Unexpected rise in China’s soybean imports
Dec 09, 2015 12:31 pm UTC| Commentary
China imported 7.39 million tons of soybeans in November, which is 34% more than previous month. In this year, China has already imported 72.6 million tons. In compare to previous year, the total import of soybeans has...
Commodities snapshot (precious & industrial)
Dec 09, 2015 12:01 pm UTC| Commentary
Metal pack is trading in green today. Performance this week at a glance in chart table - Gold - Gold is gaining today, however bulls seem to be struggling after Mondays big selloffs. Todays range $1073-1081 Gold is...
FED liftoff series – long rates rise not a certainty
Dec 09, 2015 11:22 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The event the world has been awaiting, preparing and speculating for is finally approaching - meeting by US Federal Reserve, in which US interest rates will finally rise from their zero bound. After Fridays super job...
India sees weak gold demand, zero gold coin sales in US
Dec 09, 2015 11:20 am UTC| Commentary
In the precious metals, gold was only one to earn modestly b 0.3% yesterday and is trading at $1080 per troy ounce today morning, getting help from weak USD. Slight inflows were seen in gold ETFs as tracked by Bloomberg...
US oil production to drop significantly next year- EIA forecasts
Dec 09, 2015 11:14 am UTC| Commentary
OPECs failure to reach a consensus among its member states on production cut initially had post-effects yesterday. The members were not able to limit production levels, which suggests that there is likeliness for continued...
Fed liftoff series – term premium might fall and aberrations
Dec 09, 2015 10:32 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The event the world has been awaiting, preparing and speculating for is finally approaching - meeting by US Federal Reserve, in which US interest rates will finally rise from their zero bound. After Fridays super job...
EUR/CZK likely to trade near 27.00 floor level in coming months
Dec 09, 2015 09:56 am UTC| Commentary
Czech National Banks balance sheet data suggests that the central bank did not intervene in FX market in October, followed by a hectic quarter in intervention totaling EUR 7bn in Q3. This was a surprise reading as it...
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