In the week ahead, investors will again keep their focus on the US central bank with Fed Chair Jay Powell set to testify before the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday and the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday morning as part of his semi-annual testimony before lawmakers.
The economic calendar will also be relatively quiet with investor attention on Thursday’s initial jobless claims data continuing to build amid signs the labour market is softening, while initial looks at manufacturing and service sector activity from S&P Global out Friday will provide a look at how the US economy is rounding out the second quarter.
US markets will be closed on Monday in observation of Juneteenth.
Bitcoin fell 0.97% over the last 24 hours to US$26,308, but held onto a weekly gain of 1.58%, according to data from CoinMarketCap.
The world’s largest cryptocurrency breached the US$26,000 level on Saturday to reach a seven-day high of US$26,769. The token had slumped to three-month lows at the end of last week.
Ether edged down 0.82% to US$1,716, logging a weekly loss of 2.18%.
With the exception of XRP, other top 10 non-stablecoin cryptocurrencies traded lower in the past 24 hours. Polygon’s Matic led the losers, slumping 3.22% to US$0.5971 and down 5.88% over the past seven days.
Have your trading charts ready for a very busy week!
This Week’s High Impact Events
The times below are GMT +3.
Monday 19th June
No High Impact Events
Tuesday 20th June
04.30 – Australia – Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes
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