No change of the indicator value may reduce the volatility of the related markets.
No change of the indicator value may reduce the volatility of the related markets.
It’s predicted that there would be continuously rising interest rates and increasing geopolitical tensions. Thus, these factors, combined with increasing uncertainty, are expected to cause difficult times in the global economy.
As shown by renewed data on the People’s Bank of China website, the nation’s gold holdings were extended by 30 tons in December. This increase followed an addition of 32 tons made in November.
According to Bloomberg, the U.S. authorities rejected all offers to buy oil needed to replenish the country’s strategic reserves. The main reasons for the rejection were extremely high price or failure to meet the requirements.
According to a representative of the British central bank Catherine Mann, the implementation of ceiling price for energy products as a counter-move to a price spike may provoke the growth of inflation in other fields.
A segment of a crucially important pipeline was returned to work by Colonial Pipeline Co. in the U.S. It took the company a day more than expected to fix the mentioned part of the pipeline that provides the US Northeast with fuel.
Precious metals prices rose as the dollar weakened and U.S. bond yields dropped. Investors assessed the prospects for less aggressive interest rate hikes by the Fed after optimistic non-farm payrolls data had been released.
Central banks continue their fight with inflation, as most countries haven’t reached peak interest rates yet. However, in 2023 at least, monetary tightening is expected to pause — and probably the current policy may even completely reverse.
According to the reports, the price of WTI crude oil futures rose after falling 8% last week and currently are $75 per barrel.
Analysts at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (BBH) continue holding a bullish view on the prospects for the U.S. dollar.
There has been a significant fall in gas prices in Europe and the United States, which have reached the level of last winter. Gas prices in Europe have almost halved since mid-December. A similar fall in prices has been observed in the U.S.