The world economy is waiting for the accelerated growth of rates in conditions of high inflation. Time to think about global implications Today, the Fed will announce a decision on asset buybacks and rate hikes. Analysts had little doubt that the buyback program would end in March, with two rate hikes in 2022 and three in 2023 included in the trajectory.

The Fed will cut its asset buyback program twice as fast from January, by $30 billion a month, the agency said in a statement. At this rate, the program will be fully completed in March 2022. The Fed also updated the dot chart of forecasts. It shows that the majority of Fed members are ready to raise rates at least three times next year. The previous chart, released in September, showed that 9 of the 18 Fed leaders expected one rate hike in 2022.

Weekly inflation in Russia slowed to 0.06% by December 13 from 0.07% a week earlier, according to data . Rosstat Inflation in annual terms decreased from 8.4% in November to 8.11% on December 13, the Ministry of Economic Development writes . Annual food inflation is still above 10% (10.42%). Prices for buckwheat (+1.3%), eggs (+1.1%) and vegetables went up noticeably over the week, but services fell in price, largely due to a drop in the price of a trip to Turkey.

Germany will declare two employees of the Russian embassy persona non grata. This decision follows the verdict in the murder case in Berlin of former Chechen militant Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. Today, a court in Berlin sentenced Russian citizen Vadim Krasikov to life imprisonment for the murder of Khangoshvili in 2019.

The European Commission's draft directive on decarbonization, published today , does contain a deadline for "long" gas contracts, in fact, with Gazprom. The fact that Europe will set a deadline for contracts with Gazprom - they cannot be extended beyond 2049 - was written by Bloomberg the day before.

The US will blacklist several more Chinese companies, including DJI, the world's largest commercial drone maker . On Thursday, December 16, the companies will be blacklisted by the US Treasury Department for violations related to the persecution of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, the newspaper writes. Americans will be prohibited from investing in these companies. Face recognition company SenseTime canceled its IPO in Hong Kong this week after learning of the listing.

Google has threatened employees with loss of pay and layoffs if they do not adhere to the company's covid vaccination policy. This is stated in a memo distributed by the company's management, writes CNBC. It follows from the document that employees have two options. The first is to declare that they have been vaccinated and upload the relevant documentation. The second is to apply for an exemption from this obligation for medical or religious reasons.

December 14, 2021, Moscow. -Within the framework of the Open Innovations 2.0 forum, the launch of the DatateTakh IT company was announced. This was announced by Alexander Friedman, First Deputy General of Datatech, in his speech at a special session dedicated to Big Data. The current market trends form not only the requirements for the ability to work with large volumes of data, but also quickly make decisions based on them in real time.

The largest EU countries do not support the "preparation" of a detailed plan of sanctions in case of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Bloomberg writes in the context of the EU leadership summits taking place on December 15-16. But it's more about tactical considerations than strategy. According to the agency, against Germany, Spain, Italy and France, who believe that negotiations with Moscow are preferable at the moment.

The RT media holding filed a lawsuit against the Feelosophy Store store in the capital, which produced products (including T-shirts) with the word “foreign agent” in support of Meduza (by decision of the Russian Ministry of Justice, it was included in the register of media outlets acting as a foreign agent). to the case card . Meduza itself drew attention The Moscow Arbitration Court registered the claim on December 14.

The head of Roskosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, was interrogated as a witness in the criminal case of journalist Ivan Safronov on treason. the Agency project about this informed The lawyer Ivan Pavlov (recognized as a foreign agent), representing the interests of Safronov, later referred to him. . Interfax According to him, the interrogation took place in the summer. The defender did not give details. Safronov was detained on July 7, 2020 on charges of treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code).

This December, car dealerships do not expect traditional New Year's sales associated with the desire of dealers to fulfill their annual plans, according to a survey conducted by Kommersant among market participants. A similar situation was observed in 2014, when there was a significant jump in the euro exchange rate, Andrey Kamensky, Marketing Director of Avilon, noted. The head of Favorit Motors, Vladimir Popov, agrees: customers in those days wanted to exchange depreciating rubles for cars.

Businessman Mikhail Fedyaev, one of the founders of the SDS coal holding, was detained after the accident at the Lystyazzhnaya mine Businessman Mikhail Fedyaev, president of the SDS holding (Siberian Business Union), was detained in the case initiated by the accident at the Listvyazzhnaya mine in Kuzbass, according to the website of the Investigative Committee (SK).

Businessman Mikhail Fedyaev, president of the holding SDS (Siberian Business Union), was detained in connection with the accident at the Listvyazhnaya mine, according to the website of the Investigative Committee (IC). Listvyazhnaya operates as part of SDS-Ugol, which is part of SDS. In addition to Fedyaev, the general director of SDS-Ugol Gennady Alekseev, the company's technical director Anton Yakutov, and the chief engineer of Listvyazhnoy Anatoly Lobanov were detained.