Metals News
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A California city removed the traffic lights from a four-way intersection as the city grapples with thefts attributed to a massive homeless encampment nearby. Oakland has been experiencing high crime and theft, including people stealing copper wires and the city’s infrastructure, according to locals who spoke to CBS News. The city attempted to thwart ...
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Armed robbers who used a motorbike as a battering ram made off with “several million euros’” (dollars) worth of valuables in a heist of the luxury Paris boutique of self-declared “Jeweler to the Stars” Harry Winston, the French prosecutor’s office overseeing the police probe said. Having refused Saturday to confirm that Harry Winston was the target, the ...
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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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post: FED'S MESTER: MONETARY POLICY IS RESTRICTIVE. post: Mester: April CPI Report Was Good News, but Too Soon to Tell What Path Inflation’s on Mester: Inflation Progress Stalled in First Three Months post: FED'S MESTER: RISKS THAT WE'RE TOO RESTRICTIVE HAVE GONE DOWN. post: Mester: Inflation Risks Are Tilted to Upside Mester: I Don’t Think About Potential Rate Cut in Terms of When post: FED'S MESTER: THERE'S NO RISK IN SPENDING MORE TIME GATHERING DATA ON INFLATION BECAUSE THE ECONOMY IS STRONG.
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London equities kicked off the week on a positive note, helped by a rally among metal miners and defence stocks, while investors await comments from the Bank of England for hints on the central bank’s interest rate trajectory. The blue-chip FTSE 100 shook off its recent slump, climbing 0.3%, and breaking free from the two back-to-back sessions of losses. ...
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Sr. Technical Strategist Michael Boutros (@MBForex) highlights the targets & invalidation levels that matter on the technical charts into the weekly open.
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China has hinted at possible tit-for-tat action against trade barriers imposed by the United States last week, as relations between the two economic superpowers become ...
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Government debt that has swelled nearly 50% since the early days of the Covid pandemic is generating elevated levels of worry both on Wall Street and in Washington. The federal ...
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister died when their helicopter crashed as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog, an Iranian official told Reuters on ...
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Thank you, Mark, for the kind introduction, and good morning to all of you.1 I am happy to be here. Today, I will do three things. First, I'll share with you my current outlook for the US economy. Second, I'll discuss my thinking on the current stance of monetary policy. Third, I'll review the dynamics of housing prices which can feed into the persistence of inflation. My focus on housing price dynamic stems from the role housing plays in the American economy. For most families, a home is their largest-ever purchase and their most valuable asset. Capital markets professionals in real estate finance, like you, are crucial to the smooth operation of the housing sector. Families making housing decisions rely on a healthy and productive housing finance sector. The housing sector is also one of the most interest rate–sensitive sectors of the economy. As such, it's an important channel of monetary policy transmission. Understanding the various channels of monetary transmission is crucial to fulfillment of the dual mandate given to the Federal Reserve by the Congress: maximum employment and stable prices. This mandate guides my thinking about monetary policymaking. With that, I'll turn to my outlook for the US economy. Aggregate Economic Activity The U.S. economy continues to grow at a solid pace. Adjusted for inflation, GDP was reported to have increased at a 1.6 percent annual rate in the first quarter of 2024. That was a moderation from a 3.4 percent expansion in the fourth quarter of last year. However, private domestic final purchases—which excludes inventory investment, government spending, and net exports and usually sends a clearer signal on underlying demand—grew 3.1 percent in the first quarter. That was about as strong as the second half of 2023. post: Fed's Jefferson: Policy Rate is in Restrictive Territory Jefferson: April’s Better Inflation Reading is Encouraging Jefferson: Long-Term Inflation Expectations Show Americans Believe Fed Will Make Good on 2% Inflation Goal
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San Francisco Fed president Mary Daly told Axios on Friday that it's not clear whether inflation is definitively receding and there is no "urgency" to adjust interest rates. Why it matters: Inflation cooled for the first time in 2024 last month, relieving economists that progress might not have stalled out. But one month of data has not convinced Fed officials that price pressures are evaporating in a way that puts near-term interest rates back on the table. What they're saying: "Fortunately, policy is in a very good place. We are in what I call the ready position," Daly told Axios at the University of San Francisco. "We can adjust policy as we need to." • Earlier this month, the Fed acknowledged signs that progress on inflation had stalled. That's raised questions about whether decades-high interest rates might need to be pushed up further to wrestle inflation down. post: FED'S DALY: I AM NOT YET CONFIDENT INFLATION COMING DOWN SUSTAINABLY TO 2%. post: FED'S DALY: I EXPECT IMPROVEMENT IN SHELTER INFLATION, JUST NOT RAPIDLY.
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Sr. Technical Strategist Michael Boutros (@MBForex) highlights the targets & invalidation levels that matter on the technical charts into the weekly open.
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The big rally on precious metals have continued at the start of the new week, with silver yet again outperforming. Both metals eased off their highs amid profit-taking and were back to the flat line around midday in London. Still, the white metal is up a good 35% so far in 2024, compared to 18% for gold. Silver’s breakout last week means the metal may have ...
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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 ...