Market news – Week 2, August 2022

上週公布的美國非農就業報告遠超預期，推高了美元，並緩解了對全球最大經濟體可能遭遇衰退的擔憂。

Forex

上週，EUR/USD 下跌，交易價格約為 $1.018。 This was because of a positive US employment report released on Friday, August 5 2022, that temporarily spooked the recession's ghost and boosted the US dollar. The data exceeded forecasts by showing that 528,000 new jobs were added in July and that the unemployment rate fell to 3.5%.

Meanwhile, the GBP/USD ended its week in the red after 2 weeks of consecutive gains. The pair struggled to build momentum after the Bank of England's (BoE) comments on the economy. 

The BoE raised its policy rate by 50 basis points to 1.75% at its August meeting. 然而，即使在這次利率上調之後，英格蘭銀行行長表示，並不存在每次會議都要提升 50 個基點的預定路徑，所有選擇在未來的會議上都會考慮。 A combination of heavy pound selling during this BoE event and strong US jobs data led to the GBP/USD falling dramatically. 

This week's focus would be the release of US inflation figures and the UK's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data.

透過最新的市場新聞提升交易策略，並在 Deriv X Financial 帳戶交易差價合約。

Commodities

August began with gold climbing to reach near $1,800 before it reversed some of its weekly gains on Friday, 5 August 2022. 自本周初以來，XAU/USD 增加了超過 1%，這得益於美國國債收益率的下跌以及美元的疲弱表現。 However, following the US's positive July jobs data, gold reversed its course.

The US July inflation report is due this week and will be the next major driver for gold.

Meanwhile, oil fell for the first time in a week since early April. 儘管由於美國強勁的就業增長數據，油價回覆了一些周損失，但截至該周結束時，油價卻創下自2月以來的最低水平，受到持續擔憂的影響，市場擔心衰退將會減少燃料消耗。

油商對通脹、經濟增長和需求感到擔憂，但供應緊張的指標使價格保持穩定。

Cryptocurrencies

上週，除了小幅波動，主要的加密貨幣大多靜態交易。 Even though the coins saw a slight decline mid-week, they recovered towards the end of the week without sharp movements. 

比特幣以高於 $23,000 的價格開始了一周。 然而，由於美國央行宣布最新的加息舉措，加上中國與台灣的緊張局勢，使得這種最受歡迎的加密貨幣承受壓力。 結果，比特幣下跌至 $22,000 中間價位。 Nevertheless, bulls returned to help Bitcoin climb and go above the $23,000 level. 

比特幣在星期日收盤下跌了 2.27%，交易價格為 $23,266.55。 As seen in the chart above, Bitcoin's SMA 5 at $23,198.37 was leading its SMA 10 at $23,146.75. 

以市值計算的第二大加密貨幣以太坊在週中跟隨比特幣的步伐，跌破 $1,500 的水平。 但是，這種加密貨幣在周末前恢復並重返 $1,700 門檻。

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美國股市

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The US stock market ended the week flat, with the Nasdaq gaining 2.01%, the S&P 500 increasing by 0.36%, and the Dow declining by 0.13%. This was due to impacts of the earnings report and the July non-farm payroll report.

根據非農就業報告，失業率已回到疫情前的水準，並達到53年來的最低點。 儘管這看起來是極好的消息，但美國聯邦儲備銀行認為，就業增長表明通脹尚未受到控制。 這引發了聯邦儲備銀行進一步緊縮的可能性，平衡這一過程顯然對他們來說是一大挑戰。

Since a majority of S&P 500 companies have already reported earnings over the last couple of weeks, we can expect a more passive week. An essential update on consumer inflation will be available on Wednesday, 10 August 2022, with the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI).

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