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U.S. stocks rose as traders watch earnings reports from technology heavyweights including Facebook, while keeping in mind inflation-related concerns and rising Covid-19 risks. Energy and materials sectors are on the lead of the S&P 500 higher after the index whipsawed traders at the start of Monday’s U. S. session. PayPal …

Regulation and low profits pose threats to the U. S. community banking sector according to Michelle Bowman; member of the Federal Reserve Board.Speaking to a community bankers’ symposium at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Bowman noted that only 44 new banks had been chartered in the last decade.Bowman said …

Canada’s hot wave of inflation and the recovering labour market are accelerating pressure on the Bank of Canada to hike interest rates ahead of schedule. Investors are eyeing a fiscal policy announcement this week for clues that the central bank is turning more hawkish. Led by Governor Tiff Macklem, the …

Bank of England interest rate-setter Silvana Tenreyro said she needs more time to judge how the end of the government’s job-saving plan impacts the labour market, adding to signs that she sees no urgency to raise rates.Uncertainty over the effects of the unpaid leave plan should be resolved over the …

Resurgent oil prices are causing a noticeable improvement in Gulf Cooperation Council fiscal and external balances in 2021, in addition to reform momentum that has taken hold to varying degrees since 2014 in response to oil price volatility, Fitch Ratings says.Fitch’s scenario analysis estimates that GCC budgets, except in Bahrain, …

US Treasury yields rose on Monday morning, with the 10-year bond rate exceeding the 1.66% mark, the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield rising one basis point to 1.6661%, and the 30-year Treasury yield adding one basis point at 2.1084 %, returns move inversely with prices and one basis point equals 0.01%.

From Europe to the United States, market drivers ranged from unemployment, inflation-related concerns, earnings and alarming losses to inventories of energy, particularly natural gas. On Friday, Fed’s Chair Jerome Powell officially announced that the U. S. economy is ready for reducing the asset purchases, however, he did not think that …

The S&P 500 erased previous daily gains and dropped 0.12%, settling at 4,544.36, shortly after Fed’s Chair Jerome Powell had admitted that the central bank keeps monitoring price pressures carefully and would act as required. Indices record losses between 0.23% and 0.98%, except for the Dow Jones Industrial, up 0.18%. …

The S&P 500 erased previous daily gains and dropped 0.12%, settling at 4,544.36, shortly after Fed’s Chair Jerome Powell had admitted that the central bank keeps monitoring price pressures carefully and would act as required.As the S&P500 cash market opened, the market mood was upbeat, with the three major U. …

WTI futures have bounced up to $82.50. the U. S. crude oil regained previous losses to return to levels near multi year highs at $83.95.Crude prices remain within previous ranges, consolidating after a nine week surge, however, oil prices retreated earlier today as the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and Federal …