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Overnight Interest Rates: What the Global Benchmark Actually Signals
Overnight rates are the plumbing of the global financial system — the rate at which banks lend to each other for a singl...
Two US Economists Win Nobel Prize for Work on Economic Stability
Robert Hall and Michael Woodford have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for their research on economic stability...
ECB's Schnabel Speech Feed Contains Only a Risk Disclaimer
A Hebrew-language financial page listed an ECB board member named Schnabel but offered only a generic trading-risk discl...
ECB Hikes as Oil Passes $100 and Markets Price in the Fed
ECB raised rates by 25bp, Brent crude jumped above $100, and markets now put the odds of a Fed hike at over 85% as bond ...
Bond Market Alarm: Sovereign Yields Climb to Levels Last Seen Before the Financial Crisis
German, French, Japanese and US government bond yields hit multi-year highs as energy-driven inflation and central bank ...
Central Banks Tighten as Oil Tops $100 and Rate Expectations Rise
The ECB has already hiked, the Fed is expected to follow, and a triple supply shock pushed Brent and WTI up 10%. Here is...
Gold Bulls Get New Fuel: JPMorgan Sees $6,300, UBS $5,900 for 2026
UBS sees gold near $5,900 an ounce and JPMorgan projects $6,300 by end-2026, driven by central-bank buying, geopolitical...
Bank of Korea Ends 13-Year Gold Pause With ETF Stake and Domestic Buying Plan
South Korea's central bank revealed a $250m SPDR Gold Trust position and is preparing to buy locally produced gold bars,...
Bank of Korea Makes First Gold Investment in 13 Years via $250 Million ETF
The Bank of Korea disclosed a $250 million SPDR Gold Trust stake and signalled physical gold purchases may resume, joini...
Gold's $300 Weekly Rally: Weak US Jobs Data, Not Geopolitics, Drove the Turn
Gold climbed almost $300 to above $4,340/oz in a week as a shock US payrolls loss cut September Fed rate-hike odds from ...
New Fed Chair Warsh Faces Early Fire Over Communication, But El-Arian Defends Reform Push
Former Fed officials and columnists question Kevin Warsh's public silence; FT commentator Mohamed El-Arian argues the pu...
Switzerland Tops Gold Reserves Per Capita; Portugal Ranks 12th With 12 Small Coins
A per-capita analysis of central bank gold holdings shows Switzerland leads with 115g per person, while the U.S. drops t...
Gold Soars Past $4,300 as UBS Sees ‘Buy-on-Dips’ Case, BCA Flags More Records
Gold surged 6% this week to break above $4,250, reversing a 30% correction from January’s peak. UBS says falling real yi...
Gold Rebounds Above $4,300 After 30% Crash, Central Bank Buying Returns
Gold bounced back past $4,300 for the first time since mid‑June as rate‑hike fears eased and private investors returned....
Gold Surges 4.16% in a Single Day as Shanghai Futures Break Past 926 Yuan
London spot gold jumps most in six months, Shanghai gold tops 926 yuan/gram, and jewelry prices rebound sharply, though ...
Deutsche Bank Cuts Year-End Gold Target to $4,600, Keeps Long-Term Bullish View
Deutsche Bank trims its 2026 year-end gold target to $4,600 after slowing central bank buying, but still sees structural...
Gold Hits New All-Time High as Inflation and Low Rates Fuel Rally
Gold rose for a third straight session, reaching €1,980.80 ($2,070.50) per ounce, as inflation, loose central bank polic...
Gold Stuck in a Range, Gold Stocks Surge: The Forces Behind the Market Split
Bullion is trapped between softening investment demand and still-solid central bank buying, while beaten-down Chinese go...
Why This Wednesday Won't Be a 'Super Wednesday' for Fed and Copom Watchers
The FOMC meets this week, but Brazil's Copom isn't holding its decision meeting until next week. Here's why the two cent...
Barclays Warns Earnings and Central Banks Will Set Market Tone as Oil Hits $100
Barclays says strong Q2 results have supported equities but rising oil, bond yields and AI spending doubts are creating ...
Gold Price Path Pinned by Central Bank Buying and Dollar Fears, Banks Say
Forecasts from JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and UBS diverge sharply on near-term gold, but all see structural support from re...
From Oil to Inflation: How US-Iran Tensions and the Hormuz Risk Recast Global Economic Calculations
Rising US-Iran tensions and instability around the Strait of Hormuz are sending shockwaves through oil markets, shipping...
Gold at a Crossroads: Analyst Flags $4,000 as Decisive Level for the Next Move
Gold's recent pullback is likely a deeper correction within a long-term structural bull run, not a loss of allure, says ...