Metals News
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Archegos Capital Management returned to the spotlight three years after its spectacular collapse with the start of founder Bill Hwang’s trial on fraud, racketeering and market manipulation charges. The trial kicked off Monday in Manhattan federal court with opening statements and continued through Thursday with testimony from several witnesses who ...
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At least seven stars in the Milky Way show signs of potentially harboring a hypothetical, super-advanced form of alien technology known as a Dyson sphere, scientists claim. While the researchers can not be totally sure that these stars host intelligent civilizations, they will undoubtedly pique the interest of scientists searching for extraterrestrial life ...
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In our team meetings, we often discuss the shifting sands of the market. Not only is it an interesting topic, but it poses a challenge for asset allocators. We are in the midst of a multi-year outperformance cycle for large-cap growth. The companies that have driven this outperformance have all become household names: Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, ...
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I would like to thank the Pennsylvania Bankers Association for the invitation to join you today.1 I appreciate the opportunity to engage with you on matters that affect the banking industry. Before sharing my thoughts about the current bank regulatory environment, I will discuss my views on the economy and monetary policy. Update on the Economy and Monetary Policy Outlook Over the past two years, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has significantly tightened the stance of monetary policy to address high inflation. At our meeting earlier this month, the FOMC voted to continue to hold the federal funds rate target range at 5-1/4 to 5-1/2 percent and to continue to reduce the Federal Reserve's securities holdings, but at a slower pace beginning in June. After seeing considerable progress on slowing inflation last year, we have not yet seen further progress this year. The 12-month measures of total and core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) inflation have moved roughly sideways since December and remained elevated at 2.7 percent and 2.8 percent, respectively, in March. With average core consumer price index (CPI) inflation this year through April running at an annualized rate of 4.3 percent, well above average inflation in the second half of last year, I expect inflation to remain elevated for some time. The recent pickup seems to be evident across many goods and services categories, suggesting that inflation was temporarily lower in the latter half of last year. Prices continue to be much higher than before the pandemic, which is weighing on consumer sentiment. Inflation has hit lower-income households hardest since food, energy, and housing services price increases far outpaced overall inflation throughout this episode. Economic activity increased at a strong pace last year but post: Bowman: We Have Not Yet Seen Further Progress on Inflation This Year Fed’s Bowman: Monitoring Data to Assess if Policy is Sufficiently Restrictive Bowman: Repeats Baseline Outlook That Inflation Will Decline Further with Policy Rate Steady, but Sees Risks post: Fed’s Bowman: Willing To Raise Rates If Inflation Stalls Or Reverses - Inflation To Remain Elevated For ‘Some Time’ - Policy Is Restrictive, Monitoring To See If It Is Sufficient
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US CPI was the big item from this week and the Wednesday release prodded several themes across global markets. US equities broke out to fresh highs on the back of that print, and the US Dollar broke down to fresh monthly lows, eventually finding support around the 200-day moving average which led to a bounce on Thursday. The move in the Dollar contributed ...
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Archegos Capital Management returned to the spotlight three years after its spectacular collapse with the start of founder Bill Hwang’s trial on fraud, racketeering and market manipulation charges. The trial kicked off Monday in Manhattan federal court with opening statements and continued through Thursday with testimony from several witnesses who ...
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Chinese authorities on Friday pledged new support for state-owned enterprises to enable them to buy unsold apartments, in an effort that could help developers get more funding to ...
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The high points for economic data in the May 20 week should be the sales numbers for new and existing homes for April. Gauging the health of the housing market may be a bit tricky ...
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April's data continued to show a shift away from consumption as a growth driver for 2024. April retail sales growth fell to 2.3% YoY, down from 3.1% YoY in March, bringing the ...
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post: Fed’s Powell Tested Positive for Covid-19 Yesterday, Experiencing Symptoms, Working From Home and Staying Away From Others -- Fed Spokesperson
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The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for theU.S. decreased by 0.6 percent in April 2024 to 101.8 (2016=100), after decreasing by 0.3 percent in March. Over the ...
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I would like to thank the Pennsylvania Bankers Association for the invitation to join you today.1 I appreciate the opportunity to engage with you on matters that affect the banking industry. Before sharing my thoughts about the current bank regulatory environment, I will discuss my views on the economy and monetary policy. Update on the Economy and Monetary Policy Outlook Over the past two years, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has significantly tightened the stance of monetary policy to address high inflation. At our meeting earlier this month, the FOMC voted to continue to hold the federal funds rate target range at 5-1/4 to 5-1/2 percent and to continue to reduce the Federal Reserve's securities holdings, but at a slower pace beginning in June. After seeing considerable progress on slowing inflation last year, we have not yet seen further progress this year. The 12-month measures of total and core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) inflation have moved roughly sideways since December and remained elevated at 2.7 percent and 2.8 percent, respectively, in March. With average core consumer price index (CPI) inflation this year through April running at an annualized rate of 4.3 percent, well above average inflation in the second half of last year, I expect inflation to remain elevated for some time. The recent pickup seems to be evident across many goods and services categories, suggesting that inflation was temporarily lower in the latter half of last year. Prices continue to be much higher than before the pandemic, which is weighing on consumer sentiment. Inflation has hit lower-income households hardest since food, energy, and housing services price increases far outpaced overall inflation throughout this episode. Economic activity increased at a strong pace last year but post: Bowman: We Have Not Yet Seen Further Progress on Inflation This Year Fed’s Bowman: Monitoring Data to Assess if Policy is Sufficiently Restrictive Bowman: Repeats Baseline Outlook That Inflation Will Decline Further with Policy Rate Steady, but Sees Risks post: Fed’s Bowman: Willing To Raise Rates If Inflation Stalls Or Reverses - Inflation To Remain Elevated For ‘Some Time’ - Policy Is Restrictive, Monitoring To See If It Is Sufficient
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US CPI was the big item from this week and the Wednesday release prodded several themes across global markets. US equities broke out to fresh highs on the back of that print, and the US Dollar broke down to fresh monthly lows, eventually finding support around the 200-day moving average which led to a bounce on Thursday. The move in the Dollar contributed ...
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Gold has pulled back from the crucial $2,400 level during trading on Thursday, which is an area that has been important multiple times. With that being said, I think we are just simply entering some type of consolidation area more than anything else. The $2,400 level above continues to be an area that I'll be paying close attention to, and therefore, if we ...
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Gold prices hit an all-time high of $2,448.80/oz. on April 12, 2024, on the back of hotter-than-expected NFP, sticky inflation and rising geopolitical risk. These factors attracted inflow of funds as shown by increasing managed money long positions to around two-year high. Despite the pullback towards the end of the month as profit-taking and U.S. dollar ...