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The US Federal Reserve will use all the available and necessary tools to support the American economy and to help the labour market to grow stronger.Fed is determined to prevent higher inflation from becoming entrenched according to the prepared remarks from Jerome Powell confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking Committee. …

The markets are awaiting the testimony of US Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, today, but it is not only Jerome Powell who will be speaking today but also several US Fed officials, first and foremost Raphael Bostic. Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic told Reuters on Tuesday that March would …

UK stock markets shed 0.5% to close at 7,445 on Monday, in line with its European peers, as investors across the globe traded cautiously awaiting another US inflation data later this week that could provide further guidance on the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy path.US policymakers are now expected to raise …

Pressured by the rise of the US dollar, gold reversed its uptrend on Monday to record a drop to 1793 dollars per ounce, compared to the last closing, which recorded 1795 dollars per ounce.The precious metal rose to its highest level throughout the first trading session of this week at …

US consumer inflation expectations for the year ahead remained at a record 6% in December of 2021, the same as in November. Home price expectations rose to 5.5% from 5% in November but remained below their May 2021 peak. Also, uncertainty and disagreement about future inflation decreased and expectations about …

The S&P 500 Index has dipped under 4600 and is down by another more than 1.5% as the equity downturn continues. Concerns about Fed’s tightening policy and higher US bond yields continue to be the main driver of the selling. The equity bears have picked up where they left off …

Goldman Sachs expects the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates 4 times this year, in March, June, September and December, according to Bloomberg. Rapid progress in the US labour market and hawkish signals in minutes from the Dec 14-15 Federal Open Market Committee suggest faster normalisation, Goldman’s Jan Hatzius said in …

The last trading week ended with a decline in the US dollar as risk appetite improved with optimism around Omicron, in addition to data out of the USA. As a result, the dollar index, which measures the strength of the US currency against a basket of currencies, fell to 95.7. …

The first seven days of 2022 have not been kind to bitcoin, as the most famous cryptocurrency lost 11% of its value within days and finished this week at about $42,000; down almost 40% from its all-time high in 2021’s fall.Other digital coins including ethereum and ripple also fell this …

Inflation, rising rates and the Federal Reserve could lash US stocks next week. After a sharp jump in bond yields with the new year, rising rates could again impose a different tone on the stocks next week. Powell and Brainard’s TestimonyBig events, for newt week, include testimony by Federal Reserve …