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FOMC Chairman Jerome Powell comments on the policy outlook after the Federal Reserve’s decision to raise the policy rate by 25 basis points to the range of 5-5.25% following the May policy meeting.The US dollar and the Dollar Index (DXY) struggled to find demand during the American trading hours on …

Ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision, the price of gold surpassed the $2,000 level. Now, economists and analysts are concentrating on how the policy announcement might affect the precious metal, which is currently trading at $2025.75 per ounce. The Fed will continue raising rates after the one …

Turkish annual inflation slowed to 43.68% in April, official data showed on Wednesday, easing ahead of elections that polls show President Tayyip Erdogan risks losing largely due to a cost-of-living crisis. Unorthodox rate cuts sought by Erdogan sparked a currency crisis in late 2021, sending inflation to a 24-year peak …

Headline consumer prices in the eurozone rose somewhat more than expected in April, but underlying costs fell unexpectedly, providing regional rate-setters with a mixed picture of inflation as they prepare to announce their next rate decision this week. Following a renewed rise in energy prices, the currency’s area consumer price …

Inflation expectations in the United Kingdom fell in April, according to Citi, providing some respite to the Bank of England, which is anticipated to announce its 12th consecutive interest rate hike next week, with investors banking on additional hikes after that. Citi said its monthly poll, conducted by market research …

The euro fell on Friday after economic data painted a mixed picture on growth and inflation in the euro-zone, adding to uncertainty about the percentage by which the European Central Bank is expected to raise interest rates next week. Preliminary data showed gross domestic product in the euro zone grew …

Data on Friday showed that the German economy slowed in the first quarter, as higher exports and capital investment offset a decline in government and household consumption. The Federal Statistics Office said the gross domestic product was unchanged on a quarterly basis. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected growth of …

WTI crude oil is up by some 0.6% and has traveled within a range of between $75.24 and $74.08 so far. Following two days of losses that cut prices to the lowest since late March, the black gold is back on the mend in a mini short squeeze.WTI has closed …

The Summary of Deliberations from the April 12 meeting of the Bank of Canada, at which the interest rate was left steady, revealed that they debated raising rates. According to the projections of the BoC Governing Council, the document notes that inflation was dropping. Officials concurred that expecting rate reductions …

Data from Britain’s Office for National Statistics showed on Wednesday that consumer price inflation in the country fell to 10.1 percent in March from 10.4 percent in February. Economists polled by Reuters had expected the annual rate to drop to 9.8 percent in March, further away from October’s 41-year high …