Market Update

Japanese shares closed down more than 2 percent on Wednesday, tracking losses incurred by Wall Street overnight on rising concerns about inflation, while investors awaited the outcome of the ruling party leadership elections that will determine the next prime minister in Japan. The Nikkei average fell 2.12 percent to close …

Gold prices rose, as a slight decline in US Treasury yields provided some support in the face of growing expectations of a faster-than-expected hike in US interest rates that also pushed the dollar to a multi-month peak. And gold rose in immediate transactions 0.3 percent to $ 1739.34 an ounce, …

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Japan will lift the state of emergency related to the coronavirus in all regions on Thursday for the first time in six months, as the number of new infections and deaths decreases and the burden on the medical system eases. Daily infections fell across …

Former Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) policy Chief Fumio Kishida outpaced popular reformer Taro Kono and won the party leadership vote after a run-off race. Kishida will succeed outgoing Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, the announcement will be made on Monday, October 4. Kishida secured 257 votes when compared to …

U. S. President Joe Biden continued meeting key Senators on Tuesday in an attempt to gather flagging support for his economic plan of USD 3.5 trillion federal budget bill, which Republicans blocked yesterday.Biden also virtually meets with governors, mayors, and other state officials to discuss the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and …

The sharp lows on Tuesday of Wall Street stocks is deepening concerns over persistent inflation and price hikes, as debt ceiling negotiations continue in Washington.All three major U.S. stock indexes slid by nearly 2% or even more, with interest rate sensitive tech and tech adjacent stocks while investors lost risk …

U.S. stocks stumbled Tuesday, logging their sharpest pullback since May 2021, as rising bond yields impacted shares of technology companies.A number of stocks were hit hard including Moderna, Nvidia and Google holding company Alphabet. Shares of Moderna were down nearly 7% in mid-day trading session. The Federal Reserve’s signaled policy …

Senator Elizabeth Warren said that she would not support Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for a second term as head of the U.S. central bank.Warren said, Tuesday, that Powell’s record gives her grave concern. Warren’s statement was during a Senate Banking Committee hearing.The Senator argues that Powell acted to make …

After China’s latest crackdown on digital currency activities, and according to new data from blockchain labs, China’s growth in crypto trading by volume fell deeply after last week’s restrictions. Most Western European countries have turned into the world’s largest crypto economy, receiving USD 1 trillion over the last year, or …

The world economy is encountering a significant increase in forces resulting in simultaneous increase in inflation and stagnation of economic output, as surging energy prices boost inflation and, accordingly, slow the recovery from the recession that has been among the major impacts of the pandemic.Crude pushed past $80 for the …