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The US dollar is up against most of its rival currencies, rising during US trading hours on the back of higher yields and weaker stocks.The US published November PPI, which jumped to a record of 9.6% YoY, much higher than the previous reading that was at 8.6%, while the core …

White House economist believes that inflation is falling by about half and admits that the pandemic has challenged economic forecasting as the Federal Reserve targets inflation at 2%. Existing vaccine protections should help the United States to largely power through the emergence of the omicron coronavirus variant and avoid additional …

Crude oil prices stumbled on Tuesday US crude futures fell by more than 6%, after Moderna’s chief ignited doubts about the efficiency of COVID-19 vaccines against the Omicron variant, startling financial markets and heightening worries about oil demand.Brent crude futures fell $2.95, or 4%, to $70.49 a barrel by 12:12 …

Concerning new variant, the latest data from South Africa regarding a recently discovered new Covid-19 variant has caused global health authorities and the scientific community highly concerned. There is a chance that 1) the variant might be more infectious than the Delta variant and 2) might be vaccine-resistant. According to …

“Vaccinations are our armor,” said New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern while revealing the new governmental measures to battle the coronavirus during Friday morning in Asia.“In a suite of announcements that establish a pathway out of restrictions the NZ government is also providing up to $940 million per fortnight to …

Director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Chief Medical Advisor to the White House, Anthony Fauci, believes that a third vaccine jab will soon be the norm. “We don’t want to wait until things start going bad and then make a plan,” he reportedly …

The US Food and Drug Administration said it has authorized emergency use of Actemra to treat adult and pediatric COVID-19 patients in hospitals, and an emergency use authorization has been issued to Genentech, a unit of Roche Holdings Inc. The Food and Drug Administration said the drug could be used …

Moderna said its vaccine for Covid-19 was 100% effective in a study of adolescents aged 12-17 years as the second vaccine after Pfizer to prove highly effective in younger age groups. The company is seeking FDA approval by next June.

Health authorities in the United States on Tuesday recommended stopping the use of the Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine, Reuters reported. Hopes were high for the single-dose vaccine, however, it was recently reported that six females under the age of 50 years developed rare blood clots after receiving the shot. …

According to a statement from the Group of Twenty, global financial leaders agreed on Wednesday (April 7) to increase the International Monetary Fund’s reserves of $ 650 billion and extend a freeze on debt service payments aimed at helping developing countries confront the Coronavirus pandemic. The group’s finance ministers and …