Metals News
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Kings of the NFL once more, the Kansas City Chiefs received more championship spoils. For the second time in as many years and third time over the past half-decade, the Chiefs received Super Bowl rings on Thursday night, this time in celebration of their Super Bowl LVIII triumph over the San Francisco 49ers. Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Patrick Mahomes, ...
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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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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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The established financial world order of the past 50 years is now transitioning to a new and unknown paradigm as the petrodollar agreement between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia was allowed to expire this past Sunday. The term ‘petrodollar’ described the U.S. dollar’s (USD) role as the currency used for crude oil transactions on the world market. It traces back ...
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The June 2024 UMich June preliminary consumer sentiment reading • Prior was 67.4 • Current conditions 62.5 vs 68.8 prior • Expectations 67.6 vs 66.5 prior • 1-year inflation 3.3% vs 3.5% prior • 5-year inflation 3.1% vs 3.1% priorConsumer Sentiment Declined 5.1% to 65.6 in June Consumer sentiment declined 5.1% to 65.6 in June, according to ...
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The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) met this week and voted unanimously to hold rates steady for the seventh consecutive meeting, leaving its policy range at 5.25 percent to 5.5 percent. This decision was widely anticipated, with futures markets pricing in a near-zero percent chance of a rate cut in the days and weeks leading up to the meeting. As we ...
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The established financial world order of the past 50 years is now transitioning to a new and unknown paradigm as the petrodollar agreement between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia was ...
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The report issued today by the IAEA makes clear that Iran aims to continue expanding its nuclear program in ways that have no credible peaceful purpose. These planned actions ...
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I am ready to call it. The Fed should cut rates. July would be the right time to start in my opinion. To be clear, I don’t think they will do this. I still think the baseline ...
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At the Monetary Policy Meeting (MPM) held today, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan decided, by a unanimous vote, to set the following guideline for money market operations for the intermeeting period: The Bank will encourage the uncollateralized overnight call to remain at around 0 to 0.1 percent. Regarding the purchase of Japanese government bonds (JGBs), CP, and corporate bonds for the intermeeting period, the Bank will conduct the purchase in accordance with the decisions made at the March 2024 MPM. The Bank decided, by an 8-1 majority vote, that it would reduce its purchase amount of JGBs thereafter to ensure that long-term interest rates would be formed more freely in financial markets.Holding the "Bond Market Group" Meetings In accordance with the decision at the Monetary Policy Meeting today, the Financial Markets Department of the Bank of Japan will hold the "Bond Market Group" meetings in the following manner. 1. Date To be announced. 2. Form of the Meetings: The Bank will hold a meeting with commercial banks group, securities firms group and buy-side group, respectively. 3. Place: The Head Office of the Bank of Japan. 4. Participants: - Persons in charge of bond market issues in financial institutions including those who participate in the "Bond Market Survey". - Director-General of the Financial Markets Department, Head post: BOJ: WILL CONDUCT JGB PURCHASES IN ACCORDANCE WITH DECISION MADE AT MARCH POLICY MEETING post: BOJ TO DECREASE GOVERNMENT BOND PURCHASES post: JAPAN'S ECONOMY SEES MODERATE RECOVERY WITH SOME WEAKNESS OBSERVED: BOJ
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post: DRAFT G7 STATEMENT: "WE WILL RESTRICT ACCESS TO OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEMS FOR TARGETED ENTITIES, INCLUDING CHINESE, THAT SUPPORT RUSSIA'S WAR EFFORT" post: DRAFT G7 STATEMENT: "WE WILL CONTINUE TO APPLY SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE ON RUSSIAN REVENUES FROM ENERGY AND OTHER COMMODITIES", INCLUDING ACTION ON PRICE CAP post: DRAFT G7 STATEMENT: PROMISES ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS ON "THOSE ENGAGED IN DECEPTIVE PRACTICES WHILE TRANSPORTING RUSSIAN OIL" post: DRAFT G7 STATEMENT: PLEDGES TO CONTINUE EFFORTS TO REDUCE RUSSIA’S REVENUES FROM METALS AND ENERGY post: DRAFT G7 STATEMENT: **"WE URGE TEHRAN TO CEASE AND REVERSE NUCLEAR ESCALATIONS, AND STOP THE CONTINUING URANIUM ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE NO CREDIBLE CIVILIAN JUSTIFICATIONS" **CALL ON IRAN TO STOP ASSISTING RUSSIA’S WAR IN UKRAINE AND NOT TO TRANSFER BALLISTIC…
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post: BOJ'S GOVERNOR UEDA: IT'S POSSIBLE TO RAISE THE RATE IN JULY DEPENDING ON DATA.
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Another day, another decline in junior mining stocks. The big decline appears to have re-started - congratulations on your patience. This is one of the virtues that pays particularly well on the markets, and I expect it be the case also this time – I’m expecting a huge payout. What’s happening in the miners at this time seems to confirm what I’ve been ...
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Main scenario: consider short positions from corrections below the level of 2388.89 with a target of 2218.46 – 2161.56. Alternative scenario: breakout and consolidation above the level of 2388.89 will allow the pair to continue rising to the levels of 2500.00 – 2560.00 Analysis: the fifth wave of larger degree (5) is forming on the daily chart, with wave 3 ...
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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 ...