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The Bank of Canada will continue pulling back its stimulus that has been in place to support the economy at a policy decision this week, paving the way for the start of interest rate increases next year amid inflation concerns.Governor Tiff Macklem is expected to reduce weekly government bond purchases …

Canada’s hot wave of inflation and the recovering labour market are accelerating pressure on the Bank of Canada to hike interest rates ahead of schedule. Investors are eyeing a fiscal policy announcement this week for clues that the central bank is turning more hawkish. Led by Governor Tiff Macklem, the …

Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Friday that elevated U.S. inflation readings are expected to last into next year and the central bank is watching the impeded risk that consumers start to experience because of the accelerated inflation.In a discussion sponsored by the central bank of South Africa, Powell admitted that …

A senior official of the Federal Reserve, John Williams, signalled the US economy is strong enough for the central bank to consider reducing the massive recovery-related bond-buying program soon, but he urged the adoption of sufficiently patient approach to raising interest rates.Williams, the president of the New York Fed, acknowledged …

Kansas City Fed President Esther George said that the U.S. job market has already met the Federal Reserve’s benchmark test sufficiently to decrease its monthly bond purchasesزGeorge mentioned that the central bank should now turn to discussion of how its massive bondholdings may add complication to its eventual decision about …

U.S. government bond yields have surged on Friday, with the 10-year bill yield approaching a two month high, touching 1.3855%, its highest level since 2011 and was set for a fourth consecutive week of increases, the longest such successive band since March.Traders look forward to a busy week of Central …

The awaited critical event for markets next week will be the Federal Reserve meeting. As observers suggest, the meeting may prove unextraordinary. They do not expect the Fed to formally announce a decision on the reduction of the purchase program. After a disappointing August’s jobs report, instead, tapering outsized asset …