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...
Japan stocks bounced Friday, while most markets in the Asia-Pacific region stay shut for a public holiday. Japan's Nikkei 225 index gained 0.53%, after falling about 1.5% in the previous session. The broader Topix rose 0.67% following declines of 1.7%. The Japanese yen will be closely watched...
Consumer price growth in Tokyo moderated while staying well above the central bank's inflation target, keeping authorities on track to consider more interest increases after they hiked earlier this month for the first time since 2007. Prices excluding fresh food rose 2.4% in March in the...
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% | -0.1% |
06.50 | JPN | Retail Sales y/y (JPN) | 2.1% | 4.6% |
12.00 | JPN | Housing Starts y/y | -7.5% | -8.2% |