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Gold prices climbed over 1% to their highest since early February on Wednesday as a fresh crisis in the banking sector turned investors away from seemingly riskier assets and drove them to the safety of bullion. Spot gold was up 1.1% to $1,923.00 per ounce at 9:53 a.m. EDT (1353 GMT). U.S. gold futures gained

The financial markets are once again in a state of panic as Credit Suisse saw its shares plummet by over -20% and hit a new record low, dragging European stocks deeply down with it. Bonds are becoming the go-to for worried investors again, with US 10-year yield breaking the 3.5 handle and Germany 10-year yield

Here is one side of the argument: The reality is that the Fed and Treasury have a magic bullet here. They can back up the deposits and with the ‘held to maturity’ problem, they could exchange those bonds for cash and take them on their balance sheet in a kind of mini-QE. If either of

Gold closed with a gain of nearly 0.70% in the week gone by, erasing steep losses made on Federal Reserve Chair Powell’s hawkish testimony. It ended the week at $1867.24. Gold gained on worries about the US banks as Silicon Valley Bank defaulted, which led to spillover concerns. Some softer than expected data in the

Last week, investors were caught off guard by a series of surprises. However, the largest bank failure in the US since 2008 proved to be the most overwhelming for them. The risks of contagion from Silicon Valley Bank appeared to outweigh concerns about higher interest rates, inflation, and recession. Consequently, traders sought safety, resulting in

Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Lowe earlier: Q&A now, Lowe adding more useful info: we will have an open mind at policy meetings if the data suggest a pause prior to the next meeting, we will do that Lowe has pointed out that the data on jobs, retail spending, business surveys, along with PCI, are

Gold prices rose marginally on Tuesday as investors awaited Congressional testimony by U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and monthly jobs data, both of which could influence the interest rate policy. Spot gold was up 0.1% at $1,847.81 per ounce, as of 0344 GMT. U.S. gold futures eased 0.1% to $1,853.20. Higher interest rates to

Dollar is gaining strength across the board as markets prepare for Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s semi-annual testimony in Congress. Powell’s views on the disinflationary process are expected to be a key focus, with traders also hoping for hints on the size of the upcoming rate hike and the outlook for the terminal rate. Quick update:

Being the first Friday of the month, the day sorta felt like it should have been an employment day. However, because of the quirks of the shortened calendar month of February, this Friday was void of the big job report. That data will have to wait until next week, when both the US and Canada

Oil prices slumped on Friday after the Wall Street Journal reported that the United Arab Emirates had an internal debate about leaving OPEC and pumping more oil, but retraced some losses after a source told Reuters this was not true. Brent crude futures were down 71 cents, or 0.8%, at $84.04 a barrel by 1456

Yen and Swiss Franc recovered today following pullback in benchmark US and European yields. Dollar and Canadian are the softer ones for today while European majors are mixed. Hawkish comments from ECB officials are shrugged off by the common currency. Instead, Euro turned softer after weaker than expected PPI inflation data. Technically, CHF/JPY’s rebound from

Markets: Gold up $6 to $1817 US 10-year yields down 3.6 bps to 4.07% WTI crude down 56-cents to $75.76 S&P 500 up 0.4% GBP leads, USD lags It was a session that was strong on questions but light on answers as the US dollar slumped. The risk mood was positive so there was a

Gold prices ticked up on Monday on a pullback in the dollar, although worries around further interest rate hikes from the U.S. Federal Reserve kept bullion near a two-month low. Spot gold rose 0.5% to $1,818.89 an ounce by 10:08 a.m. ET (1508 GMT). U.S. gold futures were also up 0.5% at $1,825.70. The dollar

US futures climbed following the release of mixed durable goods orders data, leading to a decline in Dollar, which reverses some of last week’s gains. However, the positive sentiment is not bolstering the commodity currencies, with New Zealand and Australian Dollars performing the worst for the day. Meanwhile, Sterling is showing strength, followed by Yen

I’ve jumped the gun on “BOJ’s Ueda”, he hasn’t been officially approved or installed as the next Bank of Japan Governor. Today he is appearing the Japanese Parliament, the Diet, for a hearing in front of the lower house at: 9.30am Tokyo time0030 GMT7.30pm US Eastern time This will be the first time we’ve heard

Sam Bankman-Fried and his co-conspirators made more than 300 illegal political donations in the United States, according to a new indictment against the FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder unsealed on Thursday in Manhattan federal court. The donations, totaling tens of millions of dollars, were unlawful because they were attributed to a “straw donor” or made using

Swiss Franc is trading broadly lower today while Yen and Aussie are also turning weaker. The theme for now is interesting will stay higher for longer due to resilience in major economies. Monetary policy in Japan and Swiss will be lagging behind. Dollar is staying generally firm and looks set to extend recent rally. Rising

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US has information that China is considering sending weapons to Russia for the war in Ukraine. The concern that we have now is based on information we have that they’re considering providing lethal support,” Blinken told CBS’s Face the Nation. “And we’ve made very clear to them