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Despite a broadly shared view that the U.S. labor market has healed enough to allow the Federal Reserve to start tapering as soon as next month, policymakers remain divided over inflation and what they should do about it.The U.S. government reported on Thursday that producer prices rose 8.6% in the …

The U.S. is missing around 4.3 million workers; a shortage many economists expect to last at least several more years Companies and businesses such are attempting to adjust. Scarce labor is becoming a constant reading of the U.S. economy, reshaping the workforce and prodding firms to adapt by raising wages, …

The U. S. dollar is rising marginally from the lows of the day on the release. Prior to the FOMC minutes.The U. S. dollar had eased back from a one year high as longer-dated Treasury yields fell after US inflation data, although data shows that prices rose solidly in September, …

The U. S. Fed released its minutes of the September monetary policy meeting. Participants generally assessed that, provided that the economic recovery remained broadly on track, a gradual tapering process that concluded around the middle of next year would likely be appropriate.Various participants stressed that economic conditions were likely to …

U. S. shares opened higher, Wednesday, but turned negative. As third-quarter earnings reports start flowing in today, investors will be keeping a sharp eye on growth. Returns will slow because of elevated inflation and supply chain disruptions in addition to rising costs.Despite the current bottlenecks and inflation pressures, Fed is …

The Fed minutes are not released in a lock up any longer so the report will be put up on the Fed website at the top of the hour and then the free-for-all begins.To recap, the key line in the FOMC statement was:“If progress continues broadly as expected, the Committee …

Fed chair Jerome Powell will say in remarks prepared for delivery before the Senate banking committee on Tuesday that “If sustained higher inflation were to become a serious concern, we would certainly respond and use our tools to ensure that inflation runs at levels that are consistent with our goal”, …