Nifty, which has been looking for a directional headway on either side, ended the week 0.33% down with all major news trigger events like Budget, earnings, US Fed and RBI policy meetings behind us. Anand James, Chief Market Strategist, Geojit Financial Services, says this data vacuum presents an opportunity for time correction. “But our modest … Read more
The US Federal Reserve’s two-day monetary policy meeting will conclude later today, and at the end of it, the central bank is widely expected to leave the federal funds rate unchanged. According to the CME FedWatch tool, 98% of the respondents see the federal funds target range unchanged at 5.25-5.50%. So, a status quo on … Read more
Nomura on Friday forecast the U.S. Federal Reserve delivering a 100-basis-point interest rate cut in 2024 and reducing the pace of balance-sheet rundown in June, followed by an end to quantitative tightening in December. “We expect Friday’s PCE (personal consumption expenditures) report to show the 3m and 6m annualized pace of core PCE running below … Read more
The year 2023 was very interesting. Initially, the world was concerned of a global recession after interest rates were hiked by 4.25% in 2022, and inflation was still not under control; the banks had moved from QE to QT (money supply easing to tightening) and money supply world over was slowing down. The bright spot … Read more
Gold prices finished above $2,000 for the fifth straight week, with Comex Feb futures ending the week at $2066.90, up by 2.4% as the dollar lost the plot to dip sharply to five-month lows of 101.4 level after the release of PCE data on Friday. Gold prices are up 13% ytd heading into the last … Read more
