Daily Economic Reports

The US Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday are expected to set plans to begin accelerating the withdrawal of the massive bond-buying program, enacted in early 2020 to help the economy and financial markets cushion the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, as they seek to remove the crutches from the US …

The US dollar rose to the highest level in a week against a basket of major currencies on Tuesday, December 14, supported by expectations of tightening from the US Federal Reserve at its meeting this week and the demand for safe havens amid continued uncertainty about the Omicron pivot from …

Next Thursday’s European Central Bank meeting is expected to be crucial as officials are set to call time on pandemic-triggered stimulus. The question now is how much support to leave in its place given the emergence of the Omicron COVID-19 variant and hot inflation data. The five questions on the …

The dollar rose in early European trading on Monday at the start of a week that includes several central bank meetings, including the Federal Reserve. At the same time, concerns remain about the omicron mutating from Covid. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six other …

Americans’ cost of living climbed again in November and drove the rate of US inflation to a nearly 40-year of 6.8%, putting more pressure on households as they confront rising prices of fuel, food stuff, cars and house rents.The consumer price index increased 0.8% last month, the government said Friday …

The AUD/USD is now depending on o the US CPI to be released on Friday. Traders are eying the deviation between the US Fed and Reserve Bank of Australia. The AUD/USD pair is traded at 0.7150, lower by 0.25% during Thursday’s session and is set to settle between a range …

The euro, sterling, and dollar prices stabilized on Thursday on hopes that some COVID-19 vaccines could neutralize the coronavirus mutated Omicron, and analysts say attention is once again focused on monetary policy. Some concerns related to the emergence of the Omicron mutant were eased when BioNTech and Pfizer said three …

Fed is often in the headlines whenever talk is about interest rates. Lenders know that its primary goal is to promote a strong US economy using monetary policy, with maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates as goals.When prices are stable, long-term rates remain at moderate levels, so …

The Bank of Canada is expected to keep the major part of focused spotlight on inflation at its policy decision, as the country’s central bank is about to encounter an aggressive campaign in favour of interest rate hikes. Policy makers led by Governor Tiff Macklem are unlikely to raise their …

European Central Bank governing council member Robert Holzmann said on Monday that inflation in the Eurozone would unlikely fall below 2.0% in 2022, according to Reuters citing Handelsblatt. Holzmann added that inflation is set to reach its peak sometime around the turn of the year. Holzmann said that the ECB …