President Joe Biden is expected to decide as soon as this week whether Jerome Powell will be re-nominated for a second term as Fed Chair or Lael Brainard is Biden’s pick instead.The Wall Street Journal reported that Biden’s meetings with both had only other adviser, National Economic Council Director Brian …
Read More »Historic Inflation Ignites Growing Calls to Speed Taper
A growing consensus of market watchers, investors and traders says that the Federal Reserve Bank has to speed up its taper procedures, namely the reduction of asset purchases in light of the fastest inflation in 31 years.The calls, ranging from former New York Fed President Bill Dudley to St. Louis …
Read More »Business Experts Urge Biden to Rid of China’s Tariffs
Ahead of President Joe Biden’s virtual summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, tens of businessmen are calling on Joe Biden to remove tariffs on China to help ease historic levels of inflation.The business community warned tariffs on China and retaliatory levies are hurting U. S. companies, industries and families by …
Read More »BoE Governor Extremely Uneasy About Spiking Inflation
Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, declared before members of the Parliament that he is ‘very uneasy’ about the UK’s inflation situation, in comments that suggest he could vote for an interest rate rise soon.Testifying to the Treasury Committee, Bailey said this month’s vote to leave interest rates …
Read More »Article 16 Drags UK and EU to Brinkmanship
Relations between the UK and EU have been tattered due to the brinkmanship over the British threats to trigger an emergency clause known as Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol. European Commission’s Maros Sefcovic said the EU will consider all tools at its disposal if the UK Government triggers …
Read More »GBP/USD Fails First Attempt To Break Critical Number
GBP/USD pair is attempting to correct a daily bearish impulse and is trading 0.18% higher on Monday’s session. GBP/USD has travelled from as low as 1.3402 to a high of 1.3449, scoring the high in recent trade as bulls take on daily resistance with 1.3480 eyed. The sterling has been …
Read More »ECB’s de Guindos: Inflation Could Last Longer Than Expected
Reiterating the ECB’s well-known stance on inflation, ECB’s de Guindos said that the current phase of higher inflation, which partly reflects an increase in energy prices and supply constraints, could last longer than expected only some months ago. Supply shortages may dampen activity while pushing up prices, adding to the …
Read More »Dubai TV Interview, Nov. 15, 2021
Director of Research and Development at Noor Capital and member of the American Association of Professional Technical Analysts, Mohamed Hashad, was a guest on Dubai Channel to comment on the most outstanding developments in the financial markets today and throughout the current week. US-China Virtual Summit in Spotlight The markets …
Read More »USD/CAD slumps as T-bond yields fall
After reaching four-week highs, the USD/CAD pair has slumped for the second successive session down 0.18%, the pair is now trading at 1.2524 during on Monday.The fall is mainly driven by US dollar’s current weakness, caused by a weaker than expected University of Michigan consumer sentiment that plummeted to a …
Read More »Gold is Falling as Investors Focus on Next Step For Central Banks
Gold prices fell Monday, November 15, retreating from their highest level in more than 5 months in the previous session, as cautious investors assessed whether rising inflation would trigger a more aggressive response from central banks. Spot yellow metal prices fell 0.3% to $1858.73 an ounce, while US gold futures …
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