Wall Street closed higher on Tuesday as investors maintained positive sentiment about additional signals that US inflation is easing and amid good earnings reports, but retreated from the day’s high after reports of a missile strike in Poland.NATO and the Pentagon said they were looking into unconfirmed reports that two …
Read More »Bezos’ top tips to face recession go viral
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has advised consumers and businesses of postponing large purchases in the coming months as the global economy contends with a downturn and faces a most possible recession.Bezos offered his simplest advice on a uncertain economy in an exclusive sit-down interview with CNN. Bezos also urged people …
Read More »Zelenskyy slams missile strikes on NATO territory
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Russian missile strikes on NATO territory are ‘a significant escalation, action is needed’.A Russian missile barrage on the Ukrainian power grid sent the war spilling over into neighboring countries Tuesday, hitting NATO member Poland and cutting electricity to much of Moldova.The strikes plunged much …
Read More »Poland’s strike reports put influence Wall Street, S&P 500 pops
A Polish reporter was quoted on the blasts tonight as saying, ”My sources in the services say that what hit Przewowo is most likely the remains of a Russian rocket shot down by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”US stocks are rallying on the relief of the prospects that this is …
Read More »ECB’s Holzmann: Interest rates will be increased further
The European Central Bank’s Robert Holzmann has crossed the wires saying interest rates will be increased further.The EUR/USD pair is climbing in the US trading session, though it remains beneath the highs of the day at 1.0481, reached on the release of a softer-than-expected US Producer Price Index (PPI). PPI …
Read More »Gold benefits from another cooler US inflation data
Gold and silver prices are higher in early US trading session on Tuesday, following another US inflation report that came cooler than expected. Gold prices hit a three-month highs and silver prices a five-month high today. December gold was last up $12.90 at $1,769 and December silver was up $0.102 …
Read More »Fed’s Bostic: Full impact of policy on inflation won’t be seen for months
On Tuesday, Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic said that he wasn’t expecting to see the full impact of monetary policy on inflation for months. US Dollar Index showed no immediate reaction to these comments and was last seen losing 0.6% on the day at 106.30.On Tuesday also, A key …
Read More »Fed’s Harker: Not worried about inflation expectations
On Tuesday, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker said “My best guess is we will remove about $2.5 trillion from the balance sheet overall but data will guide us,”.“We want to reduce the balance sheet methodically until we start to see where we need to stop,” Parker added …
Read More »Oil prices drop by more than a dollar due to Covid fears in China
Oil prices fell more than $1 a barrel on Tuesday, after a spike in COVID-19 cases in China revived fears of a drop in fuel consumption in the world’s top crude oil importer. Brent crude futures fell $1.07, or 1.15 percent, to $92.07 a barrel by 1005 GMT, after falling …
Read More »Euro and the pound rose after the release of a series of economic data
The euro, sterling and Swedish krona all rose against the US dollar on Tuesday, as traders focused on evaluating a slew of economic data including jobs data in the UK and the eurozone as well as confidence in the German economy. The pound rose 0.6 percent to $ 1.1830, near …
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