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Speaking to Dubai TV on Monday, Mohamed Hashad, Director of Research and Development at Noor Capital, discussed the current situation across global markets, with anticipation for a number of developments over the course of the week. the US Non-Farm Payrolls Report The US job data had a massive impact on …

Inflation in the United States has been on a rising trend in recent months with the Federal Reserve tolerating the surge in consumer prices with the hope that it would eventually lead to achieving the price stability target with a sustainable inflation rate of 2%. However, despite the central bank’s …

Markets are anticipating the release of August’s employment data in the United States on Friday, with expectations that it will show yet another improvement in the jobs market. A recent survey by WSJ shows that nonfarm payrolls (NFP) increased by 720,000, after a rise of 943,000 in July, with the …

The growth of factory activity in Texas slowed in August, according to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey, by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. The production index decreased by 10 points to 20.8, while the new orders index retreated to 15.6 from 26.8. The growth rate of orders declined by …

As investors are closely monitoring developments in the U.S. monetary policy, the Federal Reserve is gradually preparing markets for the beginning of tapering and the move from easing towards policy normalization. The first sign was when the Fed said that it would halt purchases of corporate bonds, then a clearer …

The U.S. Federal Reserve could start cutting the monthly asset purchases this year, but would not rush raising interest rates, Chairman Jerome Powell said on Friday, in his speech to the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium. Powell explained that the American economy has made substantial further progress toward the Fed’s price …

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said on Friday that it is likely that scaling back the asset purchases will begin before the end of the year. He did, however, rule out raising interest rates in the near future. Powell was speaking earlier at the annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, …

The Kansas City Fed announced it would host its 2021 Economic Policy Symposium, “Macroeconomic Policy in an Uneven Economy,” virtually on Friday, Aug. 27. The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s Economic Policy Symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyo., is one of the longest-standing central banking conferences in the world. The …

The President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Robert Kaplan, believes that U.S. central bank should take the decision on tapering next month. Kaplan’s remarks to CNBC came a day before the highly anticipated speech by the Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, to the Jackson Hole economic conference. Kaplan …

The Kansas Fed Manufacturing Activity declined in August to a reading of 29 from 30 in July. Despite the decrease, the index remained higher than market expectations. The production index dropped to 22 from 41, while the volume of shipments index decreased to 25 from 37 in July. Meanwhile, the …