NEWS AND EVENTS
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Take not away the taper, leave it burning
Equity markets have been soothed by recent central bankers’ dovish speeches and have largely accepted, for now, that the surging consumer price inflation is transitory.
Inflation: transitory or higher for longer?
While the financial downturn born of Covid has had myriad negative effects - workers were furloughed from their jobs, and high streets were hit hard - there’s been one surprising and anomalous consequence of this particular recession: with lockdowns eliminating the ability to go out and spend money, many people are finding their bank accounts unexpectedly flush with cash.
130 countries back global minimum corporate tax of 15%
The world’s leading economies have agreed a plan to ensure multinational companies pay a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15%. On Thursday the OECD announced the agreement between 130 different countries.
Stability and Soothing of words
Some stability returned to markets this week as central bank remarks which aimed to alleviate some of the tensions caused by last week’s Federal Reserve meeting seemed to have the desired effect. Signs that the Fed might be slowing down its bond buying programme or even beginning to discuss rate rises caused some volatility last week. Worries that faster inflation might speed up policy tightening seemed to fade following central bank remarks
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