Economies

Investors turn to the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting of September 21-22, to see if it will provide more clues around its tapering intentions.

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The Reserve Bank of Australia decided to move forward with its plans to taper the pace of its Quantitative Easing program, but to also extend its duration.

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After the markets close on Monday August 30th, Zoom Video Communications Inc (ZM.us) will release its financial results for the three-month period that ended in July (Q2 FY2022).

The second quarter earnings season was very good with over 80% of S&P 500 companies reporting an earnings surprise. Moreover, stock indexes performed strongly with FXCM's SPX500 up 8.25%, the NAS100 up 11.5% and the US2000 coming in at 4.3% During the pandemic period, growth companies have outperformed their value counterparts. This is largely due to the benefit that these companies have received from the lower rate environment as central…

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand opted to keep rates unchanged on Wednesday August 18th, in the aftermath of recent lockdown measures in the country.

The Fed is currently injecting $120bn into the economy every month via its quantitative easing programme. It is doing this by buying $80bn of Treasuries and $40bn of agency mortgage-backed securities and is committed to this until it has achieved "substantial further progress" on meeting its mandates of price stability and full employment. However, substantial progress does seem to have been made in this regard. The payrolls number for July…

NIO Inc. (NIO.us) reported solid financial results for the second quarter of the year , after the US markets closed last Wednesday

Australia's economy is officially above pre-pandemic levels. Economic activity has bounced back in the past two quarters. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reveals Australia's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose 1.8 per cent in the March quarter of 2021. But will continued State lockdowns see that growth continue? The news was delivered on June 2nd, in parliament by Josh Frydenberg, Australia's Treasurer: ''Todays national accounts, show that Australian…

In its latest policy decision, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand offered a hawkish surprise, by announcing the discontinuation of its Large Scale Asset Purchases (LSAP)