple of trading days this week but the release of the…
The recent recovery of the USD provided the climate to bring back down gold and silver. Even the contraction in the US GDP during Q1 didn’t help pull up gold and silver, nor did the fall of long term treasury…
The U.S. dollar changed course and rallied against the Japanese yen, Aussie dollar and Canadian dollar and remained nearly flat against the Euro. The GDP for Q1, second estimate, was released on Friday and showed a contraction of 0.7% —…
The FOMC released the minutes of the last meeting. The news about the minutes was enough to pull up the U.S. dollar against leading currencies and drag along the way gold and silver. The odds of the FOMC raising rates…
This week will be short on account of Memorial Day, but this doesn’t mean we could see a rise in volatility following the end of the long weekend in the U.S. financial markets. On this week’s agenda: U.S. durable goods,…