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...
Japanese stocks fell, erasing a small gain Thursday. Tech shares led losses after TSMC scaled back its outlook for chip market expansion, while hawkish comments from Federal Reserve officials weighed on investors' sentiment. Topix Index dropped 0.7% to 2,659.61 as of 9 a.m....
Initial applications for US unemployment benefits remained subdued last week, consistent with a healthy job market. Initial claims held at 212,000 in the week ended April 13, according to Labor Department data released on Thursday. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists...
Gold prices chugged along for much last week, trading between $2,300 and $2,360 through Wednesday, shaking off hotter-than-expected CPI and lulling market participants into a false sense of stability. Then, late Thursday, the rollercoaster began to ratchet back up, with spot gold hitting a new...
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil closed higher on Thursday, posting a small gain following three losing sessions that came as the geopolitical risk premium eased while rising US inventories are seen as a signal of weak demand. WTI crude oil for May delivery closed up $0.04 to US$82.73 per...
British inflation is broadly declining in line with the Bank of England's forecasts, and next month's numbers look on track for a sharp drop towards the central bank's 2% target, Governor Andrew Bailey said on Wednesday. "We're actually pretty much on track for where we thought we would be,"...
Time | Country | Figures | Previous | Actual |
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06.30 | JPN | National Core CPI y/y | 2.8% | 2.6% |
13.00 | EUR | German PPI m/m | -0.4% | |
13.00 | GBP | Retail Sales m/m (GBP) | 0.0% | |
19th-20th | CHN | Foreign Direct Investment ytd/y | -19.9% |