Markets Week Ahead News Today

This article examines the outlook for the U.S. dollar, with a specific focus on two prominent currency pairs: EUR/USD and GBP/USD. Additionally, the piece analyzes fundamental factors that could influence the market trajectory in the near term.

Risk markets regained all their early losses this week and continue to press higher. A benign FOMC and a weak US Jobs Report boosted markets going into the weekend.

Risk markets pushed higher over the week, spurred on by a lull in Israel/Iran hostilities. Next week the FOMC and tech heavyweights Amazon and Apple will dominate risk sentiment.

The Bank of England is expected to lag both the Fed and the ECB when it comes to cutting interest rates, helping to boost Sterling against the US dollar and the Euro.

Markets Week Ahead: US Indices, Gold Recover Losses After US Inflation Fears Inflation in the US remains sticky at both producer and consumer level but US…

Inflation in the US remains sticky at both producer and consumer level but US indices are seemingly ignoring these price pressures and remain near recent multi-year highs.

A very volatile week ended with a massive NFP beat sending the US dollar to a multi-week high. US indices continue to rally, while gold drifts lower.

US Fed Chair Jerome Powell poured water on a March rate cut at yesterday’s FOMC meeting but markets continue to price in an aggressive series of cuts for the rest of the year.

Germany just missed falling into a technical recession after Europe’s largest economy upgraded its Q3 GDP to flat from -0.1%.

Gold and silver grab a bid after Iranian drone strikes on US service personnel over the weekend, while later this week the latest FOMC decision and US Jobs Report will drive rate cut expectations.