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America’s Roundup: Dollar little changed as investors gauge rates outlook,Gold advances ,Oil gains slightly as demand jitters counter the Middle East crisis

Feb 19, 2024 22:47 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Canada Jan RMPI (YoY) -6.4% ,-7.9% previous Canada Jan IPPI (YoY) -2.9%,-2.7% previous Canada Jan RMPI (MoM) 1.2% ,0.7% forecast, -4.9% previous Canada Jan IPPI (MoM) -0.1%,-0.1% forecast,...

Europe Roundup: Sterling inches higher against dollar, European stocks slips, Gold hits near 1-week peak, Oil slips on demand jitters and profit-taking-February 19th 2024

Feb 19, 2024 13:27 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Finnish Jan CPI (YoY) 3.3%,3.6% previous Sweden Jan CPI (YoY) 5.4%,5.1%forecast,4.4% previous Sweden Jan CPI (MoM) -0.1%, -0.4% forecast,0.7% previous Looking Ahead Economic Data(GMT) 12:30...

America’s Roundup: Dollar holds steady after producer prices data, contradicting Fed rate cut outlook, Wall Street ends lower, Gold edges up, Oil settles higher amid escalating middle east tensions

Feb 17, 2024 00:02 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Canada Dec Wholesale Sales (MoM) 0.3%,0.7% forecast,0.9% previous US Jan PPI (YoY) 0.9%,0.6% forecast, 1.0% previous US Jan PPI ex. Food/Energy/Transport (YoY) 2.6%,2.5% previous US Jan PPI ex....

Europe Roundup: Sterling slips despite bumper UK retail sales,European shares climb, Gold gains, Oil slides 1% as weaker IEA demand outlook offsets rate cut hopes-February 16th ,2024

Feb 16, 2024 13:25 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup UK Jan Retail Sales (MoM) 3.4%,1.5% forecast,-3.2% previous UK Jan Retail Sales (YoY) 0.7%, -1.4% forecast,-2.4% previous UK Jan Core Retail Sales (MoM) 3.2% ,1.7% forecast,-3.3% previous UK Jan...

America’s Roundup: Dollar eases after US retail sale data, Wall Street ends higher, Gold gains, Oil rises over 1% after U.S. data

Feb 16, 2024 00:52 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup U.S. retail sales fall more than expected U.S. jobless claims drop in latest week Empire State, Philly Fed indexes recover US Jan Retail Control (MoM) -0.4%,0.8% previous US Jan Retail Sales...

Europe Roundup: Sterling dips after data shows UK fell into recession ,European shares climb, Gold holds near two-month low ,Oil eases as IEA flags slower demand growth-February 15th 2024

Feb 15, 2024 13:18 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup UK GDP (YoY) (Q4) -0.2%, 0.1% forecast,0.3% previous UK GDP (QoQ) (Q4) -0.3%,-0.1% forecast, -0.1% previous UK Dec Monthly GDP 3M/3M Change-0.3%,-0.1% forecast, -0.2% previous UK Dec Construction...

America’s Roundup: US dollar drifts lower ,Wall Street ends higher, Gold holds below $2,000 level, Oil falls by more than $1/bbl on US crude build, security threat worries

Feb 15, 2024 01:00 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Canada New Motor Vehicle Sales (MoM) 128.2K, 143.7K previous US Cushing Crude Oil Inventories 0.710M, -0.033M previous US Crude Oil Inventories 12.018M, 3.300M forecast,5.521M previous US...

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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

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

PEPE Price Surges 7% Amid 4 Trillion Pepe Coin Accumulation by Whale

A monumental 4 trillion Pepe coin accumulation by a crypto whale on May 3 has sparked a significant 7% surge in PEPEs price. This surge, observed amid bullish market sentiments, follows a week of price consolidation,...

Hyundai Motor Scales Up Hydrogen EV Truck Business in the US

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Kakao Enhances AI Focus, Merges Kakao Brain Into Core Operations

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In a revealing discussion, Lucie, a member of the Shiba Inu team, sheds light on the enigmatic key burns orchestrated by the projects founder, Ryoshi. Lucies insights, shared in response to community inquiries, clarify...
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