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Markets were waiting for the US data before making any aggressive bets. According to the accounts of the December European Central Bank monetary policy meeting, it was cautioned that a “higher for longer” inflation scenario could not be ruled out.  There were 286,000 initial claims for unemployment benefits in the …

Hungary, Poland, and Estonia are among European nations that are unhappy with plans to launch a minimum global European shares rose in early trading today, Thursday, supported by gains in the travel and entertainment sector, which rose more than 1%, and with the follow-up to the latest developments in the …

Hungary, Poland and Estonia are among European nations that are unhappy with plans to launch a minimum global corporate tax rate of 15 percent as of January 2023.Some EU countries have slammed the bloc’s efforts to introduce a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15 percent within 12 months into …

Data released today by Statistics Canada showed that the inflation index grew as expected for the third consecutive month in December, as the consumer price index fell by 0.1% in December, in line with market expectations, but less than the previous reading, which recorded an increase of 0.2 % last …

European shares fell at the beginning of Wednesday’s trading, led by shares of food and beverage companies and with global stock markets losses. Economic data in the UK revealed that inflation rose to a 30-year high in December at 5.4%, exceeding analysts’ expectations of 5.2%. “We’re hearing a lot of …

Prices in the European jet fuel market rose sharply, with global air traffic resisting the influence of the omicron variable. According to Bloomberg, one of the most important measures of the fuel market, which is the difference between diesel, rose last Friday to its highest level since September 2019, long …

European shares fell on Friday after comments pointing to tightening monetary policy from US central bank officials, which reinforced concerns about the repercussions, while German SAP reported strong quarterly profits in the cloud database sector. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.7 percent, following the path of declining global markets, …

Global Central Banks Start Turning Off Cash TapsAs speculation grows about when the US Federal Reserve will begin reducing the size of its balance sheet, some analysts say the era of “quantitative tightening” has already started and “quantitative easing” is over.Central bank balance sheets have ballooned since the pandemic struck …

European shares rose on Wednesday, tracking gains made by Wall Street in the evening after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell expressed a less hawkish stance on monetary policy during testimony before Congress. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.5% by 0813 GMT, following the path of global stocks, after Powell …

European shares rose on Tuesday, with investors returning to the technology sector after declining for seven days due to fears of rising interest rates. A group of positive corporate results also supported stocks. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index rose 1.1 after US stocks rose in late trading, supporting Asian stocks. …