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The Bank of England will not politicize how it supervises foreign clearing houses with confronting responses to whatever the European Union decides, a senior BoE official said on Monday.Christina Segal-Knowles, the BoE’s executive director for financial market infrastructure, pointed out in a public consultation paper how the central bank will …

Fed Chair Jerome Powell spoke, Monday, before the “Gender and the Economy Conference”, a symposium hosted by the Division of Consumer and Community Affairs, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C. (via webcast). Following is the full text of Powell’s speech: Good morning. I am pleased to …

In an interview with Dubai TV, Director of Research and Development at Noor Capital, Mohamed Hashad takes a closer look at the markets. USD Hashad pointed out that last week was one of the most critical weeks ever in November, as there were major statements from the Central Banks, most …

All expectations that signals by BoC and RBA could push the world’s monetary policy actors to accelerate their own timelines for interest rate hikes, ran into a solid wall with the U. S. Federal Reserve and European Central Bank announcing they would not hike interest rates so fast, though Fed …

The KSA boosted prices just after refusing to bend to U.S. pressure to pump more crude oil. With OPEC unanimously agreeing to stick to its plans, attention now turns to whether U.S. President Joe Biden will respond.The total active U.S. rig count, which includes those drilling for natural gas, climbed …

The S&P 500 Index as well as other major U. S. equity indices witnessed a strong end to a strong week. The S&P 500 clinched a seventh successive record session close at 4697 after briefly surpassing the 4700 level intraday.The index ended the week up over 2.0% on the week, …

The surge in the prices of commodities has been unprecedented since mid-2020, predictably resulting in calls that a new supercycle is proceeding. Supply-demand imbalances are plaguing the globe and boosting prices further. But one topic that is gaining more and more significance in 2021 is that a number of commodities …

The Reserve Bank of Australia has used Friday’s quarterly assessment of the economy to announce that lockdown has delayed but not derailed the nation’s economic recovery.It says economic activity probably contracted by 2.5% in the three months to last September, but the Q4 could regain most of the previous losses, …

U. S. logistics still need time to catch up with manufacturing pace. Improving conditions for supply chain labour is an efficient solution. Some call for changing the U. S. transportation age and drug testing rules by the Transportation Department for truck drivers to make taking these jobs easier.Others urge the …

Treasury yield on 10-year bonds slides below 1.5%, extending a remarkably volatile week. U.S. government bonds rallied after a better-than-expected jobs report Friday, sending the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note below 1.5% for the first time in about a month.The yield on the 10-year note recently traded at …