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Major currencies and other assets are still maneuvering to find their way amidst uncertainties imposed by the worldwide pandemic. The US dollar kept advancing on Tuesday, posting the most advance against the Japanese yen. USD/JPY pair jumped to 116.34, its highest since January 2017, as the dollar surged alongside US …

The first week of 2022 will have a busy schedule for economic data. In the US and Canada, employment numbers and ISM figures are due. The Federal Reserve will release the minutes from its latest meeting. Economists expect a net job creation of 30000 in Canada during December and NFP …

Gold prices stabilized on Monday, approaching three-week highs recorded last week, as fears of the rapid spread of the mutated Omicron from the Coronavirus boosted the appetite for buying the precious metal as a safe haven for value. And gold settled in spot transactions at $ 1798.60 an ounce by …

It has been a big week for a number of major central banks worldwide. Central banks continuing to raise interest rates in an effort to tame inflation, largely dismissing for now the threat to economic growth posed by the spread of the Omicron variant. On ‘Super Thursday’ for central banks, …

Fed Board of Governors member Christopher Waller said on Friday that the whole point of the Fed’s decision to accelerate the pace of its QE taper was to make the March Fed meeting “live” for a first rate hike. Under his base case scenario, a first rate hike in March …

Gold prices are hovering around the top intraday, up 0.51% on the day near $1,809, as they brace for their biggest weekly jump in six ahead of Friday’s European session On the way to 1928. The yellow metal is cheering for a weak US dollar, buoyed by downbeat Treasury yields, …

At the last meeting in 2021, the Federal Reserve decided to increase the pace of the QE tapering and the projections of the FOMC staff showed a potential of three rate hikes for next year. Analysts at Wells Fargo, point out the bar for rate hikes now rests squarely on …

Gold prices rose during trading Thursday, after the decisions of the Federal Reserve, and amid the decline of the US dollar from its highest level in three weeks. The Federal Reserve decided to reduce its bond purchases by $30 billion per month, starting next January, instead of the previously announced …

US stocks rose after Federal Reserve officials approved plans to speed up the withdrawal of the pandemic stimulus efforts, giving investors and traders more insight into the central bank’s response to hot inflation.All three major indexes turned higher after the afternoon release of a much-awaited Fed statement, published at the …

The U.S. dollar strengthened versus major rivals Wednesday after the Federal Reserve, as expected, moved to accelerate the wind-down of its monthly bond purchases, putting them on track to finish by March. The Fed’s move is also seen clearing the way for rate increases, with policy makers penciling in three …