The Russian currency plunged for a seventh day, reversing its biggest advance in 16 years, as slumping oil outweighed Russia’s attempt to defuse a currency crisis with the largest interest-rate increase since 1998...
Currency
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16 December 2014, 13:10
Economic activity of the biggest emerging market after China has unexpectedly declined in October, as the central bank of Brazil continues to raise rates...
Events
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15 December 2014, 13:30
Speculations that the Federal Reserve is moving closer to raising US interest rates amid growing economy have sent the yellow metal down to almost 1-week lows. Silver, platinum and palladium also declined...
Metals
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15 December 2014, 13:08 #Palladium, Platinum, comex
According to the United Arab Emirates' energy minister, OPEC will stand by its decision not to cut output even if oil prices fall as low as $40 a barrel and will wait at least three months before considering an emergency meeting, as Bloomberg informs...
Crude Oil
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15 December 2014, 09:48 #OPEC, Brent
In the period from 2001 to 2012, gold enjoyed 12 years of consecutive rising prices, and many investors hoped that the precios metal would be able to sustain its bull market well into the future...
Metals
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13 December 2014, 16:40 #Fed, gold
U.S. auto giant General Motors informed that $3.6 billion in investment will be made in Mexico through 2018, with the capital directed mainly for modernizing and expanding the firm's manufacturing plants in the cities of Toluca, Ramos Arizpe, Silao and San Luis Potosi...
Events
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12 December 2014, 14:34
Bitcoin has been given a big boost in stature as Microsoft is now accepting the cryptocurrency for digital content from its stores...
Events
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11 December 2014, 11:53 #Cryptocurrency, bitcoin
China’s propaganda mechanism might work better when it comes to the stock market...
Events
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10 December 2014, 10:49 #Shanghai Composite
According the the chief of state-run Kuwait Petroleum Corp., oil prices will stay at about $65 a barrel for at least half a year until OPEC changes its collective production or world economic growth revives...
Crude Oil
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9 December 2014, 13:31 #OPEC, crude oil
Russians have started buying up Porsche sports cars and Lexus sport-utility vehicles to protect against the falling ruble from eroding their savings and due to the inevitable rise of prices next year...
Events
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8 December 2014, 16:07