Market Overview - Page 105

As is often the case, markets find themselves at important turning points ahead of significant scheduled events. One of the latter is the Monetary Policy Symposium in Jackson Hole, which starts later this week. This resort’s signs could break the.

The US dollar has quite expectedly accelerated its rise. EURUSD is trading less than 50 pips from parity, which it managed to defend in mid-July, having retreated from 20-year lows. GBPUSD has also quickly returned to July lows, losing more.

US secondary home market continues to shrink. Over July, they have fallen by a further 5.9%. The uninterrupted fall has been going on for the last six months, during which annualised home sales have fallen from 6.49 million to 4.81.

The US dollar slowly added for the third trading session, returning to levels of three weeks ago. While the published FOMC meeting minutes did not cause a sharp reaction, the FX dynamics of the past week are more indicative of.

The S&P500 index has gained 4.2% in the previous five trading sessions, ending Tuesday’s trading above the 4300 mark. However, two ingredients are missing for the bulls to win. Firstly, consolidation above the 200 SMA is an essential technical indicator.

While economists in the US and Canada, and later policymakers, are talking about peak inflation, that moment is yet to come for the UK. Annual inflation has reached double-digit territory at 10.1%. At the same time, the monthly price growth.

Oil experienced intense pressure on Monday, but the price of natural gas continued its upward trend. This contrast is due to an under-supply of Russian gas to the European market and more speculation around Iranian oil, which could quickly add.

The UK employment statistics package failed to inspire the currency market to buy the Pound. The released data showed a slowdown in the labour market, which is still far from recovering to pre-coronavirus levels. Analysts were tuning in for acceleration,.

The statistics released from China today raise concerns about the economy’s near-term prospects, preventing the USDCNH from bucking the uptrend. July data showed a slowdown in retail sales growth from 3.1% y/y to 2.7%, in stark contrast to the average.

The US stock market recorded the third week of gains, allowing the Nasdaq100 to add 2.1% and overcoming several meaningful resistances, potentially clearing the way for a further leg up. At the same time, local technical overbought conditions have accumulated..

WTI crude has gained more than 6.5% this week, and this strengthening has a pinch of irony. Stock indices managed to surpass the highs of the previous week’s pullback and the weak inflation report’s main driver of increased risk appetite..

The UK monthly statistics package showed that the economy lost 0.1% in the second quarter (0.2% expected), and the annual growth rate collapsed from 8.7% to 2.9% (2.8% expected). For the month, the decline was 0.6%, half the forecasts. A.