The United States on Tuesday accused companies in the United Arab Emirates, the Central African Republic and Russia of engaging in illicit gold deals to help fund the mercenary fighters of Russia's Wagner Group. The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement it has sanctioned four companies...
Nikkei Tokyo shares ended lower on Thursday after investors locked in dividend rights during the previous session. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index dropped 1.46 percent, or 594.66 points, to close at 40,168.07, while the broader Topix index lost 1.73 percent, or 48.47 points, to 2,750.81. Hang...
US consumer sentiment rose markedly toward the end of March, supported by strong stock-market gains and expectations that inflation will continue to ease. The University of Michigan's sentiment index climbed to 79.4 from 76.5 earlier in the month, reaching the highest since mid-2021,...
After last Friday's all-time high for a weekly close, gold picked right up where it left off last week, setting multiple all-time highs in both the spot and futures markets despite Fed Chair Powell's milquetoast Capitol Hill testimony and parallel all-time highs in equity markets and...
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil closed higher on Thursday following two losing sessions on expectations global inventories will continue to wane through the second quarter on OPEC+ production cuts and Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries. WTI crude oil for May delivery closed up...
Britain's economy is "moving in the right direction" for the Bank of England to start cutting interest rates, Governor Andrew Bailey said as two of his colleagues dropped their vote a rate hike. The BoE's interest rate-setters voted 8-1 to keep borrowing costs at their 16-year high of 5.25% on...
Time | Country | Figures | Previous | Actual |
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06.30 | JPN | Tokyo Core CPI y/y | 2.5% | 2.4% |
06.30 | JPN | Unemployment Rate | 2.4% | 2.6% |
06.50 | JPN | Prelim Industrial Production m/m | -6.7% | |
06.50 | JPN | Retail Sales y/y (JPN) | 2.1% | |
12.00 | JPN | Housing Starts y/y | -7.5% |