Category: Quantitative Easing

Gold And Silver Prices – Daily Outlook August 28

The prices gold and silver rose on the first day of the week, despite the depreciation of the Euro and Australian dollar. I suspect, the ongoing speculations around Bernanke’s speech at Jackson Hole on Friday and his position on whether…

Gold and Silver Prices Weekly Outlook for August 27-31

During last week gold and silver prices hiked after they had remained nearly unchanged during the first couple of weeks of August.  The renewed expectations that the Fed will issue another stimulus plan in the near future were ignited following…

Gold and Silver Prices – Daily Outlook August 24

Gold and silver prices, as expected, hiked during yesterday as a clear cut market reaction to the publication of the minutes of the FOMC meeting. The minutes revealed that many FOMC members consider “monetary accommodation would likely be warranted fairly…

Gold and Silver Prices – Daily Outlook August 23

Is time for another quantitative easing? Gold and silver prices continue to rise following yesterday’s publication of the minutes of the FOMC meeting. In last month’s FOMC meeting there were no hints of another QE program, but the minutes revealed…

Gold & Silver Prices – Daily Outlook August 22

Gold and silver prices, much like the Euro, hiked on Tuesday as many forex and bullion traders anticipate the ECB bond purchasing program will commence in the near future. There are also speculations on whether the People’s Bank of China…

Euro Area GDP Down by 0.2% in Q2 2012

EURO AREA GDP 2012 Q2 update 2009-2012 GDP Q3011 (percent) August 2012

The Euro Area GDP contracted by 0.2% during the second quarter of 2012; this contraction in GDP came despite the slight growth in Germany’s economy by 0.3% and perhaps due to the decline in GDP in other leading countries such…

Gold & Silver Prices – Daily Outlook August 3

Gold and silver fell for the third consecutive day. The lingering effect of the recent FOMC decision to keep policy unchanged and ECB’s decision to leave interest rate unchanged may have contributed to the decline of not only the Euro,…