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The head of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, James Bullard, is a voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee this year and he wants policymakers to raise the Fed’s key interest rate by...

Global markets A hot U.S. consumer inflation report and fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine dominated market sentiment last week, resulting in global equities retreating after bouncing back over...

DXY was up Friday night as EUR fell:   AUD fell with EUR:Oil and Gold Futures took off on Ukraine fears:Copper Futures were hit:Big miners (LON:GLEN) too:EM stocks (NYSE:EEM) were bashed:EM and...

Inflation data blew past expectations, pressuring Fed to increase tightening The US warns of retaliation if Russia invades Ukraine With the same risk themes still in play, along with the added...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.comUS inflation continues to rise unabated; even falling energy prices in late 2021 did nothing to slow the ramp up. But looking towards 2022 and...

DXY was stable last night as markets await US CPI data:   The AUD flew anyway:Oil is taking a breather. It has run very hard:Not so the wider commodity bid which resumed its hysteria:Not miners...

Oh, CPI, CPI, what will yer bring?Thursday’s much-anticipated US Consumer Price Index for January could mean different things for different markets.An annual reading below the forecast...

The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Consumer Confidence Index continued its downward slide in February spurred on by increased pressures on family finances.Off the back of a dip in January, The...

CBA's household spending index fell 10% to 103.8 in January, with the biggest declines seen in spending on retail, entertainment and household services.The CommBank HSI index is based on consumer...

DXY was stable last night and EUR eased:   The AUD recovered some poise:Oil is still crazy:The commodities crazy bid lives:Big miners took off. Everybody but (LON:GLEN) is little more than an...

Monetary policy is currently operating at three speeds. The highest gear is being driven by the Bank of England, which on Thursday raised its key rate by a quarter-point for the second meeting in a...

DXY was only firm Friday night amid tearaway US jobs numbers as markets get excited about the possibility of largely irrelevant ECB tightening:   But that couldn’t save the AUD which was...

Market volatility could continue on unclear Fed policy path Treasury yields surge, potentially confirming future rate Friday's Nonfarm Payrolls release—which showed the US economy added 467,000...

MON: Biden/Scholz Meeting; Chinese Caixin Services PMI (Jan); Russia-Ukraine Berlin Meeting. TUE: NBP Announcement; EIA STEO. WED: RBI Announcement; New Zealand Inflation Forecasts (Q1). THU:...