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ECB President Christine Lagarde said that the European Central Bank should be cautious of withdrawing stimulus too quickly, a statement by which Lagarde has distanced the European Central Bank from the move towards tighter monetary policy by many other central banks.ECB sees inflation going further above 3%, but expected to …

The Federal Reserve banks of Dallas and Boston have announced that their presidents, Robert Kaplan and Eric Rosengren consider resignation following reports of their investment trading activity, which spurred calls for the Fed to review its ethics rules.Kaplan acknowledged in a statement his stock trading distracted from the central bank’s …

Fed chair Jerome Powell will say in remarks prepared for delivery before the Senate banking committee on Tuesday that “If sustained higher inflation were to become a serious concern, we would certainly respond and use our tools to ensure that inflation runs at levels that are consistent with our goal”, …

The Bank of England said the chance for higher interest rates appeared to have strengthened on Thursday after it pushed up its forecast for inflation at the end of the year to over 4%, more than twice its target rate.Policymakers at the Bank of England unanimously voted to leave its …

Consumer sentiment in the United States has recorded a modest improvement in September after sharply falling in August, according to a preliminary report released by the University of Michigan on Friday.The report said the consumer sentiment index inched up by 71.0 in September from 70.3 in August, below economists’ expectations …

Euro benefited, Wednesday, from a boost due to the USD’s weakness after positive comments on inflation by the European Central Bank’s chief economist.Euro/USD rose to 1.1814 compared to 1.1804, on Tuesday. The pair fell to a trading day low of 1.1799 versus a high of 1.1832.“The pandemic emergency asset purchase …

Britain’s inflation rate hit its highest level in more than nine years last month after the biggest monthly jump to the annual rate in at least 24 years, in large part due to an extraordinary increase due to a program to cut food prices last year. Consumer prices rose 3.2% …

The US inflation data was released moments ago, and the markets waited for this data strongly to determine whether the inflation rate is exacerbating or is still under control, and these data are currently used to pressure the US Federal Reserve to announce the start of tightening its monetary policy …

According to the preliminary estimate published by Destatist on Monday, consumer inflation in Germany, as measured by CPI, decelerated sharply in August and remained flat as compared to the 0.9% rise recorded in the previous month. On a yearly basis, the CPI edged higher to 3.9% from 3.8% in July.

According to Eurostat’s final reading of the Eurozone CPI report for July, the consumer prices came in at 2.2% on a yearly basis, meeting 2.2% expectations. While the core figures rose by 0.7%. Month-on-month inflation in the region fell 0.1%, in line with the median forecast of economists polled by …