Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Friday that elevated U.S. inflation readings are expected to last into next year and the central bank is watching the impeded risk that consumers start to experience because of the accelerated inflation.In a discussion sponsored by the central bank of South Africa, Powell admitted that …

Jerome Powell, Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, said on Friday that he thinks it is the time to start reducing asset purchases but added it’s not time to raise interest rates yet. Main Quotes:“Risks are clearly to longer, more persistent bottlenecks, and thus to …

U.S. CompositePurchasing Managers’ Index; PMI Output Index, which tracks the manufacturing and services sectors, has rebounded to a reading of 57.3 in the first half of October from 55.0 in September. A reading above 50 indicates growth in the private sector.The service sector of the U.S. economy has sped up …

From Europe to the United States, market drivers ranged from unemployment, inflation-related concerns, earnings and alarming losses to inventories of energy, particularly natural gas. The USD managed to stop its Wednesday’s downtrend to advance anew on Thursday.   Risk turned off on Thursday leading the USD to reap the most …

Corporate earnings for Q3 continue to impact the performance of financial markets as well as the reactions of investors and traders. Higher than expected earnings have become the common trend on the market scene, this October, despite supply chain difficulties and cost issues.TeslaTesla posted Q3 profits that topped expectations, with …

“Vaccinations are our armor,” said New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern while revealing the new governmental measures to battle the coronavirus during Friday morning in Asia.“In a suite of announcements that establish a pathway out of restrictions the NZ government is also providing up to $940 million per fortnight to …

“The RBA is closely watching a spike in inflation,” said the Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Philip Lowe while speaking before a conference hosted by the Universidad de Chile on early Friday morning.The policymaker has added that he did not think the rise would be sustained unless it led to …

The giant Chinese real estate developer has become cash-strapped and now risks default if it fails to pay its gross debt.After Evergrande’s efforts to sell its stake of 50 per cent of EPS to rival Hopson Development had collapsed, depriving it of valuable cash to ease the pressure on its …

The US Dollar is firmly up on Thursday over the back of inflation-related concerns in addition to the decline of U. S. Initial Jobless Claims for the second week, at 290K. Meanwhile, the British pound has extended its slide below 1.3800 during the New York session, with losses at 0.26%, …

Risk turned off on Thursday leading the USD to reap the most out of it. The dollar weaker yesterday, but it managed to appreciate against most major rivals, except safe-haven CHF and JPY.There was no certain catalyst behind the retreating risk appetite although inflation-related concerns constitute one part of the …