According to SNL Metals & Mining, a mining-focused research firm, production of gold dropped in the first quarter of 2015, compared to data from the same period of 2014...
Metals
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19 May 2015, 16:40 #metals, gold
On Tuesday gold futures lost ground, pulling back from a three-month peak as the greenback edged higher against a soft euro. Data earlier showed that housing starts jumped 20.2% in April, the largest jump in more than 24 years...
Metals
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19 May 2015, 16:30 #Palladium, Platinum, comex
Now that the S&P 500 has touched yet another record high, the stock market indicator may have nowhere else to go for the next 12 months, says Goldman Sachs...
Market News
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19 May 2015, 15:57 #Goldman Sachs, S&P 500, Fed
On Tuesday the dollar strengthened broadly against its peers, as soft data from the euro zone and the U.K. undermined market sentiment and as market players awaited the Federal Reserve's upcoming policy statement...
Currency
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19 May 2015, 14:24 #ECB, GBP/USD, forex news
German investor confidence fell below analysts' estimates after growth in Europe’s largest economy slowed in the first quarter of 2015...
Events
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19 May 2015, 13:25 #economy news, ECB, EUR/USD
On Tuesday Chinese stocks recorded their biggest surge in nearly four months, after the government delivered its blueprint on reforming its economic system in 2015, which includes further opening up capital markets...
Market News
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19 May 2015, 12:44 #Hang Seng, Nikkei
Annual consumer price inflation in the U.K. dropped below zero for the first time since the 1960s. The Bank of England had predicted the inflation would fall, however, it also said it should pick up soon. Meanwhile, the local currency was lower...
Events
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19 May 2015, 11:42 #deflation, CPI, inflation
Analysts at Triland Metals sound quite upbeat about gold, saying that it has enough momentum to push higher in the near-term, though it might not be able to hold long-term gains. Meanwhile, commodity strategists at Morgan Stanley consider the latest rally to be short-lived...
Metals
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19 May 2015, 11:25 #comex, metals, gold
China has delivered its plan to upgrade manufacturing by inspiring innovation and raising efficiency in an attempt to boost economic growth. "The key to creating a new driver of economic growth...lies in the manufacturing sector," said the State Council...
Law/Regulations
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19 May 2015, 11:07 #economy news, China
Chinese smartphone giant, Xiaomi, will soon start offering its goods in the U.S., U.K., France and Germany, seducing Western consumers with its low prices and putting Western manufacturers under pressure for the same reason...
Company News
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19 May 2015, 10:13 #China