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The firm predicts that its growth will continue in 2022

The Fed is the world's most influential central bank, and its policies have implications for lending globally.

The world's biggest economic powers, the United States and China, have not been spared from the economic impact of Omicron.

On Friday before the Christmas break, markets wavered in similarly subdued trade.

The growth outlook was also in focus as Brussels on Thursday raised its forecast for eurozone output this year.

Crypto prices have been driven higher by both institutional demand and retail buying

Several domestic property rivals have in recent weeks already defaulted on debts and have seen their ratings downgraded.

The US Federal Reserve is expected to begin paring its stimulus before the end of the year.

BOE governor Andrew Bailey said central bankers face a "very difficult balancing act"

The recent decision by OPEC and other major producers not to ramp up output has further strained global supplies.

Runaway gas prices are widely expected to ratchet up demand for crude, further spooking markets.

Europe's biggest economy could be headed for weeks, if not months, of political uncertainty

Beyond the Evergrande saga, Gregori Volokhine of Meeschaert Financial Services blamed the standoff over the US debt ceiling

Oil prices have bounced back strongly, and inched up despite the International Energy Agency saying global crude demand had dropped for three straight months

Europe's main equity markets advanced, while Asian markets were mixed.

Oil prices rose further following last week's gains

Fears about the much more contagious variant have rattled world markets as it forces some governments to reimpose containment measures

US stocks had dropped the last two sessions, with analysts pointing to a weak retail sales report amid the Delta variant

Wall Street's streak of five straight records for the Dow and S&P 500 indices ended with a thud

Oil prices were down around 1.5 percent on the weak Chinese economic data.

World central bankers will meet later this month at an annual conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Crude prices rallied on Tuesday, with some analysts saying the worries over the hit to demand from the Delta variant have been overstated.

China has also been confronted with a worsening resurgence of Covid-19.

A bigger unknown may be the platform's fate when the stock market no longer sees steadily climbing equity values as it has in recent months.

Bitcoin briefly climbed above $40,000 after Tesla expressed fresh support for the world's most popular cryptocurrency

Twitter shares were up more than five percent in after-market trades that followed release of the earnings figures.

The Delta variant has been in the headlines for weeks, but concerns on Wall Street grew after Los Angeles reimposed an indoor mask mandate over the weekend

British data showed unemployment dipped to 4.8 percent in the three months to the end of May from 5.0 percent in the three months to February.

The Fed has said repeatedly that stiff increases in consumer prices will be transitory, and so far the markets have largely accepted that argument.

Both the Dow and S&P 500 finished lower, retreating from records, while the tech-rich Nasdaq edged to a second straight record.