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The U. S. supports calls for OPEC+ to do more to manage the economic recovery worldwide, a White House official said on Monday, as crude prices hit multi-year peaks. The official noted that Biden’s administration is closely monitoring the cost of oil and gasoline and using every tool to address …

Agustín Carstens, general manager for the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) warned of Big Tech’s increasing reach into financial servicesCarstens said that Big Tech needs monitoring as it broadens its scope of services into credit and beyond. He added that Facebook’s Diem, in particular, needs scrutiny.Carstens delivered his remarks as …

The Australian dollar has rallied about 0.9% so far today and is on track to close its best daily performance over the last months. The pair accelerated its uptrend, after breaking above the 0.7330 resistance area, to reach 0.7370 for the first time since mid-September.Australian dollar’s appreciation has been underpinned …

A one-off shift in workers’ pay in response to recent price spikes wouldn’t be a sign of sustainably higher inflation, European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said.“Differentiating between transitory and persistent shifts in the growth rate of wages” will play an important role in assessing the progress of underlying …

Speaking to Dubai TV on Monday, Mohamed Hashad, Director of Research and Development at Noor Capital, discussed the current situation across global markets, with anticipation for a number of developments over the course of the week. ECB Hashad explained that we had seen a lot of hints from the European …

The Bank of England has warned that rising inflation could trigger a selloff in global financial markets, with a damaging impact on the UK economy.BoE expects inflation will rise above 4% this winter, and will remain elevated until at least the summer of 2022 before gradually falling back towards its …

EUR/USD has risen above Thursday’s daily highs is trading at 1.1572, gaining 0.17% during the New York session. Earlier in the American session, it reached a daily high at 1.1586, but as most G8 currencies, retreated the move.Despite an awful US employment report, the market seems aware that nothing will …

U. S. President Biden on Friday brushed off a second month of disappointing jobs growth figures, claiming “monthly totals bounce around” before walking off without taking reporters’ questions.Biden spoke about 90 minutes later than scheduled and emphasized that the unemployment rate dropped to 4.8 percent in September; the lowest since …

At the meeting of finance ministers of the Eurozone in Luxembourg on Oct. 4, one prominent regular attendee was missing. Olaf Scholz, Germany’s finance minister and vice chancellor since 2018, was otherwise occupied in Berlin.Eight days earlier, his Social Democratic Party had won national elections under his leadership, making him …

The U. S. dollar’s dominant role in global markets is most likely to continue, but the rapid rise of cryptocurrencies may diminish the dollar’s status, according to a new paper by the Federal Reserve. Private digital currencies, such as Bitcoin and Ether, as well as government backed coins, could reduce …