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The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated that there was a draw this week for crude oil of 3.0 million barrels, compared to analyst predictions of a 1.558 million barrel draw. US crude inventories have shed 80 million barrels since the start of 2021 and about 23 million barrels since the …

The market mood is sour, helping the American dollar to end the day with gains against most major rivals.The initial catalyst came from the Bank of Japan. The central bank announced it would be buying an unlimited amount of 10-year JGBs at 0.25% in an attempt to defend the yield …

Geopolitics continued to impact the economic outlook throughout the previous week. Christine Lagarde emphasized the punitive measures were designed to target the regime, not the Russian people, while new “fiscal remedies are still needed” to stabilize Europe’s economy.Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February has fundamentally brought about deep economic …

China’s economic growth is forecast to slow amid fresh coronavirus outbreaks, denting profits for US firms. But disruptions to Chinese manufacturing could steer factory orders to Southeast Asia.US companies stand to earn less this year in China as growth slows in the world’s second largest economy. Slowing growth in the …

The dollar is likely to head higher in the coming months before weakening in the second half of the year as the outperformance of the US economy fades and investors’ risk appetite improves, according to Barclays Plc. While tighter monetary policy, a resilient US economy and demand for havens due …

The USD started the American session on the back foot but gradually strengthened following hawkish comments by US Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Speaking about the economic outlook at the National Association for Business Economics Annual Economic Policy Conference, Powell said that if they need to raise fed funds rate by …

Shares of China’s Evergrande Group and two key subsidiaries were halted from trading Monday pending the release of inside information, pointing to a potential advance in the planned restructuring of the giant developer.Hong Kong-listed Evergrande, China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group Ltd. and Evergrande Property Services Group Ltd. were halted …

The crash of a Boeing jet in China sent the company’s shares down 5.6% at one point Monday, signaling a test of investor confidence just as the plane maker was starting to put a number of crises in its past.A Boeing 737-800 plane carrying 132 people for China Eastern Airlines …

China kept the key interest rate for lending to businesses and individuals unchanged on Monday, according to what traders and analysts expected. China kept the basic interest rate for one-year loans at 3.70 percent, while the basic interest rate for five-year loans remained at 4.60 percent. Just over half of …

There have been a lot of moving events during the past week, most notably the monetary policy decisions of the Fed and the Bank of England. Those decisions, which reflected a clear shift in the direction of monetary policy, led to a change in the price movement. The US Federal …