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Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Christopher Waller said on Friday that the rapid improvement seen in the labour market and high inflation makes him favour faster taper and sooner rate increase. Inflationary pressures are becoming more extensive, and will last longer into 2022 than expected. Waller added that the …

The European Central Bank’s President Christine Lagarde is set to deliver a speech Friday, 19 November, amid traders and investors’ speculations that the Eurozone central bank could lag behind Fed and world peers on rate hike decision. Meanwhile, the euro touched its lowest level in 16 months this week as …

US shares, treasury yields and the US dollar reversed direction and closed lower, Wednesday. The three assets were negatively several by several factors in the markets, most notably the decision by Amazon.com to stop accepting payments with Visa cards in the UK as of 2022 in addition to negative data …

The British pound has a very busy week as traders digest employment data, Tuesday, inflation on Wednesday and retail sales on Friday.Economists expect 3.9% UK inflation for October, strengthening rate hike by BoE’s December meeting to suggest three scenarios:1. Within expectations: A reading between 3.6% to 4.4% meets estimates. In …

San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly called for the Federal Reserve to be patient regarding interest rate hikes despite high inflation.In a speech before the Commonwealth Club of California, Daly said that patience is the boldest and best action and that it would be better to wait for more clarity …

The Bank of Canada is still expecting economic easing to be absorbed in the middle quarters of 2022, but that does not necessarily mean in the second quarter according to statements by a key deputy governor on Tuesday, potentially dashing traders and investors; hopes across the market concerning an early …

Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, declared before members of the Parliament that he is ‘very uneasy’ about the UK’s inflation situation, in comments that suggest he could vote for an interest rate rise soon.Testifying to the Treasury Committee, Bailey said this month’s vote to leave interest rates …

Reiterating the ECB’s well-known stance on inflation, ECB’s de Guindos said that the current phase of higher inflation, which partly reflects an increase in energy prices and supply constraints, could last longer than expected only some months ago. Supply shortages may dampen activity while pushing up prices, adding to the …

XAU/USD prices have recovered back to trading flat on the day, having at one point prior to the U. S. open been trading with losses of nearly 1.0%. Gold appeared to find good demand at $1850 as gold bulls and those seeking inflation protection bought the dip.As Fed encounters pressure …

The euro declined, Thursday, as the USD rose on the back of the strongest U.S. inflation reading in over 30 years fueling expectations of Fed interest rate hikes next year. U.S. CPI data showed the biggest gain in four months, lifting the annual increase to 6.2%, the strongest year-on-year rise …