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Afghanistan’s top diplomat in India resigned days after she was reportedly caught by airport authorities smuggling nearly $2 million worth of gold into the country. Zakia Wardak, the Afghan Consul-General in India’s financial capital Mumbai, posted a statement on social media platform X announcing her resignation. Afghanistan’s embassy in New Delhi shut ...
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The governor of Colombia’s central-northern department of Santander, Juvenal Díaz, denounced the presence of members of the Gulf Clan, also known as the Gaitanista Army of Colombia (EGC), in the Santurbán moor. The EGC is a neo-paramilitary group and likely the country’s largest drug cartel, which was created after the demobilization of the United ...
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When it comes to Contracts for Difference (CFDs), one of the most common questions among traders is how long do you hold a CFD? Unlike some financial instruments, CFDs do not have a fixed expiry date and therefore traders can use different trading strategies at their will. Nevertheless, the period that you keep a derivative will affect both your trading ...
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post: Arab sources are reporting an assassination attempt against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pic.twitter.com/XjlJIVS5Di post: Unconfirmed Reports tonight that a Heavily-Armed Security Convoy carrying the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman and several other High-Ranking Officials was Attacked earlier tonight within the Capital of Riyadh, in what appears to have been an Assassination… pic.twitter.com/uLjsjI4gPb
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Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin said he expects high interest rates to slow the economy further and cool inflation to the central bank’s 2% target. Barkin, who votes on monetary policy this year, said Monday the strength of the labor market offers the Fed time to gain confidence that inflation is moving sustainably lower before ...
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Tuesday looms as a make-or-break session for Australia’s ASX 200 with futures sitting at a key technical level ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) May interest rate decision. Should it provide a hawkish update as covered in a preview note earlier this week, it may hinder upside in the near-term. One saving grace for bulls may be the continued ...
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Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin said he expects high interest rates to slow the economy further and cool inflation to the central bank’s 2% target. ...
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Recent comments from a number of MPC members have hinted that a cut in Bank Rate might not be too far away and possibly rather sooner than financial markets currently expect. ...
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So strategically vital to Russia, Iran, and China is the Akkas gas field in Iraq that enormous pressure was brought to bear on politicians in Baghdad to ensure that all contracts ...
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post: Arab sources are reporting an assassination attempt against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pic.twitter.com/XjlJIVS5Di post: Unconfirmed Reports tonight that a Heavily-Armed Security Convoy carrying the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman and several other High-Ranking Officials was Attacked earlier tonight within the Capital of Riyadh, in what appears to have been an Assassination… pic.twitter.com/uLjsjI4gPb
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post: Reports now that the assassination attempt on Saudi Crown Prince is fake news https://t.co/14zyZf8A8X
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post: Fed’s Barkin: Inflation Data This Year “Disapppointing...Job is Not Yet Done” Barkin: Confident That Current Restrictive Level of Rates Can Curb Demand Enough to Bring Inflation to Target Barkin: Data “Whiplash” Confirms Value of Fed Being Deliberate post: FED'S BARKIN: I DON'T SEE THE ECONOMY OVERHEATING, BUT THE FED KNOWS HOW TO RESPOND IF IT DOES.Barkin: Navigating Data Whiplash Thank you for that kind introduction and for having me here today. I thought I would speak about the economy and where it may be headed, and then I look forward to your questions and input. I caution you these are my thoughts alone and not necessarily those of anyone else on the Federal Open Market Committee or in the Federal Reserve System. Contrary to most forecasts, including my own, the economy finished 2023 in a good place. Headline inflation, as measured by the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, dropped all the way to 2.6 percent by year-end. For the final seven months of the year, annualized core PCE came in just under our 2 percent target. At the same time, despite higher interest rates, global conflicts, and banking turmoil, economic growth was healthy at 3.4 percent, and unemployment remained near historic lows. But early 2024 inflation data has been disappointing to those who thought that the inflation fight was behind us. In the last three months, quarter-over-quarter core PCE inflation rose to 3.7 percent annualized. Headline rose to 3.4 percent. That number, fortunately, is nowhere near the 7.1 percent headline inflation we saw in June 2022 but does remind us that the job is not yet done. Demand remains robust. While the headline first quarter GDP number came in lower at 1.6 percent, it was held down by the volatile cate
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Dovish Fed Commentary Fuels Demand for Gold: Today’s trade fundamental highlights the bullish momentum in the gold market, driven by geopolitical tensions and dovish signals from the Federal Reserve. The breakdown of the ceasefire deal in the Middle East, coupled with comments from Fed officials like Thomas Barkin and John Williams, has intensified interest ...
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WTI crude oil prices were a touch higher on Tuesday as the ceasefire in Gaza remains uncertain. Oil prices fell over 7% from the Friday April 26 high to last Friday low, and are now trapped beneath the 200-day average and above the December bullish trendline. Fed Williams said that the net interest rate move is likely to be lower. The US dollar was little ...
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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 ...