Silver (XAG/USD) trims a part of its earlier losses on Friday after marking a fresh weekly low at $48.64. At the time of writing, the metal is trading around $49.69, recovering modestly but still down nearly 1.50% on the day, and remains on track for a weekly decline. From a technical perspective, Silver is flashing early signs of fatigue…
The major European indices are mostly closing lower. The UK FTSE 100 rose by +0.05%. France’s CAC fell by -0.03%. A look at the closing levels shows: German DAX, -0.78% France’s CAC, -0.03% UK’s FTSE 100 +0.05% Spain’s Ibex, -0.99% Italy’s FTSE MIB -0.51%. For the trading week all the major indices fell by 2% or more: German DAX,…
US S&P Global Composite PMI rose to 54.8 in November’s flash estimate from 54.6 in October, showing that the business activity in the US’ private sector continued to expand at an accelerating pace. S&P Global Manufacturing PMI declined to 51.9 from 52.5 in this period, while the Services PMI improved to 55.0 from 54.8. Assessing the survey’s findings, “the…
BOJ’s Masu to Nikkei says: BOJ is close to decision to raise rates Says it’s not good for real interest rates to be deeply negative relationship with the neutral rate of interest rate. Japan’s policy rate is lower than the neutral rate. He says that most countries rates are higher than the neutral interest rate citing the US as…
The Pound Sterling turns positive in the day as traders increase their bets that the Federal Reserve could cut rates at the December meeting. The GBP/USD trades at 1.3082 up 0.08%. Sterling turns positive as improved US sentiment and dovish Fed voices lift December rate-cut expectations The US economic docket revealed that business activity in the US remained solid…
The Atlanta Fed GDPNow growth estimate for Q4 remained at 4.2%. That is still at the highs for the quarter. In their own words The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the third quarter of 2025 is 4.2 percent on November 21, unchanged from November 19 after rounding. After recent releases from the…
The Euro (EUR) remains under pressure against the US Dollar (USD) on Friday, even as the Greenback trades broadly flat, with traders weighing fresh US economic data and rising bets on a potential Federal Reserve (Fed) interest rate cut in December. At the time of writing, EUR/USD is trading around 1.1500, on track for its first weekly decline after…
2025.11.21 2025.11.21 US Dollar Declines On Conflicting Jobs Data. Forecast as of 21.11.2025 Dmitri Demidenkohttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/dmitri-demidenko/ Without support from the Fed, US stock indices are falling. The US dollar, which has lost its status as a safe-haven asset, is weakening along with them. However, while the US administration seems not worried about the greenback’s decline, the collapse of the S&P…
We have been down this road before, but Russian Pres. Putin is saying: He received the US plan for Ukraine. Think they can be a basis for final resolution. Text was not discussed with Russia. Says that Ukraine is against the plan. Russia is ready for a peaceful resolution but the details of the plan need to be discussed….
GBP/USD firm as Fed easing bets outweigh soft US PMI signals The Pound Sterling turns positive in the day as traders increase their bets that the Federal Reserve could cut rates at the December meeting. The GBP/USD trades at 1.3082 up 0.08%. Read More… Pound Sterling slumps after poor UK Retail Sales, flash PMI data The Pound Sterling (GBP) falls sharply against its…
