The pandemic continues hurting economic activity in China, the war in Ukraine is hitting the entire European economy, and the Fed's efforts to control inflation threaten to trigger a recession.
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Japan's inflation is set to reach 2% in April's reading, for the first time since 2015. But what about the weaker Yen?!
Inflation doesn't come from nowhere. There’s always a reason for it to occur. Moreover, it’s often happening because of human mistakes and biases.
On May 4, the US Federal Reserve revealed the federal funds rate for the next two months. Even though a 50 basis points hike was widely expected, the future is not so clear. Let’s figure it out bit by bit!
Yes, oil prices are burning right now, and inflation is getting hotter along with it worldwide. However, the oil's bullish momentum is under threat.
Whenever inflation exceeds 4% and unemployment falls below 5%, the US economy enters a recession in two years.
The era of COVID-19 cheap money is over. Who is afraid of the Fed's tightening cycle? Apparently not stock-market investors.
Apart from inflationary pressures, all other factors were serving as tailwinds to gold after reaching $2000 in August 2020. But inflation along with the slowing global economy are the factors that make gold shining brighter.
Check the big and important update for Forex and commodities' traders
Oil markets were under great pressure amid increased demand and falling supply. OPEC+ is unable or unwilling to achieve its self-imposed production targets and insists on limiting production increases by 400,000 barrels per day despite rising prices.
Nowadays, every news resource is talking about inflation, economic articles are yelling about it. More and more people are getting confused with all the published information.
After NFP greatly exceeded expectations, the market players turn their heads to the release of US CPI, which may push the Fed to hike sooner…