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Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank said that policymakers will not let this phase of high inflation feed into economic behavior and create a lasting inflation problem.“If there were evidence that high inflation risked de-anchoring inflation expectations, then the policy rate that is compatible with our target would …

The key event this week will be Wednesday’s FOMC decision, but other major central banks will also have their monetary policy meetings, including the Bank of Japan, the Bank of England and the Swiss National Bank on Thursday. The SNB is expected to raise rates by 100 basis points above …

Oil prices dropped on Tuesday, following other risk assets’ downtrend, while the US dollar remains strong and investors anticipate more central bank interest-rate hikes designed to contain inflation.The US Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates by another 75 basis points on Wednesday in an additional step aiming at …

According to the Federal Reserve of Atlanta’s GDPNow model, the US economy is expected to grow at an annualized rate of 0.3% in the third quarter, down from 0.5% in the previous estimate.“After this morning’s housing starts report from the US Census Bureau, the nowcast of third-quarter residential investment growth …

Gold prices fell on Tuesday, September 20, under pressure from the stability of the dollar and the rise in US bond yields, at a time when the US Federal Reserve is preparing to announce a major interest rate hike to curb inflation. And gold fell in spot transactions by 0.4% …

European shares rose at the open on Tuesday on the back of a rally in banking shares as investors prepared for the release of the results of the US Federal Reserve’s two-day monetary policy meeting. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index advanced 0.8% after a weak start to the week. European …

The week has got a lot of volatility and most assets are in slow motion with an almost empty macroeconomic data. The UK was on holiday honoring the funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth II. Fifteen major central banks will announce their policy decisions later the week.Economic DataMonday’s U.S. economic …

prices are surging five times faster than the UK central bank’s 2% target, so, the sterling falls on daily basis, and accordingly, policy makers led by Governor Andrew Bailey face accelerating pressure to step up the pace of monetary tightening.This week, the Bank of England will consider whether to pursue …

The dollar index (DXY00) on Monday fell -0.04%. The dollar also gave up an early advance and fell slightly after stocks recovered from overnight losses and moved higher, which curbed liquidity demand for the dollar. Earlier on Monday, the American currency initially rose moderately after the 10-year T-note yield climbed …

The financial markets’ focus is still on major central banks as the US dollar and Treasury yields continue to dictate their saying. Gold prices encounter some pressure at the start of this week, earlier on the day, prices were sliding by 0.20% after falling from $1679 high to $1,659 low …