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Americas’ Roundup: Dollar slides as Fed dampens early U.S. rate hike view, Wall street rises, Gold rises 1%, Oil falls on demand outlook, U.S. stock build-March 18th,2021

Mar 17, 2021 23:23 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Canada Trimmed CPI (YoY) 1.9%, 1.8% previous Canada Median CPI (YoY) 2.0% ,1.4% previous Canada Common CPI (YoY) 1.3%,1.3% previous US Feb Building Permits (MoM) -10.8% ,10.7% previous Canada...

Europe Roundup: Sterling holds firm as vaccine jitters ebb , European shares slip, Gold firms, Oil slips for fourth day on Europe demand concern, IEA report-March 17th,2021

Mar 17, 2021 12:19 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Italian Feb Car Registration (YoY) -12.3%,-14.0% previous Italian Feb Car Registration (MoM) 6.7%, 12.2% previous UK Feb Car Registration (YoY) -35.5%,-39.5% previous UK Feb Car Registration...

America’s Roundup: Dollar edges up as currency markets wait for Fed meeting ,Wall Street ends mixed, Gold eases, Oil drops as COVID-19 vaccine halt threatens demand-March 17th,2021

Mar 16, 2021 22:21 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup US Import Price Index (YoY) 3.0%,0.9% previous US Export Price Index (YoY) 5.2%,2.3% previous US Feb Retail Control (MoM) -3.5%, -0.9% forecast, 6.0% previous US Feb Retail Sales (YoY) 6.27%,...

Europe Roundup: Sterling dips against dollar as euro zone countries suspend AstraZeneca vaccine, European stocks rise, Gold gains, Oil drops amid rising stockpiles and COVID-19 demand concerns-March 16th,2021

Mar 16, 2021 12:28 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup French Feb CPI (MoM) 0.0%, -0.1% forecast , -0.1%previous French Feb HICP (YoY) 0.8%, 0.7% forecast , 0.8% previous French Feb HICP (MoM) 0.0%, 0.3% forecast , 0.3% previous French CPI (YoY)...

America’s Roundup: U.S. dollar advances on investor caution ahead of Fed meeting, Wall Street ends higher, Oil slips, retreats from gains notched on strong Chinese data-March 16th,2021

Mar 15, 2021 23:01 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Canada Feb Housing Starts 245.9K, 245.0K, 282.4K previous US March NY Empire State Manufacturing Index 17.40 ,14.50 forecast, 12.10 previous Canada Jan Manufacturing Sales (MoM) 3.1%,2.5%...

Europe Roundup: Sterling holds above $1.39 against dollar, European shares rise, Gold rises, Brent crude hits $70 as China energy demand outlook brightens-March 15th,2021

Mar 15, 2021 11:57 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Finnish Feb CPI (YoY) 0.9%, 0.9% previous Finnish Feb GDP (YoY) -3.7%, -1.8% previous German WPI (MoM) 1.4%,2.1% previous German Feb WPI (YoY) 2.3%, 0.0% previous Looking Ahead Economic Data...

America’s Roundup: Dollar rises with Treasury yields as economic prospects rise, Wall Street ends mixed, Gold firms, Oil settles near $70/bbl on hopes of recovering demand-March 13th,2021

Mar 12, 2021 22:32 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Canada Feb Part Time Employment Change 88.2K -225.4K previous Canada Feb Part Employment Change 259.2K, 75.0K forecast, -212.8K previous Canada Feb Capacity Utilization Rate (Q4) 79.2%, 78.0%...

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Economy

The US is one of the least trade-oriented countries in the world – despite laying the groundwork for today’s globalized system

Given the spate of news about international trade lately, Americans might be surprised to learn that the U.S. isnt very dependent on it. Indeed, looking at trade as a percentage of gross domestic product a metric...

Beyond the spin, beyond the handouts, here’s how to get a handle on what’s really happening on budget night

Three weeks from now, some of us will be presented with a mountain of budget papers, and just about all of us will get to hear about them on radio, TV or news websites on budget night. The quickest way to find out what...

Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility

Ivan Vladislavić is Johannesburgs literary linkman. He tells us, in the first pages of his new book, The Near North, that before cities were lit, first by gaslight and later electricity, people of means paid torchbearers...

Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget

With Jim Chalmerss third budget on May 14, Australians will be looking for some more cost-of-living relief beyond the tax cuts although they have been warned extra measures will be modest. As this weeks consumer price...

Inflation is slowly falling, while student debt is climbing: 6 graphs that explain today’s CPI

Australias inflation rate has fallen for the fifth successive quarter, and its now less than half of what it was back in late 2022. The annual rate peaked at 7.8% in the December quarter of 2022 and is now just 3.6%, in...

Politics

US Urges China, Russia to Reject AI Control in Nuclear Arms, Align with Global Norms

Paul Dean, a senior U.S. arms control official, emphasized the critical need for China and Russia to join the U.S. in declaring that humans will always decide on the deployment of nuclear weapons, not artificial...

South Africa’s youth are a generation lost under democracy – study

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa recently painted a rosy picture in which the countrys youth democracys children had enormous opportunities for advancement, all thanks to successive post-apartheid governments led...

Sadiq Khan on track for third term as London mayor – but nearly half of Londoners dissatisfied with performance

Polls have consistently shown that the incumbent mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, appears to be on track to win a third term in office at the upcoming mayoral elections on May 2. One poll we commissioned as part of our...

Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’

Most American workers are hired at will: Employers owe their employees nothing in the relationship except earned wages, and employees are at liberty to quit at their option. As the rule is generally stated, either party...

Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board

To say that the Labour party is flying high in the polls is something of an understatement. But despite its consistent lead against the Tories, the opposition finds itself in a rather odd position: on the cusp of power but...

Science

IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these relic neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they cant harm you. In fact, only one of them is...

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this...

A Nasa rover has reached a promising place to search for fossilised life on Mars

While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking for fossils. Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, Nasas Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to...

The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth – and governments are on the hook

A piece of space junk recently crashed through the roof and floor of a mans home in Florida. Nasa later confirmed that the object had come from unwanted hardware released from the international space station. The 700g,...

Peter Higgs was one of the greats of particle physics. He transformed what we know about the building blocks of the universe

Peter Higgs, who gave his name to the subatomic particle known as the Higgs boson, has died aged 94. He was always a modest man, especially when considering that he was one of the greats of particle physics the area of...

Technology

Solana's Future Anchored in Four Key Pillars, Developer Outlines Strategy

Vibhu Norby, CEO of Drip Haus, has outlined four essential pillars to define Solanas path forward amid a dynamic period of growth and challenges in the blockchain space. Key Strategies for Solanas Scaling and User...

Shiba Inu Magazine Details Upcoming Shibarium Hard Fork Enhancements

Shiba Inu (SHIB) lovers will get a full description of the highly anticipated Shibarium hard fork in the most recent issue of The Shib magazine. On International Workers Day, the magazine begins with a rallying cry for the...

2025 Sees SK hynix's HBM Chips Fully Booked Amidst AI Surge

SK hynix, a key player in the artificial intelligence (AI) services sector, made a significant announcement on Thursday. HBM Sales Reflect SK hynixs Market Leadership Its high-bandwidth memory (HBM) processors,...

Bitcoin Price May Consolidate for Two Months Post-Halving, Says Bitfinex

As the cryptocurrency market adjusts to the latest Bitcoin halving, analysts from Bitfinex forecast a price consolidation period of up to two months, with significant price fluctuations expected within this...

Former PayPal President Predicts Bitcoin as AI's Future Currency

Amid fluctuating prices, former PayPal President David Marcus champions Bitcoin as the native currency of AI at the Bitcoin for Corporations 2024 event, rekindling interest and optimism in the cryptocurrencys long-term...