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Next Thursday’s European Central Bank meeting is expected to be crucial as officials are set to call time on pandemic-triggered stimulus. The question now is how much support to leave in its place given the emergence of the Omicron COVID-19 variant and hot inflation data. The five questions on the …

The Bank of Canada announced on Monday that it had agreed with the government to leave its inflation target at the 2.0% midpoint of a 1.0%-3.0% range for the next five years, as expected. Key Quotes:“Agrees with the government that monetary policy should continue to support maximum sustainable employment while …

The US Dollar Index (DXY) which measures the performance of the US dollar against major currencies, has slid by 0.19%, settling at 96.04 during the New York trading session.The market sentiment was positive as the Wall Street session closed, with major US shares finishing in the green territory recording gains …

Traders await a very big week witnessing major regular monetary policymaking meetings by both the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank to decide the direction of their future monetary policy.Financial markets closely follow the upcoming outcomes of those two meetings, as they can turn out to be real …

US shares as well as oil prices reaped gains after fresh inflation data piqued investors’ hopes that price rises may be nearing a peak.The S&P 500 advanced 0.5% Friday. The index retreated Thursday but was on track for its strongest week of gains since February. The tech-focused Nasdaq Composite Index …

Americans’ cost of living climbed again in November and drove the rate of US inflation to a nearly 40-year of 6.8%, putting more pressure on households as they confront rising prices of fuel, food stuff, cars and house rents.The consumer price index increased 0.8% last month, the government said Friday …

Consumer confidence in the US has strengthened modestly in December according to the University of Michigan’s preliminary estimate of the Consumer Sentiment Index. The reading of the index surged to 70.4, up compared to only 67.4 in November. This data comes above market expectations at 67.1. In the meantime, the …

Japanese shares fell on Friday due to a decline in technology shares and caution ahead of US inflation data. Still, they posted their first weekly gains in three weeks as concerns eased about the impact of the new Omicron strain of the Coronavirus on the pace of economic recovery. The …

Traders are eying key economic data on Friday. Consumer inflation forecast to accelerate to 6.8% annually from 6.2% while Core CPI expected to rise to 4.9% from 4.6%. Producer prices, The monthly increases are predicted to be 0.7% in the headline rate and 0.5% in the core.Wages point to still …

The two major questions that the European Central Bank will have to answer are: (1) Will inflation eventually settle at its target? and (2) Are asset purchases still useful?ECB policymakers are hoping that too-high inflation will prove transitory and eventually subside. Since the pandemic struck, the European Central Bank has …