Metals News
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China landed an uncrewed spacecraft on the far side of the moon on Sunday (Jun 2), overcoming a key hurdle in its landmark mission to retrieve the world's first rock and soil samples from the dark lunar hemisphere. The landing elevates China's space power status in a global rush to the moon, where countries including the United States are hoping to exploit ...
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A Tesla shareholder filed a lawsuit on Thursday (May 30) accusing CEO Elon Musk of insider trading when he sold over US$7.5 billion of shares of the electric car maker in late 2022, saying the billionaire entrepreneur sold the shares before potentially disappointing production and delivery numbers were made public. Shareholder Michael Perry, in the lawsuit ...
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Inflation and wages are kind of a chicken or egg issue. Do higher prices cause higher wages or do higher wages cause higher prices? I suppose it’s probably a little of both. There is an obvious relationship when you look at the data. Here’s a look at year-over-year wage growth versus trailing twelve-month inflation going back to 1965: chart Wages grow ...
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Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun took pointed swipes at the US for “hollowing out” Beijing’s One China policy on Taiwan and “misleading” a country in the South China Sea, taking a tough stance at his first global security forum in his new position. In his speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Dong criticized Washington for its “salami-slicing ...
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China landed an uncrewed spacecraft on the far side of the moon on Sunday (Jun 2), overcoming a key hurdle in its landmark mission to retrieve the world's first rock and soil samples from the dark lunar hemisphere. The landing elevates China's space power status in a global rush to the moon, where countries including the United States are hoping to exploit ...
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At some of the world’s biggest banks, loans to commercial real estate face new litmus tests that promise to shape the sector’s access to financing. At issue is the carbon emissions of buildings and the expected cost of upgrades needed to stay on the right side of new green regulations. The European Union just passed its Energy Performance of Buildings ...
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More weakening: Real (inflation-adjusted) Income and spending was negative in April. The PCE price index remained flat at 0.3 percent for the month and 2.7 percent for the year. ...
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The main drivers behind the remarkably resilient American consumer are losing steam at the same time, suggesting a recent pullback in household demand may be more than just a ...
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At some of the world’s biggest banks, loans to commercial real estate face new litmus tests that promise to shape the sector’s access to financing. At issue is the carbon ...
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post: FED'S KASHKARI: LIKELY WE HOLD RATES FOR QUITE A WHILE: FT FED'S KASHKARI: SHOULD ERR ON TAKING OUR TIME TO CUT RATES: FT FED'S KASHKARI: US RESILIENCE REQUIRES HIGH RATES FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD: FT FED'S KASHKARI: COSTS OF PREMATURELY DECLARING VICTORY ARE HIGH: FT
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Gold remained on the defensive this week with XAU/USD trading at 2340 ahead of the New York close on Friday. A massive reversal off technical resistance last week remains in focus with gold threatening a deeper correction within the broader uptrend. These are the update targets and invalidation levels that matter on the XAU/USD weekly technical chart ...
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It’s been one of those weeks that’s all about the details. The weekly bar of the US Dollar is currently showing as a spinning top but that doesn’t really tell the story of the currency’s price action. Last week showed a strong response to resistance at the 105-105.13 zone, which led to a fast snap back that held through this week’s open. On Tuesday, a key ...
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Dear Client, Please find our updated Trading schedule and general information related to the Juneteenth National Independence Day on Wednesday, 19 June, 2024. Liquidity over the holidays is expected to be particularly thin so please take the necessary precaution to ensure that you are not affected by increased volatility, spreads and intermittent pricing. ...