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Former US Treasurer Rosie Rios among the experts who sees brighter future for the US economy, this means good news for businesses and shoppers.“I’m much more optimistic about 2022 than I was about 2021,” Rios, who served in that role as part of the Obama Administration from 2009 to 2016, …

UK inflation figures climbed to a 10-year high in November as consumer prices continue surging while traders, investors and market participants eye the Bank of England’s crunch monetary policy meeting on Thursday.The Consumer Price Index rose by 5.1% in the 12 months to November, up from 4.2% in October, which …

The US Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday are expected to set plans to begin accelerating the withdrawal of the massive bond-buying program, enacted in early 2020 to help the economy and financial markets cushion the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, as they seek to remove the crutches from the US …

The Senate will vote Tuesday on legislation lifting the government’s debt ceiling to stave off the risk of a default to avoid shutdown according to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, without mentioning how much the increase will be.Senate passage, which requires only a simple majority, would send the debt limit measure …

The Bank of Canada announced on Monday that it had agreed with the government to leave its inflation target at the 2.0% midpoint of a 1.0%-3.0% range for the next five years, as expected. Key Quotes:“Agrees with the government that monetary policy should continue to support maximum sustainable employment while …

After quickly recovering from the Omicron-related scare, shares markets look prepared to start to receive, digest and handle a busy week for central banks.With some hawkish signals expected, markets could be in for a session of volatility in the closing days of 2021 even though some of the policy shifts, …

Traders await a very big week witnessing major regular monetary policymaking meetings by both the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank to decide the direction of their future monetary policy.Financial markets closely follow the upcoming outcomes of those two meetings, as they can turn out to be real …

US shares as well as oil prices reaped gains after fresh inflation data piqued investors’ hopes that price rises may be nearing a peak.The S&P 500 advanced 0.5% Friday. The index retreated Thursday but was on track for its strongest week of gains since February. The tech-focused Nasdaq Composite Index …

Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Toni Gravelle said on Thursday that concerns about upside inflation risks are heightened much more than usual. “We are likely to react a little bit more readily to the upside risk given it’s already above our inflation-control range”, Gravelle added.For reference, the bank’s inflation-control range …

Chinese policymakers want to stimulate growth, but they are forced to follow policies designed to hold back debt and speculative behavior.Chinese leaders are trying to reverse a sharp growth slowdown without abandoning policies that triggered much of the weakness to begin with a tricky task that could test Beijing’s ability …