Submitted May 7, 2025|From istat.it

In March 2025, retail sales are estimated to show a negative quarterly variation in value and volume (-0.5% for both). Both food sales (-0.5% in value and -0.9% in volume) and non-food sales (-0.3% and -0.4% respectively) are decreasing. In the ...

Submitted May 7, 2025|From australianmining.com.au

Rio Tinto has received the Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) Environmental Excellence Award for its Diavik diamond mine, which boasts the largest off-grid solar installation in Canada. The 3.5-megawatt facility features 6620 bi-facial panels and is ...

Submitted May 7, 2025|From brecorder.com

China’s yuan slipped against the US dollar on Wednesday after the central bank flagged interest rate cuts and a liquidity injection into the banking system, slowing the currency’s recent sharp appreciation. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) will cut ...

Submitted May 7, 2025|From msnbc.com

Investors appear to be getting a little impatient for some good news on Donald Trump’s trade war. On Tuesday, the S&P 500 continued to sink after snapping its nine-day winning streak on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq ...

Submitted May 7, 2025|From insee.fr

Between the end of December 2024 and the end of March 2025, private sector salaried employment is stable (0.0%, or +9,400 jobs) after having fallen in the previous quarter (-0.3%, or -68,000 jobs). Private sector salaried employment remains below ...

Submitted May 7, 2025|From miningweekly.com

The owner of the world’s largest zinc mine is in discussions to reroute output of the US operation away from China due to the trade war between Washington and Beijing, according to people familiar with the matter. Teck Resources’ Red Dog mine, some ...

Submitted May 7, 2025|From brecorder.com|1 comment

The Australian dollar hit a new five-month peak on Wednesday, buoyed by progress in US-China trade talks scheduled for later this week, while the New Zealand dollar found little support following a mixed picture on jobs. The Aussie fetched $0.6514 ...

Submitted May 7, 2025|From brecorder.com|2 comments

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the White House on Tuesday for his first talks with Donald Trump and bluntly told the U.S. president that Canada would never be for sale. Carney, who won the April 28 election on a promise to push back ...

Submitted May 6, 2025|From jdsupra.com

The Trump Administration has ushered in massive shifts in enforcement and policy priorities. From crypto to anti-corruption measures and tariffs to technology, the new Administration has changed the compliance landscape significantly. This issue of ...

Submitted May 6, 2025|From brecorder.com

Gold prices retreated on Wednesday as optimism over potential U.S.-China trade talks weakened demand for safe-haven assets, while investors braced for the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting later in the day. “Gold seems to be pulling back amid a ...

Submitted May 6, 2025|From puprime.com|14 comments

The foreign exchange market, commonly known as forex, is the largest and most liquid financial market in the world. Every day, trillions of dollars’ worth of currencies are exchanged as businesses, governments, investors, and individuals engage in ...

Submitted May 6, 2025|From fxstreet.com

Bitcoin price surged to $97,260 after initially retracing below $94,000 on Wednesday amid India’s missile attack on Pakistan, triggering market-wide volatility. Bitcoin price climbed to $97,260 on Tuesday before swiftly retracing below $94,000 as ...

Submitted May 6, 2025|From cnbc.com|1 comment

China’s central bank and financial regulators announced sweeping plans on Wednesday to cut key interest rates in an effort to shore up growth in the face of trade worries. China will cut the seven-day reverse repurchase rates by 10 basis points to ...

Submitted May 6, 2025|From fxstreet.com

Gold price (XAU/USD) attracts heavy selling during the Asian session on Wednesday and snaps a two-day winning streak to a two-week high, around the $3,434-3,435 region touched the previous day. The global risk sentiment gets a strong boost following ...

Submitted May 6, 2025|From finance.yahoo.com

Legislators in New Hampshire voted to pass a bill that establishes the first state crypto reserve. "New Hampshire is once again First in the Nation!" state governor Kelly Ayotte wrote on X. "Just signed a new law allowing our state to invest in ...

Submitted May 6, 2025|From australianmining.com.au

Astral Resources has increased its total group gold resource to 50 million tonnes (Mt) at 1.1 grams per tonne (g/t) for 1.76 million ounces (Moz), following its successful takeover of Maximus Resources. The renewed mineral resource estimate (MRE) ...

Submitted May 6, 2025|From cnn.com|8 comments

Trump’s top trade officials will meet with their Chinese counterparts this week to discuss a de-escalation of their increasingly ugly and damaging trade war. The future of the global economy is riding on their success. The trade talks, the first ...

Submitted May 6, 2025|From uk.finance.yahoo.com

Gold fell, snapping a two-day advance, as signs of progress on US-China trade talks curbed demand for havens even as military hostilities between India and Pakistan escalated. Bullion fell as much as 1.6% after surging nearly 6% in the previous two ...