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The pandemic will continue to stoke uncertainty and inflation in its third year, undermining the global recovery from the coronavirus and pushing total economic losses toward $14 trillion. That’s according to the International Monetary Fund, which on Tuesday slashed its global growth forecast for 2022 by half a percentage point …

According to the latest US Conference Board survey, headline Consumer Confidence fell to 113.8 in January from 115.2 (revised lower from 115.8) in December, less than the expected decline to 111.8. The drop slight drop reflects the impact of the rapid spread of the Omicron Covid-19 variant in the US …

US inflation expectations, as measured by the 10-year breakeven inflation rate according to the St. Louis Federal Reserve data, rose for the second consecutive day to 2.38% by the end of Monday’s North American session.The inflation gauge extends rebound from a four-month low flashed last week ahead of the key …

Jerome Powell’s predecessors Ben Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, and Paul Volcker were first appointed by a president from one party, then reappointed by a president from the other, similarly Powell himself was first nominated to the Fed’s board of governors by President Barak Obama, he was elevated to Federal Open Market …

Goldman Sachs expected the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates during its upcoming meetings, specifically starting from the next March meeting. The Fed may decide to raise rates 4 times during March, June, September and December. The US investment bank suggested that the US Federal Reserve would start reducing …

The economic activity in Germany’s manufacturing sector grew at its strongest pace in five months with Markit Manufacturing PMI jumping to 60.5 from 57.4 in December. This print surpassed the market expectation of 57. Additionally, Markit Services PMI advanced to 52.2 from 48.7 in December, showing that Germany’s service sector …

The US dollar declined on Friday, along with US Treasury yields, while investors looked ahead to next week’s Federal Reserve meeting for more clarity on the outlook for rate hikes.US Treasury yields fell as stock market declines reflected poor risk appetite, while concerns about potential conflict in Ukraine drove demand …

China, the world’s second largest economy, should review its zero-tolerance approach to the pandemic or risk damaging the global recovery, according to the head of International Monetary Fund.Kristalina Georgieva said Beijing should reassess the use of lockdowns to limit the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant since it became …

The Eurozone Consumer Confidence has fallen to -8.5 in January flash estimate versus expected decline to -9.0According to the flash estimate of the European Commission’s Eurozone Consumer Confidence survey, the headline index fell to -8.5 in January versus forecasts for a drop to -9.0 from -8.4 the month prior. December’s …

The GBP/USD pair has maintained choppy performance on Thursday with the US dollar seeing a mixed reaction to weaker than expected initial jobless claims and housing data, though the pair has for the most part remained well supported to the north of the 1.3600 level. At current levels in the …