Metals News
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Space junk is posing a dangerous and expensive problem and has spawned a multi-billion dollar clean-up industry. Astroscale Holdings Inc., a Japanese space startup, is developing a spacecraft with robotic arms to deal with the growing problem of debris stuck in orbit by retrieving end-of-life satellites and broken parts from space. Adrian Wong reports.
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The diamond market was slow in May, as US demand was mixed and China remained weak. Anglo American’s plan to separate from De Beers created extra uncertainty. Prices of IF to VS diamonds fell. SI1s were mixed, and SI2s continued to recover. Fancy shapes were sluggish, except for premium makes. The RapNet Diamond Index (RAPI™) for 1-carat goods — reflecting ...
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GDP, or gross domestic product, is all over financial news. It’s a measure of the value of all the goods and services in a country, but what does it actually mean? Well, it works as an indicator for how well or poorly a nation’s overall economy is faring. Do policies need adjusting? Are people gainfully employed? Watch to learn how GDP works and why it ...
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post: *LAGARDE: WOULDN'T SAY ECB IS MOVING IN DIALING-BACK PHASE post: ECB'S PRESIDENT LAGARDE: WE WILL NEED MORE DATA TO CONSTANTLY CONFIRM DISINFLATIONARY PATH. post: ECB'S PRESIDENT LAGARDE: WE'RE MORE RESTRICTIVE IN REAL TERMS THAN BACK IN SEPTEMBER. post: MORE ECB'S LAGARDE: I CANNOT CONFIRM THE THE 'DIALING BACK' PROCESS IS UNDERWAY, BUT THERE IS A 'STRONG LIKELIHOOD' THAT IT IS UNDERWAY #ecb #europeancentralbank #interestrates #inflation #eurozone #monetarypolicy #christinelagarde post: <EUR=>:*LAGARDE: SPEED, TIMING WILL BE DETERMINED BY DATA ?*LAGARDE: NEXT FEW MONTHS WILL BE BUMPY
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Peru's government has authorised miner Barrick Gold to carry out mining explorations in the country's southern border area, the prime minister announced on Wednesday. Peru's constitution requires foreign private investment within 50 km of the country's border to be approved by the Cabinet of M"The expansion of our mining portfolio is essential, given that ...
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Thanks to yesterday’s session, gold bulls gained an important ally, but is it enough to go higher? Looking at the daily chart, we see that although the U.S. currency moved a bit above the previously broken red horizontal line (based on the lower border of the orange consolidation about which you could read in previous Quick Gold Alerts) and the 200-day ...
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The European Central Bank is expected to start cutting interest rates from record highs Thursday, its first reduction in nearly five years, but volatile inflation means the path ...
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ECB President Christine Lagarde explains the Governing Council's monetary policy decisions and will answer questions from journalists at the Governing Council press conference to ...
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Canada’s merchandise trade deficit narrowed on higher energy and gold exports. The country recorded a C$1.05 billion trade deficit in April, from C$1.99 billion a month earlier, ...
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The Governing Council today decided to lower the three key ECB interest rates by 25 basis points. Based on an updated assessment of the inflation outlook, the dynamics of underlying inflation and the strength of monetary policy transmission, it is now appropriate to moderate the degree of monetary policy restriction after nine months of holding rates steady. Since the Governing Council meeting in September 2023, inflation has fallen by more than 2.5 percentage points and the inflation outlook has improved markedly. Underlying inflation has also eased, reinforcing the signs that price pressures have weakened, and inflation expectations have declined at all horizons. Monetary policy has kept financing conditions restrictive. By dampening demand and keeping inflation expectations well anchored, this has made a major contribution to bringing inflation back down. post: #ECB CUTS DEPOSIT FACILITY RATE BY 25BPS TO 3.75%; EST. 3.75% - BBG *ECB CUTS MARGINAL LENDING FACILITY TO 4.50%; EST. 4.50% *ECB CUTS MAIN REFINANCING RATE BY 25BPS TO 4.25%; EST. 4.25% post: ECB SAYS ECB WILL CONTINUE TO REINVEST, IN FULL, PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS FROM MATURING SECURITIES PURCHASED UNDER PEPP UNTIL END OF JUNE 2024 || ECB SAYS OVER SECOND HALF OF YEAR, IT WILL REDUCE PEPP PORTFOLIO BY €7.5 BILLION PER MONTH ON AVERAGE ECB SAYS ECB INTENDS TO DISCONTINUE… post: ECB Not Pre-Committing To Any Particular Rate Path - Inflation Likely To Stay Above Target Well Into Next Year - Raises Inflation Forecasts For 2024, 2025European Central Bank cuts main interest rate by 0.25 points The European Central Bank has eased the pressure on borrowers across the eurozone after cutting its main interest rate for the first time in almost five years. The ECB reduced its deposit rate to 3.75% from a record high of 4%, putting it ahead of the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England, which have yet to cut interest rates. Financial markets eagerly anticipated the first eurozone cut since September 2019, which will also affect the ECB’s main refinancing operations rate, which fell from 4.5% to 4.25%. City analysts had forecast the cut in borrowing costs at the ECB’s June meeting after signals that that the central bank was ready to offer more support to eurozone economies after a period of economic stagnation following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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In the week ending June 1, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 229,000, an increase of 8,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's ...
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post: *LAGARDE: WOULDN'T SAY ECB IS MOVING IN DIALING-BACK PHASE post: ECB'S PRESIDENT LAGARDE: WE WILL NEED MORE DATA TO CONSTANTLY CONFIRM DISINFLATIONARY PATH. post: ECB'S PRESIDENT LAGARDE: WE'RE MORE RESTRICTIVE IN REAL TERMS THAN BACK IN SEPTEMBER. post: MORE ECB'S LAGARDE: I CANNOT CONFIRM THE THE 'DIALING BACK' PROCESS IS UNDERWAY, BUT THERE IS A 'STRONG LIKELIHOOD' THAT IT IS UNDERWAY #ecb #europeancentralbank #interestrates #inflation #eurozone #monetarypolicy #christinelagarde post: <EUR=>:*LAGARDE: SPEED, TIMING WILL BE DETERMINED BY DATA ?*LAGARDE: NEXT FEW MONTHS WILL BE BUMPY
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Thanks to yesterday’s session, gold bulls gained an important ally, but is it enough to go higher? Looking at the daily chart, we see that although the U.S. currency moved a bit above the previously broken red horizontal line (based on the lower border of the orange consolidation about which you could read in previous Quick Gold Alerts) and the 200-day ...
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The trend of bearish U.S. economic data came to a halt yesterday with the ISM Services PMI reaching 9-month high, exceeding expectations. This week's bearish economic data reflected concerns over the U.S. economy's demand potential, which weighed on commodity prices. The highest volatility of the week is expected with the release of non-farm payrolls on ...
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CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today reported its May 2024 market statistics set a new average daily volume (ADV) record of 26 million contracts for the month, up 4% from May 2023. The company's interest rate and metals products also reached May ADV records, as its deeply liquid U.S. Treasury complex hit a new single-day record of ...