All eyes now on US Fed meet this week, say analysts
Afghanistan parked billions of dollars in assets overseas with the U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks in Europe
The dip in the greenback pulled the dollar index to a one-month low in Asian hours
US Federal Reserve officials broadly agreed last month central bank could start tapering asset purchases in mid-November or mid-December, according to the minutes of the Fed's recent policy meeting.
The Fed will release the minutes from its meeting last month later on Wednesday, potentially providing a catalyst for more strength in the dollar
Jalan says investor sentiment, hit by a spate of poor listings in August, shall improve as we see successful listing going ahead
Rising commodity prices, he believes, cannot sustainably derail the bullish market momentum
The major risk to Indian equities, according to him, is the arrival of a new Covid variant, which he says the country shares with the rest of the world.
The clearest alarm bell is coming from commodities most sensitive to any shifts in economic growth
Stocks stumbled, global bond yields fell and the dollar hit a nine-month peak on Thursday as a double-whammy of Fed taper fears and Covid worries haunted equity markets
Hong Kong's benchmark added 1.5%, but remained near nine-month lows.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dropped 0.31 per cent in morning trading
Global stock markets declined Tuesday as investors looked ahead to a Federal Reserve report for an update on when US stimulus might start winding down. London and Frankfurt opened lower while Shanghai and Hong Kong declined. Tokyo advanced. On Monday, Wall Street's benchmark S&P 500 index rose to a new record, shrugging off worries about the spread of the more contagious delta variant of the coronavirus. Investors awaited the Fed report Wednesday for signs of the central bank's level of concern about inflation and when it might start rolling back easy credit and other economic stimulus. Minutes of the Fed meeting in June showed board members discussed how and when they might reduce monthly bond purchases that inject money into the financial system. We expect Jay Powell to reiterate that the tapering discussion is underway, but that it's too soon to reveal a specific date, Danielle DiMartino Booth of Quill Intelligence said in a report. In early trading, the FTSE 100 in London lost
During this period, they invested Rs 3,190.76 crore in the debt segment.
Any move to pull back support for the economy, by first slowing the US central bank's $120 billion in monthly bond purchases, is 'still a ways off,' Powell says
Here's a look at who is tapering, who may raise rates first and who might be the last to call time on pandemic-era money-printing
European stocks opened lower, but the pan-European STOXX 600 index erased early losses to trade flat on the day, helped by a rise in German and Italian shares
On Friday, the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex tumbled as much as 722 points in intra-day deals
Most Asian market equities - Nikkei, Sensex, Hang Seng and Kospi - lost ground in trade on Thursday as a result of the overnight development
Though policymakers have yet to agree on a plan, most expect that by the end of 2023 they will have raised interest rates at least twice from the current near-zero level