Month: January 2023

“Participants noted that, because monetary policy worked importantly through financial markets, an unwarranted easing in financial conditions, especially if driven by a misperception by the public of the committee’s reaction function, would complicate the committee’s effort to restore price stability,” according to minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee’s Dec. 13-14 meeting released in Washington on Wednesday.

After the deal goes through, Ant — in which ecommerce titan Alibaba has a stake — will have contributed a total of 9.25 billion yuan and control half of its shares

“Bears remained at the helm, taking the benchmark Nifty about 190 points lower from the previous closing. On the 4-hourly chart, the index has given an upward consolidation breakdown; besides, the shorter moving average (21 EMA) finished the day lower than the longer moving average (50 EMA), confirming the bearish scenario,” Rupak De, Senior Technical Analyst at LKP Securities, said.

“In my view … it will be appropriate to continue to raise rates at least at the next few meetings until we are confident inflation has peaked,” Kashkari said in an essay posted on the regional Fed bank’s website, even as he noted increasing evidence price pressures appear past their worst.

That was the weakest reading since May 2020, when the economy was slammed by the first wave of COVID-19 cases, and pushed the index just below the 48.7 level, which the ISM says is consistent with a recession in the broader economy.