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President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Charles Evans, expects an inflation overshoot after more than three years, Bloomberg reported. “I expect inflation to slowly improve, reaching 2% on a persistent basis in 2023 and then moderately overshooting 2% over the following few years.”“We likely have a lot of …

President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Charles Evans, expects inflation in the United States will reach 2% and unemployment at 4% by 2023, Reuters reported. According to Evans, inflation could be allowed to reach 2.5%. “The Fed needs to have an ‘in it to win it’ attitude toward …

A survey showed that the economic recovery in the Eurozone was faltering in September due to the decline of the service sector, which dominates the economy of the bloc, as a result of re-imposing some restrictions on activities to prevent a new spread of the Coronavirus. Rising infection rates in …

Monday’s survey showed investor sentiment in the Euro area declined in October, halting a five-month streak of improvement, in an indication of concerns about the increasing of coronavirus cases. The Sentex Euro area index fell to -8.3 from -8.0 in September, compared to Reuters’ forecast for a reading of -9.5. …

The dollar index declined slightly on Monday, as it witnessed little change from Friday’s closing, as financial markets await news about the health of US President Donald Trump and the developments in talks regarding financial aid in Washington. On Friday, Trump announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19, prompting …

Data on Monday showed that Eurozone retail sales were much stronger than expected in August thanks to a massive increase in online purchases and growth in clothing sales amid the Covid-19 pandemic, but July sales were revised down. Retail sales in 19 Eurozone countries jumped 4.4% month-on-month in August, registering …

Gold fell on Monday, as the White House signal that US President Donald Trump was “responding well” to the Covid-19 treatment improved global sentiment, prompting the withdrawal of money from the metal that is usually considered a safe haven. Doctors said his health was improving and he may return to …

FX option expiries for Oct 5 NY cut at 10:00 Eastern Time, via DTCC, can be found below. EUR/USD: EUR amounts 1.1700 1.1bn1.1730 760m1.1870 843m USD/JPY: USD amounts 104.05 360m104.50 450m105.00 1.3bn105.80 461m AUD/USD: AUD amounts 0.7160 535m0.7230 628m

The Nikkei benchmark rose in early trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday. Nikkei rose 1.3% to 23,309.8 points, while the broader TOPIX index increased 1.10% to 1626.85 points.

Oil prices increased by more than 2% on Monday, supported by statements from doctors to US President Donald Trump indicating that he could be discharged from the hospital today, a few days after he was diagnosed with the Coronavirus, which caused widespread panic. New information on Trump’s health reduced the …