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By Michelle Jamrisko and Aki Ito, Bloomberg |
May 20, 2013
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans said the U.S. economy has improved “quite a lot” as the central bank maintains record stimulus.
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By Austin Kiddle |
May 15, 2013
Bubble talks about bonds and stocks have surfaced as have the concerns that the Fed will taper off its QE program sooner than expected. Strength in physical gold demand has countered the gold-backed ETF outflows.
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By Stephen Kirkland and Pratish Narayanan |
May 15, 2013
The dollar index rose to the highest level in more than nine months amid speculation policy makers may curb stimulus.
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By Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
May 14, 2013
Treasury 10-year note yields reached seven-week highs as speculation the Federal Reserve may consider tapering its record bond-purchase program crimped demand for the securities as equities indexes traded at record levels.
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By Phil Flynn |
May 14, 2013
Following several years of stronger-than-expected North American supply growth, the shockwaves of rising U.S. shale gas and light tight oil and Canadian oil sands production are reaching virtually all recesses of the global oil market.
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By Anthony Lazzara |
May 13, 2013
The U.S. bond market has really started to show some interesting behavior, with the U.S. 30-year continuing its slide from last week this morning.
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By Ari Altstedter, Bloomberg |
May 13, 2013
The Canadian dollar advanced versus the majority of it 16 most-traded peers after April retail sales unexpectedly rose in the U.S., Canada’s biggest trading partner.
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By Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg |
May 13, 2013
Retail sales in the U.S. unexpectedly rose in April reflecting broad-based gains that may ease concern consumers are holding back.
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By Phil Flynn |
May 13, 2013
The oil market got heavy as word of a possible story of a Fed exit, which started to permeate the trading floor on Friday. The other issue is oil going down to the Gulf Coast and whether our production boom will overwhelm the refineries.
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By Austin Kiddle |
May 10, 2013
During the week ending May 9, the gold-backed ETP holdings rebounded 0.1% to 2,241.708 metric tons, the first rise since the beginning of April. In India, gold imports will likely top 100 tonnes in May.
