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On Wednesday morning, new issues at Credit Suisse added to market anxieties, but by the afternoon, a Swiss regulator announced that the nation’s central bank would offer additional liquidity if required.Once its greatest sponsor decided it could no longer help, the European bank’s stock deteriorated by more than 20% and …

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Tuesday that inflation in the United States, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), declined to 6% on a yearly basis in February from 6.4% in January. This reading came in line with the market expectation. On a monthly basis, the …

Fed Chair Jerome Powell is delivering his bi-annual testimony before the US Senate. He presents the Monetary Policy Report before the Q&A session with senators. The US dollar, stock markets as well as all other asset could be on the move with Powell’s words. The US Dollar’s bullish rally remains …

The German economy contracted at the end of last year as inflation and the energy crisis affected household consumption and capital investment. The Federal Statistics Office said on Friday that the country’s economy contracted 0.4 percent in the last quarter of 2022 compared to the previous three months. Preliminary data …

The first FOMC Minutes in 2023 has been released with investors searching for further insights into the near-term path for policy and any comments regarding the possibility of the Federal Reserve going back to 50 bps hikes. The US Dollar ran higher from a new low at 104.25 in the …

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is speaking in his first public appearance since Friday’s strong jobs report for January. Economists, on average, were expecting 185,000 job gains, which would have been the slowest pace of growth in more than two years, and for the jobless rate to increase to 3.6%.And …

Following its February policy meeting, the Bank of England (BoE) announced that it raised the policy rate by 50 basis points (bps) to 4% as expected. Economists suggest this move could be the last big rate increase for Britain’s central bank, which has approved 10 consecutive hikes since a post-pandemic surge in …

FOMC Chairman Jerome Powell comments on the policy outlook after the Federal Reserve’s decision to raise the policy rate by 25 basis points to the range of 4.5-4.75% following the first policy meeting of 2023. Key Quotes “Very difficult to manage the risk of doing too little on rates.” “We …

The Fed has published its policy statement after deciding a fresh 25 basis point rate hike. The statement reads as follows: “Recent indicators point to modest growth in spending and production. Job gains have been robust in recent months, and the unemployment rate has remained low. Inflation remains elevated reflecting …

The US central bank on Wednesday announced that it raised the policy rate, federal funds rate, by 25 basis points to the range of 4.5-4.75% following the first policy meeting of 2023. This Fed’s decision came in line with the market expectation.