The US dollar surged on Tuesday following comments by Fed Chair Jerome Powell, who indicated it would be appropriate to consider wrapping up the bank’s QE taper sooner. Speaking before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the US Senate alongside US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Powell added …
Read More »Hungary Central Bank Raises Rates For Fourth Time In Two Weeks
Hungary’s central bank unexpectedly raised interest rates for the fourth time in just two weeks on Tuesday amid a surge in inflation that has put increased pressure on the forint and its bond market.The National Bank of Hungary was the first European Union central bank to start raising interest rates …
Read More »UAE: Fully Committed to OPEC+ Deal
Fresh headlines are crossing the wires from the UAE official, via Reuters, citing that it is fully committed to OPEC and its allies (OPEC+) agreement. The UAE said that it has no “prior stance” ahead of the upcoming OPEC+ meeting. The UAE Energy Minister, Suhail Al Mazrouei, said last Tuesday …
Read More »US: Durable Goods Orders Fall by 0.5% in October
According to the latest release by the US Census Bureau, US Durable Goods Orders fell by 0.5% MoM in October compared to market expectations for a small 0.2% rise in sales. That marked an acceleration of the 0.4% contraction in orders recorded in September. Excluding transportation, orders rose at a …
Read More »US: Weekly Initial Jobless Claims Decline to 199K
There were 199,000 initial claims for unemployment benefits in the US during the week ending November 20, the data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) revealed on Wednesday. This reading followed the previous print of 270,000 (revised from 268,000) and came in better than the market expectation of …
Read More »US Pres. Biden Nominates Jerome Powell as Fed Chair
White House announced on Monday that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was nominated for a second four-year term by President Joe Biden. Lael Brainard, who reportedly was the other top candidate for the position, will become the new vice-chair, the press release further revealed.
Read More »Washington Asks Big Countries To Coordinate Oil Reserve Releases
Biden’s administration asked some of the world’s largest oil consuming countries to consider releasing a portion of their crude reserves in a coordinated effort to lower prices and stimulate the economic recovery.Reuters has quoted anonymous sources to convey the news late on Wednesday night. It is noteworthy that WTI crude …
Read More »US Retail Sales Rise in October
US Retail Sales rose by 1.7% MoM in October, according to data published by the US Census Bureau showed on Tuesday. That was above market expectations for a MoM rise of 1.2% and above the (upwardly revised from 0.7%) 0.8% MoM gain seen in September. Core sales also rose by …
Read More »Eurozone GDP Grows by 3.7% in Q3
The Eurozone economy grew 2.2% on quarter in the three months to September of 2021, beating 2.0% expected and 2.2% previous, the first estimate showed on Friday. Annually, the eurozone GDP rate expanded by 3.7% in Q3 vs. 14.3% seen in the second quarter of 2021 while beating 3.5% expectations. …
Read More »Biden Signs Infrastructure Bill Into Law
The bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill has been signed into law by US President. Roads and bridges represents $110 billion investment, below the $159 billion initially requested per Biden’s Jobs Plan.The White House says it would be the largest dedicated bridge investment since the 1950s.$16 billion cover major projects as …
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