Silver and gold followed major currencies such as the Euro and Japanese yen and declined again as the USD continued to pick up. This week’s FOMC meeting could bring gold and silver to a new year low if the FOMC…
The U.S. dollar continued to rally mostly against the Euro as the ECB commenced its QE program and the previous NFP report raised the market expectations for a rate hike this year by the FOMC. This week, the FOMC meeting…
The prices of precious metals took another beating especially after the NFP payroll report was released on Friday and exceeded market expectations. The JOLTS, retail sales, PPI and consumer sentiment are the main U.S. reports to be released this week.…
The recent NFP payroll report showed, yet again, another strong gain in jobs with 295K jobs added last month and rate of unemployment fell to 5.5%. This news fueled gains in the U.S. dollar and dragged down gold and silver…
Last month, U.S. non farm payroll presented yet again a sharp rise in number of jobs — 295K jobs, according to latest report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Market expectations and the ADP report were at 241K and 212K,…
Gold and silver showed a modest gain in the past week, despite the unclear trend in the movement of USD against leading currencies pairs. Yellen’s recent testimony was perceived mostly dovish and pushed back up bullion prices and dragged down…
As the whole debacle around the Greek debt crisis dissipates and takes the backburner for the near term, other economic developments could retake the center stage including the changes in the monetary policy of the FOMC and ECB. In the…
The bullion market took another beating last week as both gold and silver tumbled down mainly at the beginning of the week. Even the slightly dovish toned minutes of the FOMC meeting didn’t bring much up gold and silver. This…
The Greek debt crisis seems to have reached, for now, a solution. The Greeks basically gave in to the Germans in regards to the whole austerity. The Greeks will need to submit on Monday proposal for reforms, which will need…
The volatility in the financial markets continues as the tensions between ECB and Greece’s new elected government progresses. This week, the Euro group and ECOFIN summits are likely to further discuss the Greek debt situation. Other publications and events to…