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(Reuters) — Wall Street futures on Thursday got a boost from hopes that the Federal Reserve had reached the end of its tightening campaign, while a number of upbeat corporate forecasts also lifted sentiment.

Investing.com -- U.S. futures point into the green, as markets examined statements from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell following the central bank's decision to keep interest rates steady for a second straight meeting. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) gears up to unveil its latest three-month earnings, with analysts also eager for any guidance from the tech giant on trading during its crucial December quarter. Shell (LON:SHEL) bumps up its share buybacks, boosting shares in the oil group.

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Prior to December 7, 2021, the council indicated in its report to the European Council that it expects the European Commission to submit a legislative proposal in 2022 on further revision of the directive 2011/16 / EU on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation (DAC), concerning exchange of information on crypto-assets and tax rulings for wealthy individuals.

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva highlighted the role of digitalization in enhancing financial inclusion during a recent conference held in Marrakesh, Morocco. While advocating for comprehensive national strategies for financial inclusion, Georgieva also warned about the risks associated with digital financial services. This comes at a time when the IMF is actively involved in exploring cryptographic concepts and has recently presented a crypto-risk assessment matrix.

Largecaps: ICICI Bank, Maruti Suzuki India, State Bank of India, Varun Beverages, Bank of Baroda, and ITC. Midcaps: Lupin, Federal Bank, Ashok Leyland, Relaxo and Footwears Smallcaps: CIE Automotive India, Westlife Foodworld, CreditAccess Grameen, JTL Industries, PNC Infratech and Kirloskar Brothers. The brokerage has booked profit in CCL products and added Westlife Foodworld.

SINGAPORE—During his final months as China’s premier, Li Keqiang evoked two grand waterways seen as nurturing Chinese civilization as he tried to reassure citizens about their country’s future. “The Yangtze and Yellow rivers won’t flow backwards," Li said last year, arguing that China would never reverse course on a four-decade policy of opening up its economy. Those words went viral on Chinese social media after Li’s unexpected death of heart failure last week, shared by mourners to subtly rebuke top leader Xi Jinping for seemingly breaching Li’s promise.

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Maneesh Dangi, Founder, Macro Mosaic Investing, says “it is very unlikely that the US would have a 2008 play out because the US balance sheets are pretty clean in terms of household balance sheets and corporate balance sheets are not levered. But that cannot be said for Europe, cannot be said for China, it cannot be said for many other emerging markets. So I do not know and I do not think a GFC kind of liquidation or credit events are going to play out in the US but then it is more likely that it could pay out in some other places. Thankfully, Indian balance sheets look as clean as they were in 2007. So India is out of the picture as far as that sort of balance sheet stress is concerned.” Do you think everything is moving on expected lines? The Fed was not supposed to increase rates, they have not increased rates. The Fed was supposed to say that they are keeping the interest rate window open, which is what they said. The Fed was supposed to increase their outlook for the US economy, which they did. So, the Fed is becoming rather easy to call now. Yes, it is a sensible Fed because having taken the rates higher by about 550 basis point, Fed is deeply aware as we all are, that interest rates work with a lot of lag and incidentally I was reading a research report today early that perhaps today's interest rates operating in US could be of last Diwali.

Investing.com-- Most Asian currencies strengthened on Thursday, while the dollar fell sharply after mixed signals from the Federal Reserve ramped up bets that the central bank will not raise interest rates further. 

Bajaj Allianz Life, one of the leading private life insurers, has launched the Bajaj Allianz Life Mid Cap Index Fund NFO. This fund is designed to capture the growth opportunities presented by mid cap equities with a focus on providing investors with capital appreciation. Its objective is to generate returns by investing in the constituents of the Nifty Midcap 150 Index. The NFO period for Bajaj Allianz Life Mid Cap Index Fund ends on 28th November 2023.

Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs), has experienced significant growth, surpassing the growth of conventional mutual funds in recent years. This can be attributed to several key factors, which include: Increased investor awareness and affinity for alternative investments: There has been a noticeable increase in investor awareness and a growing appetite for alternative investments.

The Albanese government will draft new laws to regulate how investment products are labelled in an attempt to reduce unverified sustainability claims and ensure environmental credentials are comparable.

Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says the central bank held its key interest rate at five per cent in part because of the effect a wave of upcoming mortgage renewals is expected to have on the economy.

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday but left the door open to a further increase in borrowing costs in a policy statement that acknowledged the U.S. economy’s surprising strength, but also nodded to the tighter financial conditions faced by businesses and households.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar said India has rapidly digitised its economy in the last eight years. The MoS said the country has moved the needle on the digital economy from about 4.5 per cent of the total GDP to a target of 20 per cent by 2025-26 and is at 11 per cent today.

children continue to be brought up with it, but speakers use it in fewer academic contexts. In June Robbert Dijkgraaf, minister of education in the Netherlands, announced that at least two-thirds of teaching in undergraduate programmes would have to be in Dutch. University leaders took it badly.

Investing.com-- Oil prices jumped from a one-month low in Asian trade on Thursday as weak U.S. economic readings and middling comments from the Federal Reserve saw traders pricing in a diminished chance of more interest rate hikes, denting the dollar.

Investing.com-- Most Asian stocks rose on Thursday, buoyed by a rally in the technology sector as somewhat middling comments from the Federal Reserve spurred bets that the central bank was done with its run of interest rate hikes. 

Asian shares and bonds extended a global rally on Thursday as a non-committal Federal Reserve Chair had markets double down on bets that U.S. interest rates have peaked and cuts are on the way. Investors are now awaiting the results from Apple later in the day, a bellwether for consumer demand and the tech sector.

Gold prices edged higher on Thursday, as the U.S. dollar and bond yields slipped after the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady and acknowledged the tighter financial conditions faced by businesses and households. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold was up 0.2% to $1,985.99 per ounce by 0147 GMT and U.S.