People who have contracted Covid-19 are more at risk of having brain damage a year later than people who have never been infected with the coronavirus, American researchers reported on Thursday, September 22. A study, published in the scientific journal Nature, evaluated over a year more than 40 brain injuries reported in the medical records of millions of American veterans. More than 7% of people who contracted Covid-19 had brain and neurological damage compared to veterans who had never been infected with the coronavirus, notes Archyde.com. This means that regarding 6.6 million Americans have developed brain disorders following infection with Sars-CoV-2, the virus responsible for Covid-19, the team that conducted the study estimated. Memory problems are the most common and people who have contracted the coronavirus have a 77% risk of developing them compared to the general population. People who have been infected with Covid-19 are also more likely to suffer from a stroke (50%), epileptic seizures (80%), suffer from migraines (42%), mental health problems such as depression or anxiety (35%) and to develop neurological symptoms, such as tremors, than the rest of the population.
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October 12, 2022
Wall Street closes weakly in the red ahead of US inflation
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
New York (AFP) – The New York Stock Exchange closed weakly in the red on Wednesday, following a mixed session, pending a key figure for US inflation on Thursday and while the Fed confirmed its determination to fight this rise in prices.
In the last minutes of trading, the indices slipped into negative territory, the Dow Jones index yielding 0.10% to 29,210.85 points, the Nasdaq 0.09% to 10,417.10 points and the broader S&P 500 index dropping 0.33% to 3,577.03 points.
The publication of the minutes of the last monetary meeting of the Fed (the “minutes”) confirmed the strong determination of the American central bank to fight once morest inflation by raising interest rates at the cost of a slowdown in growth and the job market.
The tightening of monetary policy must continue “despite the slowdown in the job market”, because inflation (8.3% in August over one year, according to the CPI index) is at an “unacceptable” level, said the Monetary Committee.
But this firm resolution did not move the market more than reason, which, according to analysts, has already taken into account the determination of the institution.
“The Fed minutes didn’t tell us anything new that the market didn’t already know,” Spartan Capital’s Peter Cardillo told AFP.
Members of the Federal Reserve (Fed) “reiterated that they are on course to keep rates high and they intend to raise them once more, these two points do not change the outlook,” added the analyst.
Edward Moya of Oanda even saw the minutes as a sign of optimism for the markets as some Fed officials insisted on the need to “calibrate” the pace of rate hikes “to mitigate the risk of significant negative effects on the economic outlook”.
Thursday, before the opening of the Stock Exchange, the markets will watch for the CPI inflation index which should be slightly down over one year at 8.1%, but still above 8% for the seventh month. in a row, according to analysts.
Wholesale prices (PPI index), published on Wednesday, for their part started to rise once more in September, gaining 0.4% once morest -0.2% in August and +0.2% forecast.
Over one year, however, they slowed to 8.5%, showing, according to Peter Cardillo, that “inflation has probably peaked at the level of producer prices”.
Investors also watched with a keen eye the vicissitudes of the British bond market, following the Bank of England confirmed the words of its governor Andrew Bailey, in Washington the day before, indicating that its emergency purchases of Treasury would cease on Friday.
But the British monetary authorities remain under pressure to reconsider this decision.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if the BoE ends up raising rates sharply, by a full percentage point to both fight inflation and rescue the pound,” said Peter Cardillo.
The British currency recovered on Friday once morest the greenback, to 1.1096 dollars (+ 1.18%) around 8:00 p.m. GMT.
US bond yields on ten-year Treasury bills fell to 3.89% from 3.94% the previous day. The dollar held up (+0.5% for the Dollar index), while oil prices fell sharply by more than 2%, frightened by inflation and its possible impact on demand.
Listed, most of the eleven S&P sectors fell, notably utilities (-3.42%), real estate (-1.39) and materials (-0.80%).
U.S. snacks and drinks giant Pepsico climbed 4.18% following posting better-than-expected Q3 revenue, helped by price increases, and raised its full-year growth forecast .
The Moderna laboratory soared 8.28% following forging a partnership with the German group Merck to develop and market a messenger RNA vaccine for patients at high risk of recurrence of skin cancer.
Cruise lines stocks jumped in concert following a series of better ratings from analysts, whether Norwegian Cruise (+11.61%), Royal Caribbean (+11.48%) or Carnival (+10 .09%) while these shares had fallen significantly in recent weeks.
Uber (+5.35%) and Lyft (+5.59%) have largely recovered following being beaten the day before in the wake of a plan by the US administration to change the status of workers as employees of the gig economy.
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Maait: We have reached a final stage in the agreement with the International Monetary Fund
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
11:21 PM
Wednesday 12 October 2022
Cairo – Masrawy:
Minister of Finance, Dr. Mohamed Maait, said that all files related to the International Monetary Fund loan have been agreed upon, and we are working on the stage of final completion of the loan program.
The minister added, during an interview with CNBC Arabic on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund meetings in Washington published today, Wednesday, that negotiations to obtain a loan from the International Monetary Fund are going well.
He stated that the Egyptian citizen should not be fully burdened with the burdens of a global financial crisis, as the world is going through a major crisis and the government is seeking to ease its severity at home.
The minister stressed the difficulty of the current stage, but stressed that it is being managed well, with work to solve the crisis of the accumulation of goods in the ports and the start of removing some of them to warehouses outside the ports.
The minister stated that the government supports the flexibility of the Egyptian pound exchange rate if necessary, pointing out that the dollar puts pressure on all currencies, including the Egyptian pound.
Maait pointed out that $22 billion left Egypt during the current economic crisis, in what is called the phenomenon of hot money.
The minister expressed his welcome to obtaining loans from international commercial banks, pointing out that Egypt has a good experience in this regard, and is seeking to diversify its funding sources.
He explained that the government is preparing to issue bonds in Chinese yuan, following it issued bonds in Japanese yen recently.
The minister also indicated that gas exports had risen to 700 million dollars per month, with a target of reaching one billion dollars per month, starting next January.
He stressed that the economic crisis in the world is being paid by emerging economies and middle-income countries, stressing that the uncertainty that prevails in the world deepens the economic crises.
Barcelona vs Inter Milan match || The date of the Barcelona match against Inter Milan .. in the Champions League
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
The Catalan team will host Barcelona tonight, Wednesday, October 12, 2022, in a match to determine the fate, which is the confrontation of Inter Milan. Barcelona faces Inter Milan on Wednesday, October 12, in a match in which Barcelona is looking to collect the three points to continue its campaign in the Champions League for the 2022-2023 football season.
The two teams will meet together in the activities of the fourth round of the group stage of the Champions League 2022-23, and the match between Inter Milan and Barcelona will be held today in the Camp Nou, the stronghold of the Catalan team.
The date of the Barcelona match once morest Inter Milan in Cairo and the Arab countries
The strong and fierce meeting between Barcelona and Inter Milan in the European Champions League begins on Wednesday, October 12, at eight in the followingnoon in Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco, nine in Cairo – Egypt, Jordan, Sudan and South Africa, ten in Mecca – Saudi Arabia, Qatar and eleven in the Emirates – Dubai – Abu Dhabi.
The channel that broadcasts the Barcelona-Inter Milan match
The Barcelona match once morest Inter Milan in the Champions League is scheduled to take place at nine in the evening, Wednesday, at the Camp Nou, and the match will be broadcast on beIN Sports 1 HD Premium.
Barcelona will host its Italian counterpart, Inter Milan, at the “Spotify Camp Nou” in the fourth round of the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League groups.
This match is considered the last chance for the Catalan club, in order to preserve its chances of qualifying for the second round of the Champions League.
Barcelona occupies third place in the standings of Group C with 3 points, behind Inter Milan (6 points), and Bayern Munich, the leaders (9 points), while the Czech Viktoria Plzen occupies the last place in the group without pay.
Barcelona squad once morest Inter Milan
Goalkeeper: Ter Stegen
In the defense line: Baldi – Alonso – Garcia – Roberto
Centered in the midfield: Busquets – De Jong – Pedri
And leads the offensive line: Dembele – Fati – Lewandowski