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Fed Chair Jerome Powell is scheduled to deliver his most important speech of the year, raising concerns that the Fed may have delayed relieving pressure on the economy. In July, following the central bank’s decision to maintain interest rates, Fed Chair Jerome Powell addresses reporters at a news conference. Most …

The Fed is prepared to reduce key interest rates next month as a result of inflation getting closer to its 2% target, while officials at the Fed are now focusing on the state of the labour market because they are growing more optimistic about their ability to control inflation amid …

A fresh batch of data eagerly awaited by markets to clarify the Federal Reserve’s future monetary policy path, eliminating uncertainty around potential interest rate cuts, their magnitude, and related factors, is the US retail sales figures.Fed rate cut expectations entered a new phase where investors, observers, and analysts alike are …

The Canadian labour market report for July, released on Friday, once again underlined why the Bank of Canada (BoC) has now cut interest rates for the second time. Instead of the moderate job growth that economists had been expecting, we saw job losses (albeit very small ones) for the second …

The US Dollar (USD) encountered significant selling pressure following the release of the July jobs report. The disappointing NFP figures triggered concerns about the health of the US economy and raised expectations of a rate cut by the Federal Reserve (Fed) in September. Let’s delve into the details:NFP Growth Falls …

Latest NFP data has sent mixed messages to investors, resulting in significant movements across global financial markets, particularly affecting the US dollar, oil, and gold.In July, the Non-Farm Payrolls report showed an increase of 114,000 jobs in the United States, significantly lower than the previous reading of 179,000 jobs and …

After the Fed maintained current interest rates, US Treasury yields declined; the 10-year note drops to 4.04%. Fed Chair Jerome Powell highlights the significance of the labour market, noting that the July Nonfarm Payrolls report will be crucial in determining future interest rates.By year’s end, market players factor in three …

On Thursday, US stocks experienced significant losses after profit-taking triggered by the desire to benefit from the recent gains they had achieved over the past few days. This came in the wake of increasing expectations of an interest rate cut by the Fed in September. The recent surge in stock …

In an interview with Yahoo Finance on Thursday, Federal Reserve (Fed) Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee noted that they have had multiple months of better inflation data. Goolsbee noted that he feels a lot better on inflation but added that the fight is not done yet.The US Dollar Index …

Dr. Adriana Kugler, member of the Fed Board of Governors, pointed out on Tuesday that although inflationary pressures have undoubtedly decreased, the Fed still needs to complete some parts of the rate-cutting puzzle before it can move on rates.Key QuotesIf incoming data does not provide confidence that inflation is moving …