(MENAFN- Daily Forex) Advertisement take advantage of today's market opportunities start trading now Two members of the US Federal Reserve,
Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester and St. Louis Fed President James Bullard, indicated in remarks over the weekend that they would consider a rate hike of 0.50% instead of the expected 0.25% at the Fed's next meeting in March. The US Dollar continues to be strong , as markets are becoming more firmly convinced that the Dollar will reach a higher terminal rate above 5.25%.
The greenback last week reached a 6-week high price.
In the Forex market, the Australian Dollar is the strongest currency right now, while the Swiss Franc is the weakest. The S&P 500 Index made a
golden cross
the week before last .
This is typically a strong long-term buy signal , although the price has fallen since then. However, stock markets generally are a bit higher since this week's open, especially
the hang seng index . Kazue Ueda
is scheduled to replace
Haruhiko Kuroda as the new Governor of the Bank of Japan. He
will be testifying before the Japanese Parliament this Friday , and his testimony will be keenly watched for clues of a changing monetary policy which could materially impact the Japanese Yen, which has been showing high volatility lately, with
the usd/jpy currency pair
in focus. It is a public holiday today in the USA and Canada, so their markets will be closed today. Some commodities
are performing
quite well, with some continuing to rise after having recently made significant bullish breakouts, notably
sugar
and
cocoa . Daily
confirmed
new global coronavirus cases
decreased last week for the eighth consecutive week. Total confirmed new coronavirus cases worldwide stand at over 678.7
million with an average case fatality rate of 1.00%.
Daily new confirmed cases have fallen to a low level not seen since June 2020, shortly after the start of the pandemic
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