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Reserve Bank of Australia’s Governor, Phillip Lowe spoke before the CPA Australia Riverina Business Conference and signaled a number of stances regarding the central bank’s upcoming policy. The title of Lowe‘s speech wass, ‘the RBA and the Australian Economy.’ Key Remarks The conditions for a rate hike will not be …

UK inflation figures climbed to a 10-year high in November as consumer prices continue surging while traders, investors and market participants eye the Bank of England’s crunch monetary policy meeting on Thursday.The Consumer Price Index rose by 5.1% in the 12 months to November, up from 4.2% in October, which …

US stocks rose after Federal Reserve officials approved plans to speed up the withdrawal of the pandemic stimulus efforts, giving investors and traders more insight into the central bank’s response to hot inflation.All three major indexes turned higher after the afternoon release of a much-awaited Fed statement, published at the …

The Federal Reserve Bank Chair Jerome Powell said in his post-Fed meeting press conference that with inflation so far above the Fed’s 2.0% target, we can’t wait too long to get back to maximum employment. Key Remarks: “Inflation that we’ve got is not at all what we were looking for …

The Federal Reserve sent to the financial markets multiple indications on Wednesday immediately after concluding the two-day policymaking meeting. The US Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday that the FOMC had agreed to leave the Federal Funds target range unchanged at 0.0-0.25%, in line with expectations. Moreover, the pace of the …

The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it will halt crisis-driven asset purchases early next year, setting the stage for three interest-rate hikes in 2022 to help counter the threat of persistently high inflation. The stock market, which was lower as investors braced for Fed meeting news, improved, with the Dow …

In an effort to contain price increases that hit a 39-year high last month, the Fed on Wednesday agreed to clear the way for earlier and faster interest rate hikes in 2022 by accelerating the phase-out of its bond-buying stimulus.The Fed’s policymaking committee left its benchmark rate near zero but …

Tech shares investors are not waiting around for Powell to tell what economist and traders already know: The Fed is about to get very serious about inflation. The remainder of the market is waiting and holding their breath.The Dow Jones Index is flat. The S&P 500 is down just 0.2%. …

The annual inflation rate in Canada remains at 4.7% in November. Analysts point out that inflation pressure continues to broaden; that combined with a stronger labour market will prompt a rate hike from the Bank of Canada during the second quarter of next year. Canada’s headline inflation rate was unchanged …

The Federal Reserve is expected on Wednesday to announce that it is speeding up the end of its pandemic-era bond purchases and signal a turn to interest rate increases next year as a guard against surging inflation.The identification of the Omicron coronavirus variant last month has added a new level …