Gold holds near 1-week low as Powell sticks to hawkish narrative
(Reuters) – Gold steadied on Wednesday after shedding nearly 2% in the previous session on an elevated dollar, with demand for the non-yielding asset blunted by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signalling more rate hikes.FILE PHOTO: An employee casts ingots of 99.99 percent pure gold during production at Krastsvetmet precious metals plant in the Siberian […]
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Fed Chair Powell says interest rates are ‘likely to be higher’ than previously anticipated
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting on February 01, 2023 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty ImagesFederal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Tuesday cautioned that interest rates are likely to head higher than central bank policymakers had expected.Citing data earlier this year showing […]
The Paul Volcker Narrative Imagines an Economy That Doesn’t Exist, and That Never Has
The Chinese government forbids foreign ownership of a broad range of Chinese businesses, including those that run websites. Despite this, despite endless rules meant to repel foreign capital migrating to China, investment inevitably finds good ideas such that China’s modern prosperity has to a high degree been financed by U.S. investors. This truth came to […]
XAU/USD may have bottomed out at the beginning of the week – Commerzbank
Share: Gold price shed more than 5% in February. XAU/USD is currently trading at a good $1,840, which puts it around $40 or 2% higher than on Tuesday. It appears that the yellow metal has bottomed out, strategists at Commmerzbank report. There is no longer any expectation of rate cuts this year “Weighing […]
Softer dollar sets gold on track for best week since mid-January
(Reuters) – Gold prices climbed to their highest in more than two weeks on Friday and were on track for their biggest weekly rise since mid-January, supported by a softer dollar as investors gauged the U.S. central bank’s policy path.FILE PHOTO: Ingots of 99.99 percent pure gold are placed in a workroom at Krastsvetmet precious […]
Gold loses steam as dollar turns higher, rate worries persist
(Reuters) – Gold prices were set to break a three-session winning run on Thursday, weighed down by a firmer dollar and as bullion’s outlook remains clouded by prospects of further interest rate hikes from the U.S. Federal Reserve.FILE PHOTO: 50g gold ingots are pictured after being minted at the plant of refiner and bar manufacturer […]
Which countries have the lowest inflation?
Many of the lowest inflation rates around the world are located in Asia. [Visual Capitalist] Investors are bracing for longer inflation. The Federal Reserve indicated that more restrictive monetary policy is in the cards amid strong employment gains. In Europe, while inflation has fallen, it is still far above the 2% target. Across the Euro […]
Amid stubborn inflation, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck
Despite higher prices, consumers are still spending, although not as much as they were a year ago, which is giving their budgets some breathing room.As of January, 60% of all U.S. adults, including 45% of high-income earners, were living paycheck to paycheck, according to a new LendingClub report. That’s down from 64% a year earlier, suggesting […]
Fed’s Goolsbee says this is a ‘strange and unprecedented moment’ for U.S. economy
The U.S. economy is in a strange and unprecedented moment, according to Austan Goolsbee, the new president of the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank. In his first speech since taking office last month, Goolsbee said he had no doubt that the economy will face “bumps in the road.” He gave the speech at an event hosted […]