Month: October 2021

The forex markets are extending near term corrective moves today, with Yen turning slightly stronger, followed by Swiss Franc. Canadian Dollar and Sterling are the weaker ones, followed by Dollar. The Loonie will look into BoC policy decision for guidance. Meanwhile, broader markets will look at development in overall risk sentiments. European indexes are trading
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Euro Stoxx index comes off a record close reached yesterday The major European indices are closing lower on the day. It comes a day after the Euro Stoxx 600 index closed a record level yesterday. Today, the index was down -0.1%.  Other provisional closes shows: German DAX, -0.4% France’s CAC, -0.2% UK’s FTSE 100, -0.3% Spain’s Ibex, -0.3% Italy’s
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New Delhi: Gold in the national capital on Wednesday plunged by Rs 244 to Rs 46,747 per 10 gram reflecting the decline in international precious metal prices, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had settled at Rs 46,991 per 10 gram. Silver dipped Rs 654 to Rs 63,489 per kilogram
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The Bank of Canada (BoC) said in its fall Monetary Policy Report (MPR) that it lowered the 2021 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth forecast to 5.1% from 6% in July’s MPR. Key takeaways from MPR as summarized by Reuters “2021 Q2 annualized GDP was -1.1% (vs +2.0% in July MPR), Q3 annualized GDP seen +5.5% (vs
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China Telecom’s U.S. subsidiary has been given 60 days to discontinue U.S. services after nearly 20 years of operating in the country. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on Tuesday voted to revoke authorization to operate, citing national security concerns: FCC said China Telecom “is subject to exploitation, influence, and control by the Chinese
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(This story originally appeared in on Oct 27, 2021) Mumbai: Global financial major Goldman Sachs expects Brent crude prices to reach $110-per-barrel by next year, a 30% jump from the current levels of $85/bbl. Oil analysts at Goldman Sachs say that the global demand-supply mismatch, with the current demand almost near the pre-Covid levels, is
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Economist David Rosenberg suggests hyperinflation warnings are irrational. The longtime bear, known for his contrarian views, blames rising prices on Covid-19-induced supply side shocks. According to Rosenberg, it’s wrong to assume the impact will cripple the economy and feed into runaway inflation. “I’m actually rolling my eyes over the suggestion,” the president of Rosenberg Research
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Data archiving protocol, KYVE, has announced a Series B funding raise of $2.875M instigated by institutional capital firms Permanent Ventures and Hypersphere Ventures, and participated by a vast collection of crypto projects and individual angel investors including, but not limited to, Coinbase Ventures, Volt Capital, Justin Kan and Robin Chan. KYVE has expressed the ambition
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