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The November FOMC meeting would see the Fed making a formal announcement on QE tapering. We expect the plan would begin immediately and is expected to end by mid-2022. The Fed funds rate will stay unchanged at 0-0.25%. The market has priced in over 60% of a rate hike in June 2022. This appears unlikely
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Bank of American and Goldman Sachs with some bullish comments The OPEC+ decision is on Thursday and another 400k/bpd is expected to be added as OPEC sticks to the script. There’s some tail risk they could add more as the US and others lean on them. WTI is up 51-cents to $84.08 and rose as
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Japan’s Nikkei index surges sharply by over 2% in Asian session, in very positive response to the easy win of the Liberal Democratic Party in Sunday’s election.  Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s LDP retained comfortable majority in the House of Representatives, ensuring continuity of the economic policies. While other Asian markets are mixed, Yen is trading
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Euro ended as the worst performing one after the post ECB rally faded quickly. It’s clear that ECB would lag behind other major central banks in stopping to add stimulus, not to mention raising interest rate. The selloff in Euro also dragged down Sterling, as both were sold off against Swiss Franc. Australian Dollar ended
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Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) data from China’s National Bureaus of Statistics and the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) Manufacturing PMI 49.2 expected 49.7, prior 49.6 the second month of contraction in a row, energy shortages and high input prices taking a toll Non-manufacturing PMI 52.4 expected 52.9, prior 53.2 this is a reasonable
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Mumbai: Finally, gold is set to regain its sparkle this Diwali as jewellers are expecting up to 30 per cent sales growth over the pre-Covid levels on the back of a faster-than-expected economic recovery along with lower prices and pent-up demand. The gems and jewellery industry witnessed a near washout during ‘Diwali’ and ‘Dhanteras’ 2020,
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Dollar and Yen dropped sharply overnight on strong risk-on market, as NASDAQ finally caught up and made new record high. The greenback is additionally pressured by the delayed buying in Euro after ECB post-meeting press conference. For now, Canadian Dollar is the third weakest, following the retreat in oil price. On the other hand, Aussie
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