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Goldman Sachs expects oil to reach $100 a barrel in the second half of this year, citing less-than-expected demand damage from the Omicron variable, as well as increased supply disruptions. According to Reuters, the US bank expected, in a note dated Monday, that Brent crude prices would reach $90 a …

The coming oil surplus could be much smaller than expected and could exert much less downward pressure on oil prices this year.Demand remains strong as signaled in the six-month futures spread in Brent which has more than doubled since hitting a low point in December.At the start of 2022, Omicron’s …

Gold prices fell somewhat on Thursday, with the US Treasury bond yields rising, which compensated some of its previous losses, but the precious metal remained close to its one-week highs recorded in the previous session, as the dollar continued its decline. The price of gold futures in the United States …

The US bank, Goldman Sachs, cut its growth forecast for China, as it faces a difficult battle to contain the spread of the fast-spreading Corona mutated, and the US investment bank now sees that the economy will grow 4.#% this year, compared to 4.8% its previous forecast. Economists at the …

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 …

Despite the uncertainty about the new coronavirus variant, the US economy ended 2021 on a high with rising consumer spending and falling unemployment. According to the US Economic scene published by the Conference Board in December, the Omicron variant does not seem to have dampened spirits for the coming year …

Senator Joe Manchin’s opposition to the Build Back Better Act prompted Goldman Sachs to quickly dim its US economic outlook.The Wall Street firm told clients it no longer assumes President Joe Biden’s signature legislation will get through the narrowly divided Congress, citing the West Virginia Democrat’s announcement that he’s a …

Officials from some US banks on Tuesday said that there are real concerns about the impact of higher inflation, adding pressure on the Federal Reserve to implement plans to slow down the pace of its tapering at a faster pace.The International Monetary Fund last week warned of intensifying inflationary pressures, …

A number of US banks including Goldman Sachs are considering how to use bitcoin as security for cash loans to institutions.Banks such as Goldman will not touch cryptocurrency spot markets but still tend to synthetic crypto products such as futures. Emulating tri-party repo type arrangements, banks are searching for ways …

The US Federal Reserve will likely double the pace of tapering its monthly bond purchases from January to $30 billion, and wind down its pandemic-era bond buying scheme by mid-March, Goldman Sachs strategists said in a daily note on Thursday.The increased openness to accelerating the taper pace likely reflects both …