Updated on 10/19/2021 06:18 pm The president of the Federal Reserve (Fed) of the United States, Jerome Powell, was in the middle of questions about important stock transactions carried out during the crisis, revelations that fall at a bad time for the leader who hopes to know whether or not he will have a second […]
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Fed’s Barkin Says US Job Supply Problems May Outlast Pandemic
Updated 10/19/2021 03:31 pm The labor shortage in the United States may outlast the coronavirus pandemic and limit overall economic growth, unless the country introduces better policies for education, health and childcare, declared the chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States. Richmond, Thomas Barkin. “As our workforce ages and birth rates decline, we […]
Colombia tests debt market after losing investment grade
Updated on 10/15/2021 04:10 am Colombia went to international markets for the first time since losing its investment grade. The nation is selling more of its dollar bonds due in 2049, with an initial price guide of about 5.4%, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because he […]
Fed, close to reducing asset purchases, remains divided on inflation
Despite a widely shared view that the U.S. labor market has recovered enough to allow the Federal Reserve (Fed) start reducing your monthly bond purchases starting next month, central bank officials remain divided on inflation and what they should do about it. The US government reported Thursday that producer prices climbed 8.6% in the 12 […]
Fed outlines plan to cut bond buying program in mid-November
The central bankers of USA pointed out that they could start to reduce the support they gave to the economy during the crisis in mid-November, but remain divided on the degree of threat posed by inflation and how quickly interest rates may have to rise, according to the minutes of their monetary policy meeting on […]
Inflation in the United States rises to 5.4% in September, according to the Government
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in the United States, annual inflation reached its highest level in 13 years in September: it stood at 5.4%. After moderating for two months, the consumer price index (IPC) climbed again in the ninth month of 2021, 0.4% compared to August, when it had marked a decrease […]
Roubini: Fed May Have Difficulty Raising Rates
Nouriel Roubini – known for predicting the mortgage collapse that helped spark the 2008 financial crisis – said the Federal Reserve It could struggle to tighten monetary policy if growth slows and markets tumble like they did in the fourth quarter of 2018. “They’re going to falter,” the president and CEO of Roubini Macro Associates […]