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March PPI Preview: Inflation at the Crossroads Amid Trade Tensions

Mar 13, 2025 12:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views

The upcoming soon-released March 2025 Producer Price Index (PPI) will offer vital information on the inflationary pressure at the level of production. Economists have forecast a 0.3% month-to-month increase after a 0.4%...

FxWirePro- Gold Trade Idea

Mar 13, 2025 11:58 am UTC| Insights & Views

Gold gained sharply after weak US CPI data. It hit an intraday high of $2948 and is currently trading around $2947. The constant uncertainty of tariffs, particularly between the EU and the U.S., poses immense economic...

Solana ETF Watch: Optimism Builds Amid SEC Review

Mar 13, 2025 11:56 am UTC| Digital Currency Insights & Views

The crypto world holds its breath for the SEC to make a ruling on spot Solana ETFs, with a deadline of October 2025. Players such as Grayscale and VanEck have already submitted their applications, and these have buoyed...

Avalanche (AVAX): Riding the Waves of Adoption and Whale Activity Towards Potential Gains

Mar 13, 2025 11:32 am UTC| Digital Currency Insights & Views

Avalanche is a high-performance, scalable, customization, and secure blockchain platform. Avalanches 2025 Growth and Innovation Avalanche saw vast enhancements in 2025 through the form of fast growth within user...

Oil Prices Waver: Economic Woes Trigger Sell-Off, Inventory Data Offers Hope

Mar 13, 2025 11:24 am UTC| Insights & Views

Crude oil pricesshowed a minor sell-off on the US economic slowdown and tariff concerns. It hit a low of $67.19 at the time of writing and currently trading around $67.28. For the week ended March 7, 2025, U.S. crude...

Bitcoin's Crossroads: Navigating the Distribution Phase

Mar 13, 2025 07:49 am UTC| Digital Currency Insights & Views

Bitcoin is now in its long-term distribution stage, with volatility in price and a shift in investor psychology. This is from a pullback from all-time highs by Bitcoin when investors were reluctant to buy at lower prices....

Inflation Moderates: CPI Shows Cooling Trend in February

Mar 12, 2025 14:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views

In February, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) registered a moderate increase, going up by 0.2% month-on-month, lower than Januarys 0.5%. On a year-over-year basis, the CPI went up by 2.8%, lower than the previous months...

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Economy

US Dollar Dips as Iran Rejects Ceasefire Amid Rising Middle East Tensions

The US dollar edged lower on Monday as geopolitical uncertainty intensified after Iran rejected a Pakistan-brokered ceasefire proposal, pushing the US Dollar Index down marginally to 99.98. The euro remained flat due to...

India's Central Bank Holds Rates Amid Iran War Energy Shock

Indias Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is widely expected to maintain its benchmark repo rate at 5.25% this Wednesday, as policymakers carefully monitor the economic ripple effects of the ongoing Iran war. The conflict has...

Oil Crisis Escalates: Trump Threatens Iran as Strait of Hormuz Closure Pushes Prices Above $110

Oil prices briefly surged past $110 per barrel on Monday after President Donald Trump escalated military and diplomatic pressure on Iran, demanding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday evening or face strikes...

Asian Currencies Waver as Dollar Holds Firm Amid Middle East Tensions

Asian currencies struggled to find clear direction on Monday as the US dollar remained resilient, with investors carefully weighing escalating geopolitical risks in the Middle East against emerging ceasefire diplomacy. The...

Bank of Japan Warns of Regional Economic Risks Amid Middle East Conflict and Rising Oil Prices

The Bank of Japan has raised concerns about the potential deterioration of regional economies, citing escalating oil prices and supply chain disruptions linked to ongoing conflict in the Middle East. In its latest...

Politics

Iran-US War Tensions Escalate as Trump Sets Deadline for Strait of Hormuz Deal

Diplomatic tensions between Iran and the United States have reached a critical breaking point as President Donald Trump issued a firm Tuesday night deadline demanding Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz a strategic waterway...

Hegseth Warns of Heaviest Strikes Yet as Trump Issues Iran Ultimatum Over Nuclear Deal

President Donald Trump escalated tensions with Iran on Monday, warning that the United States could launch devastating attacks on Iranian civilian infrastructure including power plants and bridges unless Tehran agrees to...

Trump's Iran Deadline Is Final: Nuclear Deal Talks at Critical Juncture

With tensions escalating rapidly in the Middle East, U.S. President Donald Trump declared Monday that his Tuesday deadline for Iran to reach a nuclear agreement is firm and unlikely to be pushed back. Speaking to reporters...

Indonesia Files Genocide Case Against Myanmar's Min Aung Hlaing Over Rohingya Crisis

A coalition of civil society organizations filed a landmark criminal complaint in Indonesia on Monday against Myanmars newly elected President Min Aung Hlaing, accusing him of committing genocide against the Rohingya...

Ukrainian Drone Strikes Hit Novorossiysk, Injuring Eight and Cutting Power Across Russia

At least eight people, including two children, were injured Monday after Ukrainian drones struck Novorossiysk, a major Russian Black Sea port city. Local authorities confirmed that several residential buildings sustained...

Science

NASA Artemis II: First Crewed Moon Mission Since Apollo Takes Four Astronauts on 10-Day Lunar Journey

NASAs Artemis II mission launched Wednesday, marking humanitys return to crewed lunar exploration for the first time since the Apollo era. Carrying four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft, this historic 10-day mission...

NASA's Artemis II Mission: First Crewed Lunar Journey Since Apollo

NASA's Artemis II Crew Arrives in Florida for Historic Moon Mission

The four astronauts chosen for NASAs Artemis II mission have touched down at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking the beginning of final launch preparations for the first crewed lunar journey in over 50 years. NASA...

SpaceX Pivots Toward Moon City as Musk Reframes Long-Term Space Vision

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has revealed a significant shift in the companys near-term space exploration strategy, announcing that SpaceX is now prioritizing the development of a self-growing city on the Moon rather than focusing...

SpaceX Prioritizes Moon Mission Before Mars as Starship Development Accelerates

Elon Musks SpaceX is shifting its near-term space exploration strategy, choosing to prioritize a return to the Moon before pursuing missions to Mars, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report citing sources familiar...

Technology

Britain Courts Anthropic Amid US Defense Department Dispute

The United Kingdom is actively working to attract Anthropic, the company behind the popular Claude AI app, to expand its footprint in the country. This diplomatic push comes as Anthropic finds itself in the middle of a...

OpenAI Executive Shake-Up Ahead of Anticipated 2026 IPO

OpenAI is navigating a significant leadership restructuring at one of the most pivotal moments in its history. The AI powerhouse confirmed that Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap is transitioning into a newly created...

Elon Musk Ties SpaceX IPO Access to Mandatory Grok AI Subscriptions

Elon Musk is reportedly making Grok subscriptions a prerequisite for banks and advisers involved in SpaceXs highly anticipated initial public offering. According to the New York Times, citing insiders familiar with the...

MATCH Act Targets ASML and Chinese Chipmakers in New U.S. Export Crackdown

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has unveiled the MATCH Act, a landmark piece of draft legislation designed to tighten export restrictions on advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment destined for China. The...

Microsoft's $10 Billion Japan Investment: AI Infrastructure and Data Sovereignty Push

Microsoft is set to pour approximately $10 billion into Japan between now and 2029, channeling funds into data center expansion and artificial intelligence infrastructure to meet the countrys growing demand for data...