The Reserve Bank of New Zealand RBNZ kept its monetary policy and interest rates at its meeting this morning, Wednesday, August 18th, at current levels of 0.25%, compared to market expectations that indicated that the bank would raise interest rates by a quarter point in today’s meeting after the government announced new restrictions. The fourth level closure on activity across...
US stocks recorded declines at the close of the trading session on Tuesday, August 17th, as the Dow Jones index lost more than 500 points before reducing its losses at the close, as data released by the US economy showed a decline in US retail sales, worse than market expectations, in addition to geopolitical influences. in Afghanistan. The data released...
Cryptocurrencies are recording gains this morning, Monday, August 18, as Bitcoin is trading at levels of 47,162 thousand dollars, a rise of about 2.65, after it tested levels of 48 thousand dollars at the beginning of the session, to support the rise in the market value of cryptocurrencies to more than 2 trillion dollars. The combined market value of digital...
Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China this morning, Monday, August 16, the opening session of the week, showed an increase in retail sales by 8.5% in July on an annual basis, compared to 12.1% in the June reading and below expectations that indicated a rise to 11.55, where it was mentioned The National Bureau of Statistics...
The Japanese economy recorded a growth in gross domestic product by about 0.3% in the second quarter of this year, according to data released by the Japanese Cabinet Office this morning, compared to a contraction in the first quarter of the year by -1.3% before it was revised to 1% to come better than expectations. Which indicated that it recorded...
Crude prices settle in the middle of the trading session today, Thursday, August 12th, with some slight rises, as US crude (NYMEX) settles at the highest levels of $69, up by about 0.10%, trading at levels of $69.31 a barrel, while Brent crude is trading at levels of $71.61 a barrel on A rise of about 0.24% amid ignoring the...
Preliminary estimates issued by the Office for National Statistics in Britain showed that the gross domestic product of the United Kingdom rose by 4.8% in the second quarter of this year ending in June, to come in line with expectations, supported by the easing of restrictions from the Corona virus, and after a rise of 2.2% in April and 0.6%...
Both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit new records at the close of trading on Wednesday, August 11th, while the Nasdaq recorded declines at the close as the US Senate's approval of the $1 trillion infrastructure law supported stock gains. In addition to the slowdown in monthly inflation growth in the United States of America. Data...
Data issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the United States of America this evening, Wednesday, showed an increase in the CPI, which measures inflation, by 0.5% in July, after rising by about 0.9% in June, to come in line with expectations. On the other hand, the annual index rose over the past 12 months to 5.4% better than...
Crude records highs with the beginning of trading in the European session today, Wednesday, August 11th, as Brent crude regained the levels of 70 dollars, after increases of more than 2% yesterday, Tuesday, to trade this morning at levels of 71.03 dollars per barrel, an increase of about 0.57%, while US crude is trading ( NYMEX) at levels of $...