The Dow Jones backslid on Friday, falling back below 45,500. NFP job gains came in well below expectations, adding further bets to Fed rate cuts. A steepening decline in job creation has gone too far, overshooting market hopes for rate cuts and reigniting recessionary concerns. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) sank on Friday, falling nearly 500 points at…
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The Euro climbs as Nonfarm Payrolls show weak hiring, rising unemployment, and steady wage growth in August. US 2-year Treasury yield tumbles as markets fully price in September rate cut; DXY drops 0.70% to 97.57. Traders eye US CPI next week to confirm disinflation trend, while EU GDP Q2 revised slightly higher. The EUR/USD advanced during the North American…
The stock market is struggling to decide on whether it likes rate cuts enough to ignore a weakening economy. I highlighted earlier that there are 135 bps in cuts priced in over the next year and 155 bps through 2026. That gets rates below 3% and feels like ‘peak Fed pricing’ or something close. The problem is that removes…
USD/CHF breaks under 50-day SMA at 0.8020, closing below 0.8000 with momentum favoring further downside. Bears eye 0.7950 and July 23 low at 0.7911, with path open toward year-to-date trough at 0.7872. Buyers must reclaim 0.8000 and 50-day SMA to challenge resistance at 0.8047 and 100-day SMA at 0.8122. The USD/CHF extended its losses on Friday, tumbling below the…
2025.09.05 2025.09.05 Short-Term Analysis for BTCUSD, XRPUSD, and ETHUSD for 05.09.2025 Roman Oneginhttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/roman-onegin/ Dear readers, I’ve prepared a short-term forecast for Bitcoin, Ripple, and Ethereum based on the Elliott wave analysis. The article covers the following subjects: Major Takeaways BTCUSD: The completion of impulse 1 will likely be followed by a correction 2 targeting 115,940.00. Consider long positions. XRPUSD: An…
It’s a bull market in many markets at the moment but certainly not in oil, which is likely to get more bad news on Sunday. Initial reports about Saudi Arabia pushing for a further production hike circulated on Friday and lowered crude by $1.51 but it’s likely to fall even more if/when the hike is delivered. Reuters reports that…
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2025.09.05 2025.09.05 US Dollar Holds Steady Ahead of Crucial US Jobs Data. Forecast as of 05.09.2025 Dmitri Demidenkohttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/dmitri-demidenko/ The question of whether the Fed will cut interest rates at its next meeting has already been practically answered. However, employment data may give markets a hint about what will happen next. How low will the Fed reduce the rate in…
The euro has been one of the beneficiaries of a weakening US dollar following another soft non-farm payrolls report. It’s up 96 pips to 1.1745 and touched as high as 1.1759. That’s a fresh high since July 27 and looks like a breakout from the recent period of consolidation, particularly if it can close above the August highs. If…
