Low global inflation readings may signal a period of more subdued price increases in the United States, economists at the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank warned Thursday. William Bednar and Edward Knotek argued in a research note that global inflation trends are a useful indicator for the future d…
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Cleveland Fed: Low Global Inflation May Mean More Subdued Inflation Ahead
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (or EIA) projections, coal’s share will continue to fall in the long run. This is a risk for all coal producing regions in the U.S. However, the …
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Must-know: The future for Powder River Basin producers
It’s important to understand GEO or gold equivalent ounces because gold companies like Goldcorp (GG), Barrick Gold (ABX), Newmont Mining (NEM), and Kinross (KGC), measure their production and reserves …
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Must-read: Understanding gold companies’ gold equivalent ounces
India has a strong tradition of investing in gold—mainly in jewelry. It was the largest gold consumer until China passed it in 2013. India’s demand has been tempered by higher import duties, strict import …
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Must-know: Why India continues to focus on gold
India has a strong tradition of investing in gold—mainly in jewelry. It was the largest gold consumer until China passed it in 2013. India’s demand has been tempered by higher import duties, strict import …
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Must-know: Why India continues to focus on gold
Yesterday on Twitter I suggested that the bounce in stocks was not supported by the credit complex, and that the improvement in the latter simply made the risk of a full blown correction a bit lower. Today the move in credit derivatives, as well as credit spreads, are entirely consistent with the…
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Fil Zucchi: Deja Vu All Over Again
Atlanta Federal Reserve President Dennis Lockhart said on Thursday that the Fed’s main policy statement will almost certainly shift in October as its bond-buying program winds down. The current statement says the Fed will wait “a considerable time” after the end of its bond-buying program before …
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Fed’s Lockhart says Fed statement likely to change in October as bond-buying ends
The U.S. Federal Reserve may start raising rates around the spring of 2015, at the earlier end of market expectations, Richard Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas said on Thursday. “It’s assumed in the market place that we’ll start our liftoff in raising interest rates some ti…
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Fed’s Fisher: The First Rate Hike Is Coming ‘Maybe Sooner Rather Than Later’
Speculation about the retirement of China central bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, a champion of shifting the world’s second-largest economy to greater reliance on markets, is resurfacing, focusing attention on potential successors. With Zhou, 66, past the typical retirement age for senior officials…
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Speculation Resurfaces on China Central Bank Governor
Economic conditions will continue to improve, allowing the Federal Reserve to start raising short-term interest rates between the mid-and late 2015, said Dennis Lockhart, the president of the Atlanta Fed, on Thursday. In a speech in Jackson, Miss., Lockhart said he was not concerned waiting until…
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Fed’s Lockhart eyes first rate hike mid-2015 or later
BEIRUT (AP) — For the first time since the Unites States and five Arab countries started bombing positions of the Islamic State group in Syria, oil installations under control of the militants were targeted overnight and early on Thursday. Here is a look at the oil in the hands if the Islamic State group, which has overrun several large oil fields in Syria and a smaller one in Iraq.
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Syria, Iraq oil controlled by Islamic State group
The thermometer showed a 103.5-degree fever, and her 10-year-old’s asthma was flaring up. Mary Bolender, who lives in Las Vegas, needed to get her daughter to an emergency room, but her 2005 Chrysler van would not start. The cause was not a mechanical problem — it was her lender. Ms. Bolender …
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Miss a Payment? Good Luck Moving That Car
As the markets open in Japan on Friday – a few hours after the markets close in the US on Thursday – the Ministry of finance in Japan will report the latest round of Japanese inflation data. …
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Japanese Inflation Data Offers Insight into Sales Tax Rate Hike Decision
In 2013, China passed India as the largest gold consumer. China’s private sector gold demand reached a record level of 1,132 tons in 2013. China’s middle class has been increasing. This supports gold demand. …
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Must-know: Why gold is important in China
Russian courts could get the green light to seize foreign assets on Russian territory under a draft law intended as a response to Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis. The draft, which was submitted to parliament on Wednesday by a pro-Kremlin deputy, would also allow state compensation for a…
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Russian draft law would allow seizure of foreign property
Over a century ago, Charles Dow codified one of the first technical analysis frameworks, which eventually came to be known as Dow Theory. One of the basic tenets of the theory is that the market immediately discounts all new information as soon as it is released, a premise that Dow’s theory shares…
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GBPUSD: Bearish Flag Breakdown Could Expose 10-Month Lows Near 1.60
Over a century ago, Charles Dow codified one of the first technical analysis frameworks, which eventually came to be known as Dow Theory. One of the basic tenets of the theory is that the market immediately discounts all new information as soon as it is released, a premise that Dow’s theory shares…
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GBPUSD: Bearish Flag Breakdown Could Expose 10-Month Lows Near 1.60
U.S. natural-gas inventories rose 97 billion cubic feet in the week ended Sept. 19, the Energy Information Administration said Thursday. That was slightly above expectations of an increase between 92 bcf and 96 bcf, according to analysts polled by Platts. Natural-gas futures pared their losses after…
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Natural-gas supplies edge above forecast
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Japanese Health Minister Shiozaki says there is no hurry to submit the GPIF reform bill
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Japanese Health Minister Shiozaki says there is no hurry to submit the GPIF reform bill
