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...
Hong Kong stocks ended sharply down Tuesday ahead of a keenly awaited Federal Reserve policy decision that traders hope will shine some light on officials' plans for interest rates. The Hang Seng Index fell 1.24 percent, or 207.64 points, to 16,529.48. The Shanghai Composite Index dropped 0.72...
The Reserve Bank of Australia left interest rates unchanged as widely expected on Tuesday, and said that while inflation had moderated substantially in recent months, it still remained too high. But the central bank struck a somewhat less hawkish note in its policy statement than its prior...
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...
Oil prices were largely steady on Tuesday near four-month highs after breaking above range-bound trading last week, but the prospect of rising exports from Russia weighed amid Ukrainian attacks on refineries. The Brent crude oil futures contract for May delivery was down 12 cents to $86.77 a...
The Bank of Japan ended eight years of negative interest rates and other remnants of its unorthodox policy on Tuesday, making a historic shift away from a focus of reflating growth with decades of massive monetary stimulus. The shift makes Japan the last central bank to exit negative rates and...
Time | Country | Figures | Previous | Actual |
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10.30 | AUD | Cash Rate | 4.35% | 4.35% |
10.30 | AUD | RBA Rate Statement | - | - |
10.36 | JPN | Monetary Policy Statement | - | - |
10.36 | JPN | BOJ Policy Rate | -0.10% | 0.10% |
11.30 | JPN | Revised Industrial Production m/m | -7.5% | -6.7% |