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ZFX - As well as being touted as the future of workplace encounters by Microsoft's Bill Gates, the metaverse could also be the future of learning. VictoryXR, a virtual reality and augmented reality education solutions company, has partnered with Meta Platforms Inc. to launch 10 metaverse university campuses, or metaversities, across the US by 2022. The Iowa-based company is working under its

ZFX - Over $235 million collected in US and Canadian ticket sales over the weekend premier of the new Spider-Man movie, "Spider-Man: No Way Home". This set a record for pandemic-time releases and the new movie ranks as Hollywood's third-largest domestic debut, amidst emergence of the new COVID-19 variant. Worldwide, "No Way Home" earned an additional $334.2 million, bringing the total for the

Bank of England menjadi bank sentral utama pertama di dunia yang menaikkan suku bunga sejak pandemi virus corona yang memukul ekonomi global.

ZFX - In tackling a spike in inflation, the Federal Reserve will be ending the pandemic-era bond purchasing in March to pave a way for a 3-quarter percentage point interest rate increase by the end of 2022. "There is no more need for increasing amounts of policy support for the economy," said Fed Chari Jerome Powell during a news conference as he compared conditions at the start of the pandemic

ZFX - Gold is starting to be weighed down by the most important Fed meeting of the year, as the US' most active gold futures contract, February, was settled last Tuesday with a decline to $16 or 1% as it settles at $1,772.30 an ounce. In the last two weeks, the drop was the biggest-in-a-day, percentage-wise. Tuesday kicked off the Federal's Reserve's monthly two-day meeting with Chairman Jerome

ZFX - The Bank of Japan offered bond purchases in a bid to counter the increasing interest rates in the short-term worth $97 billion. On Tuesday, making two offers, the central bank plans to buy 7 trillion yen in funds injection and bonds of 2 trillion yen for the December 15-16 period. Both of these offerings are within an bond sell agreement. The central bank would have a combined 11

ZFX  - It's looking very busy in the economic calendar for today. Just for this week, we will be having FIVE decisions made by central banks and a few top-level reports. So what can analysts expect from this catalyst? Major Economic Events: China's Data Dump (15 December, 9:00 AM GMT+7) – China will be releasing number of major economic reports in the middle of the week and all of them

ZFX - After a solid week with central bank meetings, the US dollar climbed higher and higher. The meetings included the one that was held at the Federal Reserve which are expected to increase currency markets' performece and boost the dollar upwards, despite creeping worries of the new COVID-19 variant. The pound lost 0.16% to $1.3257 after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday

ZFX - If consensus is correct, the last time inflation was this high was in the early years of the Reagan administration – when the US was in the midst of a steep and persistent recession. The Labor Department on Friday morning will release an index that measures the cost of dozens of items via the November consumer price index . The index covers general items including gasoline and ground

ZFX - President Joe Biden is trying to reassure Americans that rising costs of energy and other major goods are starting to subside but that change may not be reflected in the November data due later in the New York session later in the day. The consumer price index (CPI) for November is expected to have increased 6.8% compared to the same month last year, overtaking October's 6.2% rise, which