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Although Christine Lagarde says she doesn’t see a rate hike in 2022 under current conditions, that could change

Don’t forget about the BOE meeting tomorrow!

The US Dollar is at or near new highs for the year vs many currencies.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits plunged last week to the lowest level in 52 years, more evidence that the U.S. job market is recovering from last year’s

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits plunged last week to the lowest level in 52 years, more evidence that the U.S. job market is recovering from last year’s

Right now. the businesses are dealing with a near-record number of job openings, totallying 11 million in october, and also americans are quitting at a pace weve never seen before. another 4.2 million quit in october. so of course in this environment, workers cant find -- businesses cant find enough workers. they cant let go of the ones they do have. economists say some seasonal effects may be overstating the drop in unemployment claims, but, kate, even if you look at the four-week moving averag...

Seasonal effects could be playing a little bit of a role here. numbers tend to be noisy toward the end of the year. even if you look at the four-week moving average, this is the lowest level weve seen since just before covid. clearly, good news. >> it certainly is. appreciate you bringing it to us, matt egan. >> thanks for joining us today. a momentous day on capitol hill, saying good-bye to the late senator bob dole. im jim sciutto. >> im erica hill. stay tuned. "at this hour" with kate bolduan...

>> its amazing. clearly the jobs market is doing just amazing right now. in the balance of power between labor and bosses, workers have all the bargains power. companies, they cant fill all the job openings so they cant let go of the workers they have. weve seen jobless claims fall to lowest level, 1969, when richard nixon was in the white house. a youth positive. the recent decline may be exaggerated a bit by seasonal effects. noisy this time of year and covid has messed with the governments mo...

If the Bank of Canada continues to believe that the economic recovery will continue through 2022, they may try to stay ahead of it by hiking rates sometime around mid-year

The Swiss Franc and the Japanese Yen are considered safe haven currencies