GBP/USD: the instrument is testing a record low
GBP moved to the sideways dynamics of movement, ending up at 1.1820 with prospects for further decline, having made an unsuccessful attempt to strengthen the day before, finding support in positive statistics from the UK.
This week, an economic block on GDP activity and the level of industrial capacity for May was released. Thus, the economic situation in the UK improved by 0.5%, having previously shown a decline of 0.3% in the previous reporting period, contrary to analysts' expectations of zero development of the indicator. At the same time, the level of industrial activity in the same period showed an increase of 0.9%, having previously undergone a corrective decline of 0.1%, contrary to forecasts of zero growth. Moreover, the annual indicator changed to 1.4% from the previous 1.6%, contrary to experts' expectations of a correction to 0.5%.
- Resistance levels: 1.1854, 1.1933, 1.2000, 1.2074.
- Support levels: 1.1800, 1.1758, 1.1700, 1.1600.
USD/TRY: the dominance of the US dollar continues
During the Asian trading session, the USD/TRY instrument shows moderate growth within the slow dynamics of the "bulls" formed since the end of June, when the instrument completed the correction stage until June 27.
Inflationary pressure on the Turkish economy continues to update peak indicators. Thus, the June level was 78.6% for the year against 73.5% for the previous period, having overcome the peak of September 1998. The Turkish government has already predicted a reversal of dynamics closer to December, and experts attribute the strengthening to a rapid increase in prices for transport services, which exceeded 123.0% due to the rising cost of fuel. Meanwhile, economists do not recognize the reliability of official data from TurkStat (Turkish Statistical Institute), suspecting that statistics are distorted in favor of understatement, despite strong negative indicators.
- Resistance levels: 17.6000, 17.7500, 17.9000.
- Support levels: 17.3454, 17.1775, 17.0000, 16.7500.
Gold Prices
The value of the precious metal continues to remain in a near-zero position as a result of the lack of incentives for price changes. In the present, the asset is consolidated at the minimum levels of 1710.00.
The day before, gold showed a rapid decline, eventually losing 1.7% in price, which made it possible to update the local minimum of the end of summer 2021. The negative dynamics were supported due to growing concerns about the outlook for global GDP. In particular, data on June inflation were recently published, reflecting the situation in consumer prices, which strengthened to 9.1%, becoming a record for the last forty years. Against the background of statistics, economists raised their expectations and preliminary estimates on the probability of an increase in the key indicator by 100 basis points at once. On the other hand, the instrument is under pressure due to the prospects of increasing the sanctions adopted by Western countries against the Russian Federation. Among other things, the possibility of a complete embargo on the import of precious metal from Russia is being actively discussed.
- Resistance levels: 1745.0, 1786.0.
- Support levels: 1707.0, 1685.0.
Cryptocurrencies Market Overview
Analyzing the news background of the cryptocurrency market, it is worth highlighting first of all the issuer of the USDC, the Circle company, which published reports on the provision of its assets. So, according to the data, the USDC stablecoin is backed by the US dollar in the amount of 13.8 billion. and US Treasury bonds in the amount of 42.12 billion. The company plans to publish statistical data on a regular basis for transparency to investors, fighting for their trust. This week, Ripple has achieved some success in a lawsuit against the SEC (the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Thus, the court rejected the company's request to recognize the comments of the ex-head of the regulatory authority, William Hinman, as illegal. The head of the authority claimed that the SEC does not perceive ETH and BTC as securities, which gave Ripple lawyers a reason to accuse the regulator of an official position on this opinion. Consequently, it is impossible to perceive XRP as a valuable asset, because its nature is essentially similar to the aforementioned assets. If a sufficient evidence base is provided, Ripple has every chance of a positive result in the case against the American regulator.
During this week, the cryptocurrency market traded with mixed dynamics – the initial decline gave way to the restoration of lost positions. At the time of writing, BTC reached the level of 20900.00, having sank by 0.3%, ETH is trading at 1210.00, having added 2.8%, USDT, continuing a moderate decline, is trading at 0.9995, having lost 0.01%, BNB sank to 237.00, having lost 2.5% in price.