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There are growing concerns in Europe at what is being seen as an alarming rise in coronavirus cases, with the number of new daily infections reaching record highs in some countries. The increases in the number of reported infections has,.

In the wake of the FOMC meeting last night, dollar purchases increased in the markets, and stock indices began to fall. EURUSD was briefly below 1.1740 at the start of trading today, a low for more than a month. The.

Stocks rose with Treasuries and the dollar slipped on speculation the Federal Reserve will keep its dovish stance to lift the world’s largest economy from a pandemic-induced recession. The S&P 500 climbed for a fourth day, led by energy producers.

Global health and political leaders could have done many things better in confronting the coronavirus from the outset, philanthropist Bill Gates said, reflecting on the medical and societal response to the pandemic. And a big one remains a topic of.

The dollar is retreating against franc and yen, which is often a signal of increased demand for safe assets. At the same time, the markets remain positive overall. Does this mean that there is an increasing demand for safety assets.

MicroStrategy is prepared to HODL its bitcoin for at least a century. Or so said the business intelligence firm’s founder and CEO, Michael Saylor, in an interview with CoinDesk on Tuesday, shortly after he announced on Twitter that MicroStrategy was.

Despite the milestone, Bakkt’s future volumes pale in comparison to those of top crypto exchanges Binance and Huobi. Bakkt, a regulated platform for crypto asset custody and trading owned by Intercontinental Exchange, has reported record daily trading volumes for its.

Brent crude rose 85 cents, or 2.1%, to $41.38 a barrel by 0645 GMT, while U.S. crude rose 92 cents, or 2.4%, to $39.20. Both contracts rose by more than 2% on Tuesday. More than 25% of U.S. offshore oil.

The two-day meeting is the U.S. central bank’s first under a newly adopted framework that promises to shoot for inflation above 2% to make up for periods, such as now, where it is running below that target. The strategy means.

On Wednesday, markets will be focused on US signals as fresh economic data and Fed comments can set the trend for the coming weeks or even months, with a direct impact on the fate of the dollar. Prior to the.

The World Trade Organization ruled Tuesday that additional tariffs imposed in 2018 by the United States on Chinese goods violated international trading rules, a blow to the Trump administration’s trade war against the world’s second-largest economy. A three-person panel of.

The coming years could be a “lost decade” for equity returns as companies struggle to grow their earnings, Blackstone’s Executive Vice Chairman, Tony James, told CNBC on Wednesday. James, who’s attending the virtual Singapore Summit, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia”.