News of Credit Suisse's largest investors' inability to provide financial assistance revived fears over a banking crisis, this time in Europe. Major global equity indexes came back under immense pressure following Tuesday's relief rally and global bond yields fell sharply amid flight to safety.
USD/CHF gains strong positive traction on Wednesday amid a blowout intraday USD rally. Negative news surrounding Credit Suisse boosts the USD’s global reserve currency status. Bets for at least a 25 bps Fed rate hike in March support prospect for a further upside.
Economics news may get drowned out by the squashed stock market rally in regional banks in pre-market trading. The WSJ reports some of the regionals are falling again as “banking fear returns.” And the European banking sector is in trouble, led by Credit Suisse.
EUR/USD has managed to stay in positive territory above 1.0700 despite having retreated modestly in the early American session. ECB President Lagarde reiterated that inflation in the Eurozone is projected to remain too high for too long, helping the Euro keep its footing.
Gold price has turned south and dropped below $1,980 after having rallied to a fresh multi-month high of $2,010 earlier in the day. The 10-year US Treasury bond yield has turned positive on the day near 3.5% following the sharp decline seen in the European session and weighed on XAU/USD.
CS is no more. Over the weekend the Swiss National Bank organized a buyout of the struggling bank by the only other Swiss lending giant – UBS.
GBP/USD has gathered bullish momentum and advanced to its highest level since mid-February above 1.2250 on Monday. The US Dollar struggles to find demand following a mixed opening in Wall Street and allows the pair to cling to its daily gains.
Bitcoin (BTC) price is rallying in a full recovery story after a harsh and long crypto winter through most of 2022. It looks inevitable that BTC will soon take out $30,000 and march higher.
