US October Industrial Production will be reported on Wednesday, November 16 at 14:15 GMT and is expected at 0.2% month-on-month vs. 0.4% in September. Here you can find the expectations as forecast by the economists and researchers of three major banks regarding the upcoming data. Citibank “Industrial Production should rise …
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On Tuesday, Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic said that he wasn’t expecting to see the full impact of monetary policy on inflation for months. US Dollar Index showed no immediate reaction to these comments and was last seen losing 0.6% on the day at 106.30.On Tuesday also, A key …
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On Tuesday, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker said “My best guess is we will remove about $2.5 trillion from the balance sheet overall but data will guide us,”.“We want to reduce the balance sheet methodically until we start to see where we need to stop,” Parker added …
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Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said Thursday that while there are some new hopeful signs of moderating inflation, the main risk still facing the US central bank is that it doesn’t act aggressively enough to tame very high price pressures.Given the current level of inflation, its broad-based …
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The British government said it has frozen £18 billion of assets belonging to the Russian oligarchs and individuals and entities sanctioned against Moscow over the war in Ukraine. The frozen Russian assets were 6 billion more than the value declared by all other British sanctions regimes. “We have imposed the …
Read More »US October Consumer Price Index Preview
Used car prices would well serve as one of the primary indicators as well as a sizable component of rising inflation. Used car prices have witnessed a sharp increase since the mid 2021s. The latest data showed earlier in the month that used car prices dropped by 2.2% in October, …
Read More »Fed’s Barkin: Inflation fight may lead to downturn
Fed’S fight against inflation may lead to a downturn in the US economy but that is a risk that the Fed will have to take, Richmond Fed President Thomas Barkin said on Wednesday, as reported by Reuters.The US Dollar showed no immediate reaction to these comments and the US Dollar …
Read More »What could Congress, House midterm elections mean for American economy?
Tuesday’s midterm elections coincide with turbulent economic weakness in the United States amid accelerating recession-linked predictions as well as ongoing yield curve inversion. The results of Tuesday’s election will determine the makeup of a Congressional body that holds the powers to direct, guide and enact policies that will basically change …
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