Metals News
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South Africa has won a legal claim over $43 million worth of treasure from a World War II shipwreck that was found off the country's coast by a British exploration company, the U.K. Supreme Court said on Wednesday. The sinking of the the SS Tilawa — which has been called the "Indian Titanic" — killed 280 people and sent over 2,000 bars of silver plunging to ...
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Today, in light of intensified terrorist activity in the Middle East, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an Advisory to assist financial institutions in detecting potentially illicit transactions related to Islamic Republic of Iran-backed terrorist organizations. The Advisory highlights the means by ...
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Bond markets make the financial world go round, helping to grease the wheels of commerce, allowing economic activity to expand. But when too much debt is issued, it can overwhelm demand, causing borrowing costs to spike which can be detrimental to the economy. This balancing act is attracting plenty of interest right now, especially when it comes to trends ...
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Copper prices have topped US$10,000 per tonne for the second time in a fortnight but analysts including Goldman Sachs are predicting that there’s still a long way to go. Goldman’s latest forecast is for the red metal to reach US$12,000/t by the end of 2024 and then US$15,000/t in 2025. The last time copper went into five figures was in March 2022, when the ...
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post: CHINA SETS YUAN MIDPOINT AT 7.4011 PER DOLLAR, COMPARED TO LAST CLOSE OF 7.2212PBOC sets USD/ CNY central rate at 7.1011 (vs. estimate at 7.2102) The People's Bank of China set the onshore yuan (CNY) reference rate for the trading session ahead. • USD/CNY is the onshore yuan. Its permitted to trade plus or minus 2% from this daily reference rate. • CNH is the offshore yuan. USD /CNH has no restrictions on its trading range. • A significantly stronger or weaker rate than expected is typically considered a signal from the PBOC. The previous close was 7.2212. PBOC injects 2bn via 7-day RR, sets rate at an unchanged 1.8%.
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The situation on the forex market continues to develop with my previous comments. But – as you also read previously – the big impact on gold (and mining stock) prices can be delayed until the markets are more certain that the rallies are not accidental. That’s what we saw in 2022, but since I wrote about it in greater detail yesterday, I don’t want to ...
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Release of the Financial Stability Report — Press conference by Governor Tiff Macklem and Carolyn Rogers, Senior Deputy Governor (11:00 (ET) approx.).
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At the May FOMC meeting, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggested the Bank's monetary policy stance was “in a good place”, but it is obvious that officials are concerned ...
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An ugly jobless claims print was the day's early catalyst sending yields significantly lower, stocks, gold, oil, and crypto higher and the dollar down with rate-cut expectations ...
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table The US treasury auctioned off $25 billion of 30 year bonds at high yield of 4.635% The WI (when-issued) level at the time of the auction was 4.642%. The US ...
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In the week ending May 4, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 231,000, an increase of 22,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's ...
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post: SF FED'S DALY (VOTER) Q&A/MERCATUS: INFLATION IS 'GOING TO BE A BUMPY ROAD;' FAR TOO EARLY TO DECLARE VICTORY #Daly #FederalReserve post: FED'S DALY: THE LAST THREE MONTHS HAS LEFT CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE NEXT FEW MONTHS OF INFLATION. post: DALY: A RANGE OF SCENARIOS THE FED IS FACING RIGHT NOW post: Daly: Still See a “Really Healthy” Labor Mkt and Inflation That is Too High post: ?*DALY: POLICY RESTRICTIVE, MAY TAKE MORE TIME TO LOWER INFLATION
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You can’t help but notice just how sensitive commodities are to US dollar movements right now. Take the price action on Thursday as a prime example with an unusually large increase in US jobless claims sparking big gains across the complex, seeing names like gold, silver and copper push back towards their YTD highs. The asymmetric reaction provides a sense ...
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Silver prices rallied sharply as US Treasury yields tumbled, and the Greenback weakened as major central banks opened the door to ease policy. At the time of writing, XAG-USD trades at $28.29, up by more than 3.50%. After consolidating below the latest cycle high of $27.733 witnessed on April 26, the grey metal exploded with close to $1.00 gains, clearing ...
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CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today reported its April 2024 market statistics set a new average daily volume (ADV) record of 26.5 million contracts for the month, up 33% from April 2023, with double-digit growth across all asset classes. Additionally, interest rate, equity index, foreign exchange and options products set new April ...