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The Fed is expected to raise interest rates Wednesday by a quarter point, and the pressure is on for Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to sound dovish — but not too dovish. Fed officials are also expected to revisit their fed funds rate forecasts and roll back some of the rate hikes expected in the next several years.
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Draghi Introduces the GDP and Inflation Outlook for the Euro Area
Despite the slight downgrade, Draghi tried to strike an optimistic tone, saying during the question-and-answer portion of the press conference that drivers of economic growth are still in place.
India Growth Forecast Cut by Fitch Amid RBI-Government Spat
Economic growth may become a casualty of the tug-of-war between India’s government and its central bank.
India’s Sensex Declines Ahead of Central Bank’s Rate Review
The S&P BSE Sensex declined 0.6 percent, the most in two weeks, to 35,907.31 as of 9:53 a.m. in Mumbai, while the NSE Nifty 50 Index slipped 0.7 percent. Markets across Asia tumbled following the biggest slide on Wall Street since mid-October.
Bears Embrace Asia as Stock Benchmark Sinks 20% From Record High
Asia’s main equity gauge is poised to succumb, joining four major regional benchmark indexes into bear-market territory. the MSCI Asia Pacific Index slipped 0.5 percent to 149.68 as of 10:10 a.m. in Hong Kong, taking its slump from a Jan. 26 peak to 20 percent.
WTI Algos Confused Despite Surprise Crude, Gasoline Builds – Gold Silver Reports
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) — WTI Algos Confused Despite Surprise Crude – Senior Energy Analyst Vince Piazza notes that a generous dollop of bad news is good news for the crude market. U.S. sanctions on Iran, Venezuela’s deteriorating economy and other potential geopolitical disruptions will limit supply.
Crude Oil Imports may be Cut as Price Forecast Put at $100 a Barrel
With Brent crude already jumping to an almost four-year high on Monday, that’s exactly the kind of price surge President Donald Trump has been seeking to prevent by pressuring the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to raise production. Yet the cartel and its allies gave mixed signals at a meeting in Algiers on Sunday, ultimately showing little sign they would heed U.S. demands to rapidly push down crude prices.