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Jerome Powell’s comments, before Jackson Hole Symposium, have fuel 1,000-point market collapse, on Friday, as stocks slid for a second week. US equities fell after Powell had said the US central bank “won’t back off in its fight against rapid inflation”. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1,008.38 points, or …

Oil prices closed higher on Friday, boosted by signals from Saudi Arabia that OPEC could cut output, but trading was volatile as investors digested and ultimately shrugged off warnings from the head of the US Federal Reserve about economic pain ahead.Brent crude futures rose $1.65 to settle at $100.99 a …

The Treasury Department is facing complaints from the cryptocurrency industry over sanctions imposed on a firm accused of helping to launder billions of dollars, with some funds going to North Korean hackers.In early August, the Treasury Department imposed sanctions on the virtual currency mixing firm, Tornado Cash, which allegedly helped …

The US and India made progress on price cap talks, according to Wally Adeyemo, the US Deputy Treasury Secretary. India has emerged as one of Russia’s largest oil customers as it snaps up discounted barrels. The comments come after Indian officials have privately expressed reluctance about joining the price cap, …

Cryptocurrencies and stocks both pushed lower following Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech today. Both cryptocurrencies and major stock indexes lost value this morning, as global market participants responded to the hawkish language that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell used in his keynote speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium.The price …

Europe’s unified approach to energy dates back to a long time before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, nevertheless the impacted countries that are directly or indirectly under energy shortages could be obliged to watch gas flow past. German cities are a little different this summer. Visitors to the local swimming …

The US Dollar Index has surged and managed to regain the uptrend after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech before Fed’s annual Jackson Hole Symposium, Friday morning, as the US central bank chair stressed that the monetary policymakers do not have the luxury to stop raising interest rates in the coming …

Stocks sharply sold off, on Friday, after Fed Chair Jerome Powell said in his Jackson Hole speech the central bank “won’t back off in its fight against rapid inflation”.The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 611 points, or 1.85%, after initially seesawing during the Fed chair’s comments. The S&P 500 fell …

Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester said on Friday that the July inflation report was welcome news but added that she needed to see more convincing data to conclude inflation was coming down, as reported by Reuters.The US Dollar Index showed no immediate reaction to these comments and was last …

The Federal Reserve chair said households and businesses should prepare for pain as the central bank works to bring down inflation.Bitcoin dropped almost 5% in value within no more than two hours following Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s long-awaited keynote address at the Fed’s Jackson Hole, Wyoming, economic conference on Friday.US …