
This week started with the talk of the United States banning Russian oil exports, so XBR/USD saw $130 a barrel. Then the ban became reality. What does it really mean for the market?
On Thursday, gold strengthened in Asia because market participants considered the Fed’s May meeting minutes to be dovish.
June delivery gold futures jumped 0.50% in New York, trading at $1,259.38 a troy ounce. As for copper futures, they tumbled 0.19%, being worth $2.584.
Overnight, gold didn’t change because market participants parsed the Fed minutes for probable changes in the outlook regarding the path of American interest rate lifts, right after the recent bunch of economic data demonstrated a slowdown in American economic activity in the first quarter.
American economic surge, measured by GDP, tacked on by annualized rate of 0.7% for the first three months of this year. Since 2014 it turned to be the slowest period of first-quarter surge.
In spite of the fact, the American labor market kept demonstrating signs of strength, as unemployment went down to 4.4%, which is the lowest outcome since 2007, in April the overall rate of inflation dropped to 2.2% from a high of 2.7% hit in February.
This week started with the talk of the United States banning Russian oil exports, so XBR/USD saw $130 a barrel. Then the ban became reality. What does it really mean for the market?
US Energy Information Administration will reveal Crude oil inventories on February 9, 17:30 GMT+2.
On Wednesday, February 2, during the day, members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) will discuss a range of issues regarding energy markets and, most importantly, agree on how much oil they will produce.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics will announce the updated Unemployment Rate and Employment Change data on Thursday, May 19, at 04:30 MT.
The UK Office for National Statistics will publish Consumer Price Index (CPI) data on Wednesday, May 18, at 09:00 MT.
The US Census Bureau will announce Core Retail Sales and Retail Sales on Tuesday, May 17 at 15:30 MT.
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