oil and gold prices
December and 2021 in Figures
January 1, 2022
In 2021, the dollar, long-term sovereign debt yields, share prices, commodity prices, and overall inflation rose. Only the Bank of England’s policy interest rate among central banks featured in the monthly feature rose, and that increase didn’t happen until mid-December via a comparatively modest 15 basis points. The Fed and ECB are tapering asset purchase […] More
November 2021 in Figures
November 30, 2021
The Omicron revelation last week dwarfed all other developments that had occurred earlier in November. Equity prices and ten-year sovereign debt yields fell sharply in response. The dollar experienced strong gains during November. The price of West Texas Intermediate oil, whose prior rise has been a leading factor in the global intensification of inflation this […] More
June 2021 and Second Quarter in Figures
June 30, 2021
The dollar was strongly bid against other currencies and gold during June but lost modest ground over the course of the whole second quarter. Although all the central banks highlighted in the feature did not change interest rates during the second quarter, Fed officials signaled that quantitative easing is likely to begin sooner that thought […] More
October 2020 in Figures
October 30, 2020
Compared to previous recent months, net dollar movements in October were limited, exceptions being a 1.9% rise against the Australian dollar and 1.5% slide versus the yuan. Ten-year sovereign debt yields favoring the dollar became even more advantageous, and share prices declined broadly and significantly. The price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil dropped over […] More
July 2020 in Figures
August 1, 2020
July was the weakest month for the dollar in practically ten years. The resulting improvement in U.S. price competitiveness resulted large U.S. equity price advances that were not experienced by European and Japanese stock markets. Dollar vulnerability also generated strong demand for gold, whose price soared nearly 10%. Late in the month gold briefly surpassed […] More
February 2020 in Figures
February 29, 2020
February 2020 will be long remembered for its final week that saw an historic drop in equity prices around the world related to concerns about the ultimate economic impact of the spreading covid-19 virus. The Dow Jones Industrials Average index fell on each of the final seven business days of February, losing 13.6% in total […] More
January in Figures
January 31, 2013
The euro strengthened against most currencies in January including the Swiss franc and sterling but especially versus the yen. Shifts in Japanese macroeconomic policies and the weakness of the yen gave a big lift to Japanese equities. Other stock markets also improved, but those in Germany and Canada rose by comparatively less. A notable exception […] More
