The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom, warned during press statements of the danger of an acceleration in the pace of Coronavirus infections again globally, saying that humanity is now in real danger due to the spread of Coronavirus infection. The international official indicated that the world has …
Read More »European shares are falling, but they are about to record the strongest weekly performance again
European shares fell slightly on Friday ahead of an important US jobs report, but were on track to close the week higher as investors boosted confidence in the region’s economic recovery and corporate earnings growth. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index fell 0.1% in early trading after four sessions of gains …
Read More »Oil is Rising, but on track for its biggest weekly loss
Oil prices extended gains Friday, August 6, but are still on track for their biggest weekly loss since March as travel restrictions aimed at stemming the spread of the delta mutated strain raise concerns about fuel demand. Brent crude futures rose 47 cents to $71.76 a barrel, and US West …
Read More »Gold falls due to the rise of the dollar before the US jobs report
Gold fell on Friday, August 6, to stay near the important level of $1800 an ounce, as it came under pressure from the stronger dollar as investors awaited the US jobs report for indications on the Federal Reserve’s stance on policy. And gold fell in immediate transactions 0.3% to $ …
Read More »Italy Records 27 Deaths From The Coronavirus And 7230 New Cases
Italy recorded 27 new deaths linked to the Coronavirus today, down from 21 the previous day, while the total of new cases rose to 7,230 from 6,596, the Ministry of Health said. Italy has recorded 128,163 deaths related to Covid-19 since the pandemic emerged in the country in February last …
Read More »US: Weekly Initial Jobless Claims Decline to 385K
There were 385,000 initial claims for unemployment benefits in the US during the week ending July 31, the data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) revealed on Thursday. This reading followed the previous print of 399,000 (revised from 400,000) and came in slightly above the market expectation of …
Read More »Bailey Speech: Useful to Have a Predictable Path For Reversing QE
“Remarkable how little headline news there has been on UK economic activity since May.” “Our view is inflation pressures will reduce.” “We don’t see a spike in unemployment when furlough ends.” “Number of unemployed people will be about 250,000 higher than before pandemic.” “Should economy grows as expected, some modest …
Read More »BoE Press Conference: Governor Bailey speech live stream – August 5
Following the Bank of England’s (BoE) decision to leave the policy rate and the Asset Purchase Facility unchanged at 0.1% and £895B, BoE Governor Andrew Bailey will deliver his remarks on the policy outlook.
Read More »Bank of England Leaves Policy Settings Unchanged as Expected
The Bank of England’s (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to leave the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.10% following the August policy meeting and kept the Asset Purchase Facility steady at £895 billion as widely expected.
Read More »US Stock Futures Continue to Rise Ahead of Wall Street Open
Futures contracts linked to the major US stock indexes rose moderately in Thursday morning trading as Wall Street appeared to be improving in a mixed week. Waiting for the US labor market data, which is considered the latest and most prominent in the US market this week. At 9:31 AM …
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