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...
Asia-Pacific markets were mixed on Thursday, following Wall Street's overnight losses which saw the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite fall for a fourth straight day. Tech stocks led markets lower as artificial intelligence darling Nvidia fell nearly 4%, joined by Netflix, Meta, Apple and...
Australian employment unexpectedly fell in March and the jobless rate rose, unwinding some of the huge upside surprise of the prior month and reflecting restrictive settings of monetary policy. The economy shed 6,600 roles, compared with a forecast gain of 10,000 and following an increase of over...
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...
Gold edged higher after dropping by almost 1% on Wednesday on signs the Federal Reserve will wait longer than previously expected to cut interest rates. Fed Chair Jerome Powell flagged the likely delay to the much-anticipated pivot after a series of surprisingly high inflation...
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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01.00 | U.S | Beige Book | - | - |
03.00 | U.S | TIC Long-Term Purchases | 14.0B | 71.5B |
08.30 | AUD | Employment Change (AUD) | 116.5K | -6.6K |
08.30 | AUD | Unemployment Rate | 3.7% | 3.8% |
08.30 | AUD | NAB Quarterly Business Confidence | -6 | -2 |