Despite concerns over the new coronavirus variant Omicron, Fed Chair Jay Powell’s testimony before the Senate was hawkish. He suggested that the Fed could accelerate the tapering of asset purchases in order to curb strong inflation. US dollar extended rally against major currencies, with the exception of Japanese yen and Swiss franc. The testimony is
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Fed Chair shifts his bias The Fed Chair shifted his bias toward the hawkish side getting rid of the “inflation is transitory” statement and plugging for a faster taper as well.  The major indices all fell sharply with the small-cap Russell 2000 and S&P index leading the way (although the Dow and NASDAQ were also hit hard). The final numbers are showing: Dow
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Numbers to watch out of South Africa The epicentre of covid cases in South Africa is where I’m watching for some real-world data on covid cases. I highlighted the earlier numbers, which were promising. Today’s data was just published and aren’t as good. They show 3143 new cases compared to a 1909 a day earlier.
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New Delhi: Gold in the national capital on Tuesday jumped Rs 41 to Rs 47,217 per 10 gram in line with rally in international precious metal prices, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had settled at Rs 47,176 per 10 gram. Silver in contrast dipped Rs 667 to Rs 61,337
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EUR/USD collapsed from 1.1370s down to 1.1240s on Jerome Powell’s hawkish remarks against the US Senate Committee on Banking and Housing. Fed’s Powell: “I will talk about speeding up taper at the coming Fed meeting.” The EUR/USD plummeted during the New York session, on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, remarks against the Senate Committee on
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Overall market sentiment is stable, with major Asian indexes mixed, following the recovery in US stocks overnight. Yen and Dollar soften slightly after turning into consolidations, but Swiss Franc is still strong. Commodity currencies are mixed with no follow through buying with the current rebound attempt. In other markets, Gold is struggling in tight range
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What we know The Omicron variant has 30 changes to it including a small insertion in the spike protein and three small deletions. Around 50% of these changes are in the receptor binding domain – this is the part of the spike protein use to bind to human ACE-2, which is the enzyme the coronavirus
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MELBOURNE: Oil prices climbed on Tuesday, extending a rebound from last week’s plunge on growing expectations major producers would pause plans to add crude supply in January amid uncertainty over the severity of the Omicron coronavirus variant. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures jumped 99 cents, or 1.4 per cent, to $70.94 a barrel
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Here is what you need to know on Tuesday, November 30: With trading volumes returning to normal levels following the Thanksgiving break, the dollar gathered strength during the American trading hours on Monday but the sharp decline witnessed in the US Treasury bond yields caused the currency to lose interest. November (preliminary) Consumer Price Index
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