The American central bank is expected to raise interest rates by another quarter point at its July 25-26 meeting, marking their eleventh total increase since March 2022. This decision comes after investors and consumers celebrated an inflation win in June, with prices rising 3% from the previous year. Core inflation, …
Read More »Bank of Canada expected to hike by 25 basis points
The Bank of Canada is set to announce its Interest Rate Decision on Wednesday, July 12 at 14:00 GMT. The BoC is expected to hike rates by 25 basis points (bps) to 5.00%, contrary to its pause hints1. The decision will be published alongside a Monetary Policy Report, containing updated …
Read More »Fed’s Goolsbee: It is clear job market is strong but cooling
In an interview with CNBC on Friday, Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee said that they don’t need a recession to eliminate inflation concerns, per Reuters.These comments were not able to help the US Dollar find demand. As of writing, the US Dollar Index was down 0.72% on the …
Read More »NFP could bring about one more hike in June
Data released on Friday, showed Nonfarm Payrolls rose by 339K in May surpassing expectations. Analysts point out payroll strength keeps the door open for another rate hike by the Federal Reserve in June. The two-month net revisions also added a notable 93k jobs to the employment series, which resulted in …
Read More »Explainer: How could debt default impact US economy?
Moody’s Analytics cautioned that a breach of the US debt ceiling could potentially cause an economic catastrophe akin to the one that occurred in 2008, which would destroy millions of jobs and set America back for centuries.Moody’s chief economist Mark Zandi called the impasse over extending the debt limit a …
Read More »Stability of US dollar with evaluation of statements of Fed officials
On Thursday, the dollar hovered near the average prices it recorded during the last period against the major currencies, while investors evaluated the comments issued by a number of Federal Reserve officials, as well as anticipating the consumer price inflation data scheduled to be published next week. The dollar index, …
Read More »Fed’s Powell: Jobs report was strong, need to do further interest rate hikes
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is speaking in his first public appearance since Friday’s strong jobs report for January. Economists, on average, were expecting 185,000 job gains, which would have been the slowest pace of growth in more than two years, and for the jobless rate to increase to 3.6%.And …
Read More »Dollar is rising after strong US jobs data
The dollar held firm against the euro on Monday, with traders expecting the Federal Reserve to likely raise the benchmark interest rate above 5 percent and keep it at that level to rein in inflation, after data revealed that the labor market remains strong. The Turkish lira fell to a …
Read More »Amazon to lay off 680 workers
Amazon announced on Monday plans to shut down a center complex in Shakopee and lay off 680 employees at the facility which is a rented space and the lease is expiring. The decision will be effective as of March 31. Closure will be permanent at the end of May this …
Read More »US Dollar slides on disappointing jobs data ahead of Powell’s speech
The US dollar is sliding lower following jobs data in November that missed expectations before a highly awaited speech by Fed Chair Jerome Powell. The dollar index added to earlier losses after the ADP National Employment reading indicating that US private payrolls increased far less than expected in November, suggesting …
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