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Six Reasons Gold is Soaring this Year
Gold prices have surged to record highs in 2025, defying the traditional inverse relationship with interest rates. Typically, gold prices rise when interest rates fall and vice versa. But in 2025, gold has broken through the $3,500 mark, extending its rally even as interest rates remain high, with no cuts from the Fed yet this year. A question on many investors' minds is whether the recent rise in gold prices will continue. Many factors have contributed to this rise, and monitoring these six areas can provide insight into gold’s performance: 1. Weakening U.S. Dollar One of the key factors driving the recent surge ... (full story)
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From brecorder.com|Jun 23, 2025Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman, recently tapped by President Trump as the central bank’s top bank overseer, said Monday the time to cut interest rates ...
From federalreserve.gov|Jun 23, 2025|27 commentsThank you for the invitation to join you today. As the Federal Reserve's Vice Chair for Supervision, I am responsible for, among other things, leading the Board's Division of Supervision and Regulation in its work to promote the safe and sound operation of the U.S. banking system. While this includes the specific activities of bank supervision and regulation, the financial system reaches far beyond the banking system. Regulators must also monitor the effects of activities that extend outside this perimeter, for example activities that have migrated from banks to non-banks, or when there are broader market implications of regulatory actions and their potential effects on financial stability. Regulations should not be created in a static world of "set it and forget it." Today, my remarks will focus specifically on how the passage of time—with underlying changes in the composition of the economy and the financial system, interest rate shifts, and patterns and preferences of banking and financial activity—can lead to unintended policy application and unexpected consequences. Regulators should consider these broader evolving dynamics as they craft regulations to endure beyond today's circumstances. Typically, these effects are not contemplated in the scope of the usual cost-benefit analysis, as shifts occur over time after a new rule or regulation is implemented or enacted. But shifts can, in effect, become new policy choices with consequences that can pose significant issues. One shift in particular is that of the supplementary leverage ratio increasingly becoming the binding capital constraint for the largest banks in the Uni FED'S BOWMAN: IT IS TIME TO CONSIDER ADJUSTING THE POLICY RATE OPEN TO CUTTING RATES AS SOON AS JULY FOMC MEETING IF INFLATION PRESSURES STAY CONTAINED Fed governor Miki Bowman signals she could support a July rate cut. “Should inflation pressures remain contained, I would support lowering the policy rate as soon as our next meeting in order to bring it closer to its neutral setting and to sustain a healthy labor market.”…
From nar.realtor|Jun 23, 2025Existing-home sales rose in May, according to the National Association of REALTORS®. Sales elevated in the Northeast, Midwest and South, but retreated in the West. Year-over-year, ...
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From channelnewsasia.com|Jun 23, 2025The United States bombed Iran’s three main nuclear sites in a major escalation of this month’s conflict in the Middle East. Tehran said it will reserve all options to defend ...
From @DeItaone|Jun 23, 2025|11 comments*TRUMP ADMIN PREPARING FOR IRAN ATTACK ON US GULF BASES: AXIOS
Trump assembles national security team amid threat of Iran retaliation The Trump administration is preparing for an Iranian attack against American bases in the Gulf in retaliation for its strike on Iran's nuclear facilities this weekend, U.S. officials say. Why it matters: The scope of the Iranian retaliation — particularly the number of casualties — will determine how President Trump responds, and whether the U.S. plunges deeper into Israel's war with Iran. Trump is scheduled to meet with his national security team at 1 p.m. ET at the White House to discuss the threat. The president has warned that any retaliation "will be met with force far greater than what was witnessed" during the U.S. military attack against three Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend. State of play: On Monday evening local time, Qatar announced it was temporarily closing its airspace due to rising regional tensions. The Qatari foreign ministry said the closure is part of a broader set of precautionary measures. Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar is the biggest U.S. military installation in the region. In recent weeks, many of the base's aircraft and personnel have been evacuated. The U.S., U.K., and China issued warnings on Monday advising their nationals in Qatar to shelter in place as a precaution. BREAKING: Iran moves launchers for possible attack on us forces - WSJ.
From @staunovo|Jun 23, 2025|58 commentsIran said to launch missiles at US bases in Qatar and Iraq in retaliation for strike on nuclear sites https://t.co/O5dSiWeuDb Explosions Heard Over Qatar Capital Doha - RTRS Witness An unidentified missile was observed striking a US military installation in Iraq. AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM ACTIVATED IN US AIN AL-ASAD AIRBASE IN IRAQ FOR FEAR OF A POTENTIAL ATTACK -MILITARY SOURCES TO REUTERS BREAKING: Iranian Missile Attack Over: 7 Missiles Launched at U.S. Targets in Qatar and Iraq — All Intercepted
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- Jun 23, 2025 10:15am Posted byFundamental Analysis415
