factors actually drive these two classes. the first one is liquidity and the second one is the us dollar. let s talk about liquidity, i think in the past few weeks we have seen actually easing from china and also from the us. the fed has been injecting liquidity through overnight repo facility. also from a seasonality perspective. november, december tends to be quite favourable in terms of financial conditions. the rally in bonds and the fall of interest rates has helped also financial conditions to ease in the past few weeks. hence we have seen a surge in the liquidity and the system and that propels both gold and crypto currency higher. the next reason is the us dollar. both gold and crypto currencies are denominated in us dollars and when the us dollar becomes weaker, that is actually a tailwind for both asset classes. as we mentioned, given the market is now pricing in increasingly probabilities of cut starting as early as april next year, us dollar has been weakening ver
crypto prices higher. specifically i think two factors actually drive these two classes. the first one is liquidity and the second one is the us dollar. let s talk about liquidity, i think in the past few weeks we have seen actually easing from china and also from the us. the fed has been injecting liquidity through overnight repo facility. also from a seasonality perspective. november, december tends to be quite favourable in terms of financial conditions. the rally in bonds and the fall of interest rates has helped also financial conditions to ease in the past few weeks. hence we have seen a surge in the liquidity and the system and that propels both gold and crypto currency higher. the next reason is the us dollar. both gold and crypto currencies are denominated in us dollars and when the us dollar becomes weaker, that is actually a tailwind for both asset classes. as we mentioned, given the market is now pricing in increasingly probabilities of cut starting as early as ap
they are said to be going to talk about how to proceed and protect civilians. the israel defence forces say that close quarter combat has seen fighting with gunmen as they target military outposts, headquarters and other hamas infrastructure. with the fighting intensifying, there has been strongly worded criticism of the humanitarian situation emerging from the united nations. seven human rights experts have said that they believe the palestinian people in gaza are at risk of genocide, and that time is running out to prevent that. israelaccuse that time is running out to prevent that. israel accuse them of repeating hamas propaganda. people across the region are waiting to hear as well a little later from the leader of the lebanese islamist group hezbollah. hassan nasrallah s speech will be closely watched and could have huge consequences for where this conflict goes next. we will keep you across all of those different aspects of this fast moving story throughout the day here
round of diplomacy in israel and the rest of the region. the talks come amid fears of a wider conflict. it s mr blinken s second visit since the war began. he s thought to be talking to israeli officials about how to pursue their military and security goals in gaza while limiting civilian casualties. meanwhile the israeli military says its ongoing ground offensive has now completed the encirclement of gaza city which was the most densely populated part of the palestinian territory before the war began last month. with the fighting intensifying there s been strongly worded criticism of the humanitarian situation emerging from the united nations. seven human rights experts have said that they believe that the palestinian people in gaza are at risk of genocide. israel has accused them of repeating hamas propaganda. and people across the region are waiting to hear from the leader of the lebanese islamist group, hezbollah. hassan nasrallah s speech in the coming hours will be