Fed Chair, Jerome Powell confirmed that the word "transitory" is no longer applicable to inflation suggesting the pace of monetary tightening will be hastened. We ask Jeffrey Halley, Senior Market Analyst at Oanda if this means a taper tantrum is round the corner? Image credit: Pexel.com

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Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Shazana Mokhtar

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Tags:  Inflation,  China,  US,  Tapering,  Gold,  Markets,