Tag - geopolitics

After the resignation of Boris Johnson in July 2021, the conservative party was preparing for an election. With 57.4% of the vote, Liz Truss will be the new UK Prime Minister (PM) for the next two years. She is about to change a lot, and we are about to tell you everything you need to know.

After months of pressure from the White House, Saudi Arabia relented and agreed with other OPEC+ members to increase production.

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?

Last week was super intense! Geopolitical turbulence made the Russian ruble the most volatile currency. Gold rose and fell by more than 8000 points each time.

The United Kingdom experienced some major political changes: Boris Johnson became the country’s new Prime Minister.

Boris Johnson becomes the new PM of Great Britain

On Wednesday, American stock index futures headed south because dismal data out of China affected market sentiment, while traders waited for more developments related to the US-China trade conflict…

On Wednesday, Italian stocks led losses in the European Union right after the country's deputy prime minister told that Rome considers breaking EU fiscal rules, thus masking early revenue powered by optimism around the US-China trade conflict…

On Wednesday, China posted shockingly weaker surge in retail sales as well as industrial output for April, thus increasing pressure on the Chinese cabinet to roll out more stimulus because the trade conflict with America escalates…

On Wednesday, the evergreen buck jumped, backed by comments from senior Fed officials playing down the probability of interest rate cuts, and also by a fresh round of safe-haven buying on geopolitical tensions…

On Wednesday, the Chinese yuan and the evergreen buck were nearly intact in Asia because market participants waited for further news on the China-US trade front…