Category: Gold

Did the Liquidity Trap Cause the Hike in Gold Price?

I have stumbled upon an interesting article by Paul Krugman, a Nobel laureate in economics; the article offers an explanation for the hike in gold price in the last few years. Krugman, who considers himself a deflationista, i.e. a person…

Weekly Outlook for October 24-28

As we are entering the last week of October all eyes will be set towards the EU summits that will be on Sunday and Wednesday; there are additional events and reports for the upcoming week that could influence the financial…

Gold & Silver Prices | Weekly Recap 17-21 October

Gold and silver prices changed direction from the slow climb up the ladder they have experienced in the first couple of weeks of October as they declined during most of last week. The speculation revolving the next move of the…

Gold & Silver Prices – Daily Outlook October 21

Gold and silver prices sharply fell yesterday and thus gold price completed four days of falls. Currently gold and silver prices are traded up. Today, there will be an ECB Press Conference in which Trichet will speak; the German Business…

U.S Existing Home Sales Declined in September 2011

The U.S existing homes sales rate slipped in September 2011 by 3.0%; this news comes despite the recent gains in the housing starts report. According to the recent report of the Realtors’ organization, the annual rate of US existing home…

Philly Fed Showed Sharp Improvement in October

According to the recent release of the Philly Fed Manufacturing Index, the index showed the U.S. economy is presenting signs of improvement in manufacturing conditions, compared with the previous month’s report; the October Philly Fed index inclined from -17.5 in…