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September, 2022

• 9 September 2022 4:59 pm

  Canada: Unemployment Rate jumps to 5.4% in August

  

  Statistics Canada reported on Friday that the Unemployment Rate in Canada rose to 5.4% in August from 4.9% in July. This reading came in worse than the market expectation of 5%. Further details of the publication revealed that the Net Change in Employment was -39.7K, compared to the market expectation …

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• 9 September 2022 3:36 pm

  A look at the British economy after the death of Queen Elizabeth II

  

  The death of Queen Elizabeth II marks the beginning of a new era for the United Kingdom but one that will be fraught with economic uncertainty and mixed patriotic sentiments. Queen Elizabeth died on Thursday, September 8th, at 96, the longest-reigning monarch of the United Kingdom. Thousands of Britons gathered …

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• 9 September 2022 2:36 pm

  Gold is gaining lustre and hitting its highest level in more than a week

  

  Gold prices rose more than 1 percent on Friday to its highest level in more than a week as a weak dollar boosted demand for the yellow metal, even as Federal Reserve policymakers pledged to raise interest rates to tame inflation pressures. And gold rose in spot transactions 1.1 percent …

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• 9 September 2022 2:24 pm

  Bitcoin jumps over $20,000

  

  Cryptocurrency Bitcoin crossed the $20,000 mark and is looking to post its best day in six weeks on Friday, as the dollar fell and markets found reasons for optimism at the end of a tough week. Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, rose more than seven percent to $20,796, …

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• 9 September 2022 1:12 pm

  Oil rises on supply support, but is heading for a weekly decline

  

  Oil prices rose on Friday, boosted by investor interest in Russia’s threat to halt oil and gas exports to some buyers, but crude is set for a second weekly decline as demand is affected by large interest rate increases by central banks and the impact of coronavirus-related restrictions in China. …

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• 9 September 2022 12:32 pm

  Nikkei ends week higher in monetary tightening environment

  

  Japanese stocks rose on Friday, extending gains from the previous day, even as investors digested the hawkish rhetoric of policymakers that strongly supported expectations of big interest rate hikes to curb inflation. The Nikkei index closed up 0.53 percent to 28,214.75 points. The benchmark index started trading up 0.5 percent …

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• 9 September 2022 4:08 am

  Market Drivers – US Session 08/09/2022

  

  The US dollar finished the trading session with mixed performance versus rival currencies. After a seemingly volatile day, the EUR/USD pair is little changed, just below parity after the ECB’s 75 bps rate hike that came in line with expectations.The Canadian dollar surged against the US dollar, with the pair …

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• 9 September 2022 3:39 am

  Washington to screen investment in China’s tech sector

  

  The Biden administration is pondering an executive order to screen and restrict US overseas investment in technology development in China and other potentially hostile countries.The Chinese embassy in Washington said Beijing opposes the order, adding the measure would limit normal investment in China, disrupt international trade and distort global semiconductor …

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• 9 September 2022 2:01 am

  WTI edges higher on Russia’s threats

  

  Crude prices edged higher by about 1% on Thursday after abandoning a seven-month low in the prior session as some technical traders bought the dip and Russia threatened to halt oil and gas exports to some buyers.That price increase came despite a surprise size of US crude inventories, news that …

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• 9 September 2022 1:27 am

  Belgium Warns: EU Economy At Risk On Energy Crisis

  

  Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo warned that Europe is in need to immediately act to address the energy crisis or risk the kind of fundamental economic shutdown that the bloc would struggle to recover from.“A few weeks like this and the European economy will just go into a full …

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• 9 September 2022 1:01 am

  Yellen to target citizens with high income to keep US economy stronger

  

  On Thursday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen pledged to pursue tax increases for high earning Americans to keep US finances robust, as she gave a speech in Michigan on the Biden administration’s economic policies.“To ensure our long-term economic stability, we must keep our public finances on sound footing,” Yellen said. Emerging …

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• 8 September 2022 11:54 pm

  Gold price pressured at $1707, but eying $1,730

  

  Gold prices are down on the day after heavily falling from a high of $1,728.23 to a low of $1,704.00. The precious metal is trading around $1,707.33 at the time of writing and lower by 0.5%. The US dollar index and shorter-dated US Treasury yields rose on Thursday following Fed …

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• 8 September 2022 10:46 pm

  Fed’s Evans prefers to rate hike pause

  

  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans said, on Thursday, that policymakers could deliver a third straight jumbo increase in interest ratesat the next FOMC meeting on September 20-21, but he is opened minded between a 50 or 75 basis point hike. The US dollar index and shorter-dated US …

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