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America's Roundup: Dollar falls on trade deal outlook, Gold rebounds, Oil slips as concerns over U.S.-China trade talks drag on-Nov 220th,2019

Nov 19, 2019 19:24 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Markets await Fed minutes due Wednesday Wall Street back off from record highs Russia Oct PPI (MoM) -0.2%,-0.3% previous Russia Oct PPI (YoY) -4.9%,-1.2% previous US Oct Building Permits...

Europe Roundup: Sterling halts 4-day rally on doubts over Conservative Party's win in election, greenback rebounds as investors await Fed meeting minutes, European shares rally - Tuesday, November 19th, 2019

Nov 19, 2019 11:07 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup European car sales up 8.6% in October Caixabank chairman warns of Catalan impact on Spanish economy Japan lower house passes U.S. trade deal; auto tariffs still in question UKs Johnson...

Asia Roundup: Aussie eases on RBA policy meeting minutes, dollar tumbles amid doubts over the U.S.-China trade deal, Asian shares subdued - Tuesday, November 19th, 2019

Nov 19, 2019 06:57 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Oil slips amid rise in U.S. inventories. Gold gains on lack of U.S.-China trade talk progress Economic Data Ahead (0400 ET/0900 GMT) Italy industrial sales MoM September (0400...

America’s Roundup: Dollar slips on fresh doubts on trade deal,Wall Street slips, Gold edges down, Oil prices fall almost 2% on trade talks uncertainty-November 19th,2019

Nov 18, 2019 22:07 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Markets await Fed minutes due on Wednesday US Nov NAHB Housing Market Index 70, 71 forecast, 71 previous US 3-Month Bill Auction 1.540%, 1.565% previous US 6-Month Bill Auction 1.540%, 1.550%...

Europe Roundup: Sterling near 4-week peak on election optimism, gold declines on U.S.-China trade deal hopes, European shares at record peak - Monday, November 18th, 2019

Nov 18, 2019 11:44 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Oil prices edge up ahead of OPEC meeting Gold prices ease on optimism over U.S.-China trade deal Economic Data Ahead (1000 ET/1500 GMT) The National Association of Home Builders...

Asia Roundup: Antipodeans steady as China cuts repo rate, dollar rallies against yen on optimism over U.S.-China trade deal, Asian shares nudge higher - Monday, November 18th, 2019

Nov 18, 2019 07:26 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Gold eases on U.S.-China trade deal optimism Oil prices steady after last weeks gains China cuts repo rate Economic Data Ahead No major economic data releases Key Events...

America's Roundup: Dollar buoyed by caution as trade deal optimism wanes, Wall Street gains, Gold slips, Oil prices gain 2% despite concerns about rising supplies-November 16th,2019

Nov 15, 2019 19:37 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Investors await details of Sino-U.S. trade deal progress Oil prices gain 2% despite concerns about rising supplies Market awaits U.S. Fed minutes next week US Oct Core Retail Sales (MoM)...

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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

Tesla Drivers Get $4k Off 2024 Chevy Blazer EV in Quirky Deal; Costco Auto Offers Significant Discounts on New EVs from Volvo, Chevy, Polestar, and Others

Tesla owners rejoice as Chevrolet rolls out an unprecedented $4,000 discount on the 2024 Blazer EV, open to Tesla drivers and a quirky list of EV owners. The electric vehicle market got more enticing with incentives...

Tesla Granted South Korean Emission Credit Trading Rights by Environmental Ministry

Ministry of Environments green light for Tesla to trade emission credits in South Korea marks a significant milestone, enabling the electric car giant to tap into a potentially lucrative market. With estimated credits...

US Lawmakers Push SEC for Bitcoin Options Trading Approval

In a bipartisan effort, US Representatives Mike Flood and Wiley Nickel have penned a letter to SEC Chair Gary Gensler, urging swift action in approving options trading for Bitcoin exchange-traded products (ETPs). Amid...

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...