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Week Ahead - Fed and earnings in focus

Earnings season is off to a rocky start and not only are investors not comforted by what they're seeing, but it's also contributing to the unease in the markets. The next week will be huge after an awful start to the year that's brought inflation and interest rate anxiety, earnings disappointment, and increased geopolitical risk.

21-01-2022 13:12 GMT by Craig Erlam

Oil prices ease, gold may have room to run

How long until oil bulls jump back in? Oil prices are slipping more than 1% at the end of the week, pulling back a little further from the highs just short of $90. The decline came shortly after the EIA inventory data on Thursday, which showed a surprising rise against expectations of a 2.1 million barrel decline.

21-01-2022 08:07 GMT by Craig Erlam