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The limits of central banking 'toolkit'

The change in the Fed's forecast and a possible shift in policy is perhaps a good time to review how central banks - including the RBI - responded to the crisis, and debate future possibilities

Vaccine economics: Only pros, no cons

Vaccines are an amazing deal. Use the market to deliver more, more quickly

Wall Street rises as Fed, PMI give boost; global share mkts also up

The market is still feeling the aftereffects of the Fed's surprise projection last week for rate hikes as soon as 2023, which knocked stocks

Global stocks sink to four-week low as hawkish Fed shift cuts risk appetite

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

Global cues, monsoon, vaccination to drive markets this week: Analysts

Besides, movement of Brent crude, rupee and foreign fund inflows would also be tracked by investors

US Fed prepping the markets for taper; a correction will be good: Analysts

Most Asian market equities - Nikkei, Sensex, Hang Seng and Kospi - lost ground in trade on Thursday as a result of the overnight development

Global stocks lower after US Fed moves up interest rate hike forecast

The Fed indicated it sees the US economy improving faster than expected.

World stocks near record high as investors await dovish Fed Reserve act

Japan's Nikkei rose 0.35% while MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.1%

Global Markets: Stocks hover near record highs as bond yields slide

Investor sentiment rose in Europe after the European Central Bank raised its growth and inflation projections on Thursday, and also renewed a pledge to keep stimulus flowing

Gold prices fall as firmer dollar offsets easing US bond yields

Spot gold was down 0.2% at $1,886.76 per ounce, after rising more than 1% in the previous session

Asia markets breathes sigh of relief as US job data fails to shock

Attention will now turn to the U.S. consumer price report on Thursday where the risk is of another high number, though the Fed still argues the spike is transitory

Asia shares off three-month highs, caution ahead of US economic data

Asian shares were a touch below a recent three-month top with China a tad weaker as investors weighed inflation concerns ahead of key US economic data while oil prices rose to near 1-1/2 year highs

Indian equity markets hit new highs to rub shoulders with developed ones

Benchmark indices of US, UK, Germany & India have climbed to a new peaks

Statsguru: Six charts explain India's $3-trn market cap cheer amid Covid-19

The ratio of the value of all companies in the stock market to the size of the Indian economy is now in excess of 100 per cent

Distant thunder in the world economy

We're in the happy period of global economy coming back to life, but we need to watch carefully the US inflation situation

Oil steadies on stronger demand outlook as US inventories decline

Brent rose 16 cents, or 0.2%, to $68.81 a barrel by 11:20 a.m. EDT (1520 GMT), and US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was up 11 cents, or 0.2%, at $66.18 a barrel

The coming long spell of demand drought

Looks like India's demand curve has shifted downwards for a couple of years at least, writes Shailesh Dobhal

Fed balm lifts European shares to record high amid tussle over yuan

Sentiment in Europe was also underpinned by the latest IFO indicator which showed that the upswing for the German economy

ICICIdirect offers Indians investments in five new global markets

ICICIdirect, a virtual financial supermarket offering investment, protection, and loan products, on Monday announced the expansion of its Global Investments facility to new markets like the UK, Japan, Germany, and Singapore.

Global stocks enjoying longest period of calm in four years, shows data

The MSCI AC World Index hasn't experienced a 5% drawdown since November, the longest streak of calm since 2017, according to data compiled by Bloomberg