Metals News
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Sylvester Stallone is about to score a massive payday after putting his watch collection up for auction, because one of the timepieces could fetch a literal king's ransom. As you might have heard, the 'Rocky' star is selling 11 watches from his personal collection through Sotheby's next month ... and one crown jewel, in particular, has a watch expert going ...
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Libyan authorities have arrested several customs officials for attempting to traffic abroad about 26 tons of gold worth almost 1.8 billion euros ($1.9 billion), prosecutors said. The Libyan prosecutor’s office did not detail the suspected origin of the massive amount of precious metal, greater than the national gold reserves of many countries. Authorities ...
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There are certain names that echo down from the history of finance and economics. Adam Smith is one. Milton Friedman is another. So does the British economist John Maynard Keynes. Keynes’ was, and famously remains, an advocate of government deficit spending in a recession. It’s hard to imagine now how radical this position was in the decade before the ...
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CPI for April will be released on Wednesday. The consensus is for 0.3% increase in CPI (up 3.4% YoY), and a 0.3% increase in core CPI (up 3.6% YoY). Here are a couple of analyst's forecasts. From BofA: For the April CPI report, we forecast headline CPI rose by 0.3% m/m. Based on our forecast, the y/y rate should tick down to 3.4%. The main factor behind our ...
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Inflation trends may have gotten a little less dreary in April, though they are still likely to keep the Federal Reserve uncomfortable enough to stay on pause with interest rates. The consumer price index, a broad measure of the cost of goods and services in the marketplace, is expected to show another increase for the month, though the annual inflation ...
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Key statistics: • The seasonally adjusted WPI rose 0.8% this quarter and 4.1% over the year. • The private sector rose 0.8% and the public sector rose 0.5%, seasonally adjusted for the quarter. • The largest industry contributors to quarterly wage growth were Professional, scientific and technical services (0.7%), Education and training (0.8%), and ...
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CPI for April will be released on Wednesday. The consensus is for 0.3% increase in CPI (up 3.4% YoY), and a 0.3% increase in core CPI (up 3.6% YoY). Here are a couple of analyst's ...
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reiterated Tuesday that inflation is falling more slowly than expected and will keep the central bank on hold for an extended period. Speaking ...
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Last month (March 2024), the consumer price index increased by 3.5% (year-over-year, not seasonally adjusted), compared to the median estimate of 3.4%. Over the past 12 months, ...
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post: Powell: the Policy Rate is Restrictive Powell: Time Will Tell if We’re Sufficiently Restrictive on Policy Powell: Don’t Think Likely Next Move Would Be a Rate Hike post: Powell: Restrictive Policy May Take Longer Than Expected to Bring Inflation Down Powell: We Will Get Inflation Down to 2% post: Powell: Housing Inflation Has Been a Bit of a Puzzle Powell: Current Rent Increases Have Been Low for Some Time, Not Showing Up in Rollover Leases post: Powell: Lags Between Decline in Mkt Rates and It Showing Up Are Longer Than We Though Powell: It Should Show Up, Just a Question of When post: Powell on the April PPI: "I wouldn’t call it hot. I would call it sort of mixed." (The main readthroughs to PCE from the PPI likely offset as lower airfares and health care costs likely offset the hotter financial services subcomponent.)
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post: Fed’s Powell: US Economy Has Been Performing Very Well Fed’s Powell: US Economy Has a Very Strong Labor Mkt Fed’s Powell: Households Are in Good Shape Financially post: Powell: Overall a Good Picture Looking at US Economic Data So Far Fed’s Powell: Labor Mkt is Coming Back Into Better Balance Powell: Labor Mkt Moving Back Into Better Balance post: Powell: Signs of Gradual Cooling in the Labor Mkt with Supply and Demand Getting Into Better Balance Powell: Inflation in Q1 Was Notable for the Lack of Further Progress Powell: We Did Not Expect a Smooth Road on Inflation, We Have to Be Patient and Let Policy Do Its Work post: Fed’s Powell: We Expect Continued GDP Growth 2% or Better Powell: We Expect the Labor Mkt to Continue to Rebalance but Remain Strong Fed’s Powell: Expect Inflation Will Move Back Down Powell: Expect Inflation to Move Down Back to Levels More Like Last Year post: Fed's Powell: my confidence in inflation moving back down is lower than it was.
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The Producer Price Index for final demand rose 0.5 percent in April, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Final demand prices declined 0.1 ...
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Silver's price moved higher late in the North American session due to lower US Treasury yields and a softer US Dollar. Although the latest inflation figures in the US were higher than expected, the non-yielding metal climbed. The XAG/USD trades at $28.57, gains 1.32%. During the last three days, Silver has been seesawing within the $28.00-$28.80 range after ...
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Sr. Strategist James Stanley shares charts and highlights the themes and scenarios he's watching across macro markets.
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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 ...