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San Fransisco Fed President Mary Daly said on Tuesday that the US now has policy-supported demand combined with fragile supply chains, which is a recipe for inflation. Key Quotes On Monetary Policy“It’s time to remove accommodation, marching up to neutral, looking if we need to go over neutral.”“Right now full …

Egypt’s move to allow a weaker pound is winning praise from money managers including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. who say it will arrest foreign-capital outflows and boost the nation’s chances of winning the next International Monetary Fund loan. The Egyptian pound tumbled as much as 14% to 18.2323 per dollar …

Treasuries slumped, sending the two-, five- and 10-year yields to the highest levels since May 2019, as policy makers in the US and Europe cranked up expectations for higher borrowing costs in the face of mounting inflationary pressures.Another round of selling arrived in the early afternoon in New York after …

Gold prices have fallen from their session highs but are still holding on to gains even as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signed that the central bank could aggressively tighten interest rates more than markets are expecting.The gold market appears to be taking the hawkish comments in stride. April gold …

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell said on Monday that there is an obvious need to move expeditiously to a more neutral level and even more restrictive levels if needed to restore price stability.The risk is rising that there could be an extended period of high inflation that could push …

ECB Governing Council member and Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said on Monday that the ECB should raise interest rates if the price outlook so requires, if bond-buying ends in Q3 as now planned, rates could rise this year.Nagel said the risks of tightening policy too late have increased and any …

In an interview on Dubai TV, Mohammed Hashad, Director of Research and Development Department at Noor Capital and member of the US Association of Technical Analysts, tackled the latest developments in financial markets, particularly the most prominent one; namely, the surging oil prices that touched record levels, he also commented …

There have been a lot of moving events during the past week, most notably the monetary policy decisions of the Fed and the Bank of England. Those decisions, which reflected a clear shift in the direction of monetary policy, led to a change in the price movement. The US Federal …

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said on Friday that he sees the Federal Funds target range rising to 1.75-2.0% by the year’s end and that he sees the neutral rate of interest at 2.0%, reported Reuters. If inflation is enduring, the Fed will need to get modestly …

3-month nickel contracts retraced 12% on Friday morning to new trading levels, as heavy selling continued in the international metals markets. The price reached 36,915 dollars per metric ton with the opening of trading on the London Metal Exchange. Nickel prices doubled within hours on March 8, surpassing $100,000 a …