Metals News
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A giant state-owned Chinese commodities trader is nursing losses after a shipment of copper from Russia worth nearly $20 million went missing, reigniting fears over fraud in the often secretive market for buying and selling raw materials. Wuchan Zhongda Group Co., which had sales of 580 billion yuan ($80 billion) in 2023, bought 2,000 tons of refined copper ...
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Commodity trading house Gerald Group said it paid almost $49 million for tin that turned out not to be tin. Gerald Group made a provision of $37.3 million in its 2023 financial accounts after the deal to buy Brazilian tin went awry, according to a note in its 2022 accounts filed at the UK’s Companies House. The firm has started investigations and engaged ...
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A lot has happened to the economy since COVID struck, and reading the economic tea leaves has become more difficult. Many of the gains for many Australians in 2020 and 2021 were artificial and didn’t last. The COVID Supplement temporarily doubled JobSeeker, for example. JobKeeper paid workers what their employers could not. As these measures have been ...
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post: *POWELL: INFLATION HAS EASED SUBSTANTIALLY BUT IS STILL TOO HIGH post: *POWELL: FED GENERALLY EXPECTS GDP TO SLOW FROM LAST YEAR'S PACE post: FED'S POWELL: PRIVATE DOMESTIC FINAL PURCHASES, A CLEARER SIGNAL, IS STILL STRONG post: *POWELL: PACE OF JOB GROWTH IS STILL STRONG BUT SLOWER THAN 1Q post: POWELL: UNEMPLOYMENT RATE REMAINS LOW
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post: POWELL: WE THINK POLICY IS RESTRICTIVE AND ULTIMATELY, EVENTUALLY YOU WILL SEE WEAKENING IN ECONOMY POWELL: NO ONE HAS RATE HIKES AS BASE CASE post: POWELL: BANKING SYSTEM HAS BEEN SOLID, STRONG, WELL-CAPITALIZED post: MORE FED'S POWELL Q&A: ULTIMATELY EXPECT RATES WILL HAVE TO COME DOWN, NOT UP, AND CURRENT POLICY SEEMS TO BE MOVING TOWARD THAT #Powell #FOMC #FederalReserve post: POWELL: THERE’S BEEN A SURPRISING INCREASE IN IMPORT PRICES ON GOODS post: POWELL: WAGES ARE STILL RUNNING ABOVE A SUSTAINABLE PATH POWELL: OVERALL THOUGH INFLATIONARY PRESSURES HAVE COME DOWN
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A giant state-owned Chinese commodities trader is nursing losses after a shipment of copper from Russia worth nearly $20 million went missing, reigniting fears over fraud in the often secretive market for buying and selling raw materials. Wuchan Zhongda Group Co., which had sales of 580 billion yuan ($80 billion) in 2023, bought 2,000 tons of refined copper ...
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The Federal Reserve System is the central bank of the United States. It performs five general functions to promote the effective operation of the U.S. economy and, more generally, ...
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The Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept its key interest rate unchanged and signaled that just one cut is expected before the end of the year. With markets hoping for a more ...
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Wednesday is shaping up to be one of the most important days of the year for economic news, as investors will hear about the path of inflation and the manner in which the Federal ...
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In conjunction with the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting held on June 11–12, 2024, meeting participants submitted their projections of the most likely outcomes for real gross domestic product (GDP) growth, the unemployment rate, and inflation for each year from 2024 to 2026 and over the longer run. Each participant’s projections were based on information available at the time of the meeting, together with her or his assessment of appropriate monetary policy—including a path for the federal funds rate and its longer-run value—and assumptions about other factors likely to affect economic outcomes. The longer-run projections represent each participant’s assessment of the value to which each variable would be expected to converge, over time, under appropriate monetary policy and in the absence of further shocks to the economy. “Appropriate monetary policy” is defined as the future path of policy that each participant deems most likely to foster outcomes for economic activity and inflation that best satisfy his or her individual interpretation of the statutory mandate to promote maximum employment and price stability. post: FED’S MEDIAN RATE FORECAST END-’24 AT 5.1%; PREV. 4.6% FED’S MEDIAN RATE FORECAST END-’25 AT 4.1%; PREV. 3.9% FED’S MEDIAN RATE FORECAST END-’26 AT 3.1%; PREV. 3.1% FED’S MEDIAN RATE FORECAST LONGER-RUN AT 2.8%; PREV. 2.6% post: FED POLICYMAKERS SEE END-2024 PCE INFLATION AT 2.6% VERSUS 2.4% IN MARCH PROJECTION; CORE SEEN AT 2.8% VERSUS 2.6% post: FED OFFICIALS RAISE 2024 INFLATION FORECAST TO 2.6%, UP FROM 2.4% IN MARCH FORECAST FED OFFICIALS SEE 4% UNEMPLOYMENT AT END OF 2024, UNCHANGED FROM MARCH FORECAST FED OFFICIALS SEE 2.1% GDP GROWTH IN 2024, UNCHANGED FROM MARCH FORECAST
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Recent indicators suggest that economic activity has continued to expand at a solid pace. Job gains have remained strong, and the unemployment rate has remained low. Inflation has eased over the past year but remains elevated. In recent months, there has been modest further progress toward the Committee's 2 percent inflation objective. The Committee seeks to achieve maximum employment and inflation at the rate of 2 percent over the longer run. The Committee judges that the risks to achieving its employment and inflation goals have moved toward better balance over the past year. The economic outlook is uncertain, and the Committee remains highly attentive to inflation risks. In support of its goals, the Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 5-1/4 to 5-1/2 percent. In considering any adjustments to the target range for the federal funds rate, the Committee will carefully assess incoming data, the evolving outlook, and the balance of risks. The Committee does not expect it will be appropriate to reduce the target range until it has gained greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainably toward 2 percent. In addition, the Committee will continue reducing its holdings of Treasury securities and agency debt and agency mortgage‑backed securities. The Committee is strongly committed to returning inflation to its 2 percent objective. In assessing the appropriate stance of monetary policy, the Committee will continue to monitor the implications of incoming information for the economic outlook. The Committee would be prepared to adjust the stance of monetary policy as appropriate if risks emerge that could impede the attainment of the Committee's goals. The Committee's assessments will take into account a wide range of information, including readings on labor market conditions, inflation pressures and inflation expectations, and financial and international developments. post: FOMC STATEMENT COMPARE pic.twitter.com/GvM6dAmcak post: FED: DOES NOT EXPECT IT WILL BE APPROPRIATE TO REDUCE POLICY TARGET RANGE UNTIL GAINING GREATER CONFIDENCE INFLATION’S MOVING SUSTAINABLY TOWARD 2%
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post: FED’S POWELL: WE DON’T SEE OURSELVES AS HAVING THE CONFIDENCE THAT WOULD WARRANT POLICY LOOSENING AT THIS TIME post: Fed's Powell: FOMC Participants Were Allowed To Update Their SEPs To Incorporate CPI Data Today If They Wanted $DXY $USDJPY #FOMC post: POWELL: QUITS HAVE BEEN MOVING DOWN, JOB OPENINGS TOO POWELL: WE STILL HAVE LOW UNEMPLOYMENT, BUT HAS SOFTENED A BIT AND THAT’S AN IMPORTANT STATISTIC post: POWELL: ARGUMENT THAT JOB GAINS MAY BE A BIT OVERSTATED, BUT STILL STRONG post: POWELL: I LIKE TO LOOK AT 3 AND 6 MONTH SERIES ON PAYROLLS REPORT GIVEN DIFFERENCES IN ESTABLISHMENT AND HOUSEHOLD SURVEY POWELL: OVERALL PICTURE IS ONE OF STRONG AND GRADUALLY COOLING LABOR MKT POWELL: IT HAS GIVEN US AN AMBIGUOUS RESULT, BUT FACT REMAINS LABOR MKT IS STRONG
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The quotes of XAG/USD continue to move as part of the development of the correction and the formation of the “Wedge” reversal pattern. At the time of publication of the forecast, prices for Silver are 29.35. Moving averages indicate a bullish trend. Prices are again testing the area between the signal lines, which indicates pressure from buyers and a ...
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video Gold got a strong start on Wednesday, reaching a high of 2,342 before sellers took back control. Much of the day’s range was retraced at the time of this writing. It looks like gold may close in the lower quarter of the day’s range. That would not be a sign of strength, especially after testing resistance around the 50-Day MA earlier in today’s ...
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In response to increasing investor demand for more cost-effective trading solutions, FP Markets, a global multi-asset Forex and CFD broker, has further reduced its spreads across various trading instruments. Christodoulos Psomas, Head of Risk at FP Markets, expressed his enthusiasm for the move and commented: ‘Through the continuous optimisation of our ...