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Weekly Markets Monitor: Venezuela’s ripple effect
Last week, US data showed strong jobs and housing trends amid a widening FOMC policy divide. In the Eurozone, inflation eased while manufacturing contracted. In Asia, China’s factory activity rebounded, yet India’s PMI hit a two-year low. Global equity markets ended mixed amid thin year-end holiday trading, while longer-dated US Treasury yields, the dollar, and crude oil all moved higher. The recent US military action in Venezuela underlines that geopolitical instability is likely to continue as a key factor driving gold, as it was for much of 2025. (C.O.T.W). Yet the impact on gold in the medium-term isn’t so ... (full story)
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From zawya.com|Jan 5, 2026Copper prices surged towards record highs on Monday as concerns about supplies intensified following a strike at a Chilean mine, forecasts for deficits and low stocks in London ...
From @CHItraders|Jan 5, 2026|11 commentsFED'S KASHKARI: JOB MARKET IS CLEARLY COOLING, NO QUESTION FED'S KASHKARI: MY GUESS IS WE'RE CLOSE TO NEUTRAL NOW KASHKARI: INFLATION IS STILL TOO HIGH FED'S KASHKARI: THERE IS A RISK THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE CAN POP FROM HERE Fed's Kashkari: There is a lot of confidence that housing services inflation is coming down. Fed's Kashkari: My expectation is low hiring but low firing
From cnbc.com|Jan 5, 2026|5 commentsEven as China eyes new opportunities to build global influence in the wake of the U.S. attack on Venezuela, Beijing’s immediate priority is protecting its economic interests, ...
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From @realDonaldTrump|Jan 5, 2026|34 comments
We have taken in, and will soon be receiving, more than 600 Billion Dollars in Tariffs, but the Fake News Media refuses to talk about it because they hate and disrespect our Country, and want to interfere with the upcoming Tariff decision, one of the most important ever, of the United States Supreme Court. Because of Tariffs, our Country is financially, AND FROM A NATIONAL SECURITY STANDPOINT, FAR STRONGER AND MORE RESPECTED THAN EVER BEFORE. GOD BLESS AMERICA! President DONALD J. TRUMP
From fxstreet.com|Jan 5, 2026Gold (XAU/USD) trades with a bullish bias at the start of the first full trading week of 2026, as heightened tensions between the United States (US) and Venezuela drive fresh ...
From prnewswire.com|Jan 5, 2026|25 commentsEconomic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in December for the 10th consecutive month, following a two-month expansion preceded by 26 straight months of contraction, ...
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