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Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic said on Monday that the Fed needs to be “forceful and committed” in getting inflation under control, as reported by Reuters.Key Comments:“For now, inflation expectations in longer-term haven’t moved in a significant way.”“Labor supply is a huge problem.”“Until pandemic is over, there will be effects …

According to US intelligence sources speaking to Newsweek, the US has informed Ukraine of a Russian plan to invade with 48 hours. An intelligence official said that the US had informed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the Russian plan would involve air strikes, cruise missiles, ground troops and cyberattacks.The US …

With major events ahead of the markets, the focus would shift to global markets and earnings for cues. On the macro front, traders are digesting Monday’s IIP data, both CPI Inflation and WPI inflation are also being analyzed along with the latest earnings reports. After the reaction to US’s hot …

Wall Street jumped on Wednesday, closing sharply higher as megacap growth stocks powered up thanks to a pause in rising interest rates, and upbeat earnings reports also encouraged investors to buy.The benchmark 10-year US Treasury yield slipped from multi-year highs hit in the previous session, helping steady sentiment across global …

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic on Monday said that he expects three rate hikes in 2022, in a reiteration of remarks made over the weekend. He clarified that a 50bps move in March was not the Fed’s preferred policy action and that the Fed is not fixed …

Raphael Bostic, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, said on Thursday that he would push for getting the QE taper over with sooner rather than later. Additional Comments:“We do need to be tapering bond purchases, have served purpose.”“Tapering will provide more optionality in 2022 on interest rate liftoff.”“If …

Atlanta Fed’s Raphael Bostic said on Monday night interview on Bloomberg TV that faster taper would give the US more optionality, but “we still have a COVID economy, he added.Given the mixed comments and Wall Street’s latest mild reaction, as S&P 500 Futures printed 0.14% intraday gains following the comments …

Businesses in the US are growing nervous over the recent surge in the number of COVID-19 cases, according to the President of the Atlanta Federal Reserve, Raphael Bostic. “We are hearing it more and more as we get more data. People are getting nervous again. Business leaders are getting worried. …