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America’s Roundup: Dollar eases as traders brace for US inflation data, Wall Street ends mixed, Gold firms, Oil prices steady as Middle Eastern supply concerns ease

Mar 12, 2024 00:41 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup French 12-Month BTF Auction 3.450%, 3.507% previous French 6-Month BTF Auction 3.747% ,3.792% previous 13:55 French 3-Month BTF Auction 3.813%,3.860% previous US Feb CB Employment Trends Index...

Europe Roundup: Sterling dips from seven-month high, European stocks fall, Gold little changed, Oil prices steady as Middle East war counters China demand concerns-March 11th,2024

Mar 11, 2024 12:45 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Swiss SECO Consumer Climate -42,-35 forecast, -26 previous Spanish Jan Retail Sales (YoY) 0.3%,3.1% previous Looking Ahead Economic Data (GMT) 13:55 French 12-Month BTF Auction 3.507%...

America’s Roundup: Dollar ends week under pressure , Wall Street slips, Gold surges to another record high, Oil falls 1%, posts weekly loss as markets assess the impact of Chinese demand

Mar 09, 2024 00:54 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup US unemployment rate rises to 3.9%, wage gains moderate Gold up for eighth straight session Canada Feb Part Time Employment Change -29.9K,48.9K previous Canada Feb Full Employment Change...

Europe Roundup: Euro eases against dollar ahead of US jobs report , European shares dips,Gold hits fresh record high, Oil stable as investors digest rate cut signals-March 8th,2024

Mar 08, 2024 13:10 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup German Jan PPI (MoM) 0.2%, 0.1% forecast,-1.2% previous German Jan PPI (YoY) -4.4%,-6.6% forecast-8.6% previous German Jan Industrial Production (MoM) 1.0% 0.5% forecast,-1.6% previous French Jan...

America’s Roundup: Dollar falls on dovish Fed, Wall Street rallies, Gold scales new record, Oil prices nearly flat as market weighs Chinese demand

Mar 07, 2024 23:20 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Canada Jan Exports 62.29B, 64.07B previous US Unit Labor Costs (QoQ) (Q4) 0.4%,0.7% forecast,0.5% previous US Nonfarm Productivity (QoQ) (Q4) 3.2%,3.1% forecast, 3.2% previous Canada Jan Trade...

Europe Roundup: Euro little changed ahead of ECB decision, European subdued, Gold extends record run, Oil prices slip on expectation US rate cuts could be delayed-March 7th, 2024

Mar 07, 2024 13:15 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Swiss Feb Unemployment Rate n.s.a. 2.4%,2.5% previous Swiss Feb Unemployment Rate s.a. 2.2%, 2.2% forecast,2.2% previous UK Feb Halifax House Price Index (MoM) 0.4% , 0.8% forecast, 1.3%...

Europe Roundup: Euro gains against dollar, European shares rise, Gold hits record peak, Oil up as OPEC+ cuts override China, US demand concerns-March 6th,2024

Mar 06, 2024 13:20 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup German Jan Exports (MoM) 6.3%,1.5% forecast, -4.6%previous German Jan German Imports (MoM) 3.6%,1.8% forecast, -6.7% previous German Jan Trade Balance 27.5B,21.0B forecast,22.2B previous UK...

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Economy

The US is one of the least trade-oriented countries in the world – despite laying the groundwork for today’s globalized system

Given the spate of news about international trade lately, Americans might be surprised to learn that the U.S. isnt very dependent on it. Indeed, looking at trade as a percentage of gross domestic product a metric...

Beyond the spin, beyond the handouts, here’s how to get a handle on what’s really happening on budget night

Three weeks from now, some of us will be presented with a mountain of budget papers, and just about all of us will get to hear about them on radio, TV or news websites on budget night. The quickest way to find out what...

Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility

Ivan Vladislavić is Johannesburgs literary linkman. He tells us, in the first pages of his new book, The Near North, that before cities were lit, first by gaslight and later electricity, people of means paid torchbearers...

Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget

With Jim Chalmerss third budget on May 14, Australians will be looking for some more cost-of-living relief beyond the tax cuts although they have been warned extra measures will be modest. As this weeks consumer price...

Inflation is slowly falling, while student debt is climbing: 6 graphs that explain today’s CPI

Australias inflation rate has fallen for the fifth successive quarter, and its now less than half of what it was back in late 2022. The annual rate peaked at 7.8% in the December quarter of 2022 and is now just 3.6%, in...

Politics

US Urges China, Russia to Reject AI Control in Nuclear Arms, Align with Global Norms

Paul Dean, a senior U.S. arms control official, emphasized the critical need for China and Russia to join the U.S. in declaring that humans will always decide on the deployment of nuclear weapons, not artificial...

South Africa’s youth are a generation lost under democracy – study

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa recently painted a rosy picture in which the countrys youth democracys children had enormous opportunities for advancement, all thanks to successive post-apartheid governments led...

Sadiq Khan on track for third term as London mayor – but nearly half of Londoners dissatisfied with performance

Polls have consistently shown that the incumbent mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, appears to be on track to win a third term in office at the upcoming mayoral elections on May 2. One poll we commissioned as part of our...

Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’

Most American workers are hired at will: Employers owe their employees nothing in the relationship except earned wages, and employees are at liberty to quit at their option. As the rule is generally stated, either party...

Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board

To say that the Labour party is flying high in the polls is something of an understatement. But despite its consistent lead against the Tories, the opposition finds itself in a rather odd position: on the cusp of power but...

Science

IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these relic neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they cant harm you. In fact, only one of them is...

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this...

A Nasa rover has reached a promising place to search for fossilised life on Mars

While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking for fossils. Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, Nasas Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to...

The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth – and governments are on the hook

A piece of space junk recently crashed through the roof and floor of a mans home in Florida. Nasa later confirmed that the object had come from unwanted hardware released from the international space station. The 700g,...

Peter Higgs was one of the greats of particle physics. He transformed what we know about the building blocks of the universe

Peter Higgs, who gave his name to the subatomic particle known as the Higgs boson, has died aged 94. He was always a modest man, especially when considering that he was one of the greats of particle physics the area of...

Technology

Coinbase Faces New Lawsuit Alleging Investor Deception in Digital Asset Sales

Coinbase, the leading US cryptocurrency exchange, is embroiled in a major legal battle. It faces a class-action lawsuit accusing it of deceiving investors in the sale of digital assets. Filed in California, the suit...

Bitfinex CTO Deems Database Breach Claims 'Fake' Amidst Hacker Allegations

Bitfinexs Chief Technology Officer Paolo Ardoino has cast doubts on claims of a database breach by hacker organization FSOCIETY, branding the allegations as fake. Ardoino refuted the purported leak of 22,500 user emails...

Bitcoin's Next Bull Run Hinges on Key Trading Pattern Confirmation: Analysts

Cryptocurrency traders are eyeing a potential bullish reversal for Bitcoin, with analysts suggesting that validating an inverse head and shoulders pattern could propel the next leg up for the leading cryptocurrency....

Walmart Spotted with Tesla Semi in California as True Launch Date Revealed

Walmarts adoption of a Tesla Semi hit the California highways, signaling the electric trucks expanding reach. The sighting follows Teslas revelation of a late 2025 and early 2026 launch window for the highly anticipated...

Tesla Cybertruck 'Odyssey' Roars into Europe, Berlin Display Kicks Off Tour

Teslas futuristic Cybertruck made a striking debut at Berlins Mall of Berlin, marking the launch of its European tour. The event, part of the Cyber Odyssey, precedes the electric pickups journey through 24 cities as Tesla...