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The U.S. isn’t headed for the kind of “stagflation” that developed in the 1970s, when unemployment and inflation rose in tandem, Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida said.“I actually lived through, as a college student, the ‘Great Stagflation’ of the 70s, and I think there are a lot of differences,” …

Stock futures have been shaken as rising energy prices worsened concerns about inflation in addition to the lingering worries on China’s property sector, factors that together weighed on sentiment. Investors are looking to the third-quarter earnings season, which begins this week, for clues on how companies are faring with price …

European stocks fell as investors’ concerns about rising energy prices and events in China are building up. Stock indexes have been dragged lower in choppy trading in recent weeks. Frankfurt’s DAX was 0.3% lower, underperforming other European indexes. Germany’s ZEW survey of economic sentiment weakened for the fifth straight month …

European shares fell on Tuesday, October 12 as investors feared higher commodity prices would hurt the recovery of corporate earnings, and the sentiment was also affected by fresh evidence of problems at Chinese real estate investment group Evergrande. The European STOXX600 index fell 0.9% by 07:11 GMT after similar declines …

Oil prices surged on Monday to significant highs, the move is boosting U.S. materials and energy stocks, but concerns that rising prices would worsen supply chain caused Wall Street to give up early gains.U.S. crude jumped 2.5% to $81.31 per barrel, a level not seen since late 2014, and Brent …

U.S. stock indexes rose on Monday as growth and financial stocks gained, shrugging off inflation concerns in the run up to third-quarter earnings reports from later this week.The S&P 500 financial sector index rose 0.7%, while banks added 0.6% ahead of earnings reports from JPMorgan Chase & Co and Bank …

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 …

Japan’s Nikkei rose for a third straight session Monday, October 11, extending recovery from last week’s six-week low, as a sharp drop in the yen boosted exporters while a drop in COVID-19 infections revived hopes of reopening the economy. The index closed up 1.60% to 28,498.20 points, advancing more than …

Stocks closed in the red on Friday as investors digested a key report on the labor market’s recovery, which showed a much weaker than expected growth of hiring in September. The S&P 500 fluctuated between gains and losses throughout the day, trading choppily like recurrent waves after three successive sessions …

Investors’ prevalent sentiment tends to be overwhelmed by hesitation and confusion which have become an inseparable part of the scene because the implications of the NFP jobs data announced Friday.The stock market was wavering on Friday after the September jobs report missed estimates, though the data were better than the …