The minutes of the 25-26 January FOMC meeting, released on Wednesday, said that most participants suggested that a faster pace of increases in the target rate for the Federal Funds rate than in the post-2015 period would likely be warranted. Additional Quotes Participants continued to stress that maintaining flexibility to …
Read More »Russia’s Military: A Number of Drills Have Finished; Troops Are Expected to Return to Bases
“A number of drills have finished, troops are expected to return to bases,” Interfax reports, citing Russia’s military. “It continues set of drills involving almost all districts and navies.” “Some units of western and southern military districts have started returning to bases.”
Read More »Canada’s Trudeau invokes emergency powers in bid to end protests
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau activated rarely used emergency powers in the country in an attempt to end protests that have closed some border crossings with the United States and paralyzed parts of the capital. Under the emergency law, the government introduced measures aimed at cutting off funding to protesters …
Read More »US National Security Advisor: Russian invasion of Ukraine could begin any time
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Friday that we are in the window where a Russian invasion of Ukraine could begin at any time and could happen during the Beijing winter Olympics.The US believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to invade Ukraine and already communicated those …
Read More »US Annual CPI Inflation Jumps to 7.5% in January
Inflation in the US, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose to 7.5% on a yearly basis in January from 7% in December, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Thursday. to be updated…
Read More »BoC’s Macklem: Global supply chain problems may have peaked
Macklem is speaking live to the Canadian chamber of commerce.Key QuotesCovid recovery phase is chance to make long overdue gains in Canadian productivity.Productivity growth is vital to economic growth, increasing wages without raising unit labour costs.US capital has moved to higher-productivity sectors in larger amounts than in Canada, ‘has been …
Read More »Lagarde: We continue to see risks to the economy as balanced in the medium-term
Eurozone inflation risks are on the rise but price pressures could still subside before becoming entrenched in expectations, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Monday. Pointing to mounting inflation risks, Lagarde opened the door last week to an interest rate hike later in 2022 and said that a …
Read More »Bank of England Hikes Interest Rates by 25bps to 0.50%
The Bank of England announced its monetary policy decision on Thursday and raised the benchmark interest rate by 25bps to 0.50%. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted 5-4 in favour of the rate hike. The decision was in line with market expectations and marked the first back-to-back rises since 2004. …
Read More »BoC’s Macklem: Uncertain About How Quickly Inflation Will Decline
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem on Wednesday said that there is some uncertainty about how quickly inflation will come down due to the unique nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has helped drive up prices. However, Macklem added that the bank is confident that inflation will eventually come down, …
Read More »Eurozone Preliminary GDP Expands by 0.3% Q4
The Eurozone economy expanded by 0.3% on quarter in the three months to December of 2021, meeting 0.3% expected and 2.3% prior, the preliminary estimate showed on Monday. Annually, the bloc’s GDP rate rose by 4.6% in Q4 vs. 3.9% booked in the third quarter of 2021 while missing 4.7% …
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