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Stocks lower as Hawkish Powell doubles down on tightening threat

Dollar drops after 3-day rally Powell remains hawkish; bringing down inflation has a long way to go Fed swaps price in a 69.2% chance of a hike at the July 26th FOMC meeting US stocks declined as Fed Chair Powell’s testimony to the House affirmed the Fed’s threat of higher rates to combat inflation. Wall Street should not have been surprised by Fed Chair Powell’s commitment to vanquish inflation, but swap futures are still only pricing in one more rate hike. Powell reiterated that the economy

21-06-2023 16:41 GMT by Edward Moya

Risk aversion weigh on oil and gold, Bitcoin rises on BlackRock planned ETF and EDX launch

Oil Crude prices are lower on disappointment with the size of cuts with China’s key lending rates. Oil seems locked in on anything and everything that has to do with China. Last week, oil was supported by improving Chinese refiner quotas. This week, energy traders are seeing oil weakness emerge on disappointing stimulus efforts. WTI crude looks like it is starting to find some decent support at the $68 region and that should hold as long the Fed does spook markets that they might be read

20-06-2023 12:17 GMT by Edward Moya