Japan’s consumer prices fell for a seventh straight month and household spending slumped again in September, underscoring the challenges Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda face in trying to revive the world’s third-largest economy.
The Fed Chair has sent minds reeling again with a relatively new addition to the monetary policy lexicon.
"The longer the measures are in place, the less effective they may become," ECB board member Yves Mersch said in a speech.
Just in time for the elections, US GDP growth YoY rose to a very French-like 1.5%. But I am certain that mainstream media will obsess about the QoQ growth rate of 2.9%. If The Fed actually believes the 2.9%…
Anytime sovereign yields spike by 10 basis basis points or more, you know something is going on. For the UK, their 10 year sovereign yield spiked 11 basis points this morning. For European 30 year sovs, we have Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, Finland, France, Belgium, Austria and (almost) Spain with 10+ basis point spikes. Either UK…
Half A Quadrillion Dollars worth of derivatives contracts are still trading Over-The-Counter (OTC) with limited transparency and insufficient oversight.
Next week the Fed, Bank of Japan and Bank of England all deliver their latest policy decisions. The Fed is 90 percent certain to hold fire
Does the market seem Stuck? there may be a good reason, Here’s the two year change for the Dow Jones Composite………….ZERO
The move higher was driven by a jump in inventory accumulation and exports, while consumption disappointed...
What if eight years of radical monetary policies have altered the way things work to such an extent that the normal economic patterns no longer apply. Why is this economy not yet in an official recession?
Let me first state my position and then add a few arguments to back it up. Economic growth typically entails a re-allocation of labor away from industrial production, but it does not all by itself lead to falling industrial output.
President Putin's assurances will not change many minds at the Nato headquarters in Brussels, the BBC's Jonathan Marcus reports.
NATO’s activities are clearly aimed at “military force projection” in the Black Sea and Eastern Europe & have no “anti-terrorism value” whatsoever, according to Russia’s Permanent Representative to the alliance, who promised the moves won’t stay unanswered.
Nato is not seeking confrontation with Russia despite deploying 4,000 troops to eastern Europe, the alliance's chief tells the BBC.
A “reset” is coming sometime … It seems likely that silver will be reset much higher in both price and purchasing power.
Commercial traders have now backed off their extreme positions which could mean that the next step in the rally in gold, silver, & bond prices could be underway shortly.
Gold futures settle higher on Thursday as weaker-than-expected orders on U.S. durable goods raise some uncertainty over a n interest-rate hike before the end of the year.
Something interesting has happened recently in the price movement of gold and silver… they seem to be now disconnecting from the value of oil.
That threat is one more reason to own gold because it is not digital and cannot be hacked or erased.
Swiss gold shipments to China rose by almost 80% in September. Worries over weakening yuan, property market may spur demand