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Nov 9th, 2009 |
By Byron King |
Category: Featured, Financial News, Gold Market
Byron King, Whiskey and Gunpowder
Let’s review the big picture for gold. What’s going on? And what are people saying?
For much of 2009, gold traded in the range of low-mid $900 per ounce. There was a dip over the summer, with a strong upswing starting in September. Gold is now trading well over $1,000 per ounce, in fact just under $1,100.
Turns out that the government of India was buying gold in mid-October.
Tags: Ambitions, Bank Of India, Central Bank Of India, Gold Reserves, Government Of India, Hoard, Hoarding, India China, International Monetary Fund, International Monetary Fund Imf, Last Spring, Metric Tons, Nuclear Weapons, Ounce, Pakistanis, Rest Of The Story, Tonnes, Upswing, Veto Power, Whiskey And Gunpowder
Posted in Featured, Financial News, Gold Market |
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Jan 16th, 2009 |
By Don Miller |
Category: Financial News
An upward revision in China’s growth figures allowed it to leapfrog Germany to become the world’s third-largest economy in 2007. Now the Red Dragon is snapping at Japan’s heels in the quest to become No. 2 in the world’s economic pecking order.
Tags: China economics, China GDP, China growth, Chinese Government, Don Miller, International Monetary Fund, recession
Posted in Financial News |
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Nov 21st, 2008 |
By Jason Simpkins |
Category: Financial News
Iceland today (Thursday) secured nearly $11 billion in loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other nations. The bailout will help the island nation stabilize its currency and recapitalize its banks, but it will also saddle its tiny population with a huge debt burden.
Tags: Banking Crisis, Currency Trade, Danske Bank, Danske Bank A/S, Foreign Currency, government bailout, Iceland bailout, Icelandic Krona, International Monetary Fund, Jason Simpkins
Posted in Financial News |
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Nov 13th, 2008 |
By Jason Simpkins |
Category: Financial News
The World Bank said yesterday that it plans to triple its lending to developing nations this year in an effort to prevent a “human crisis” that has been brought about by economic turmoil.
Tags: Economic Turmoil, Emerging Markets, Fuel Crises, Global Economic Growth, Global Financial Crisis, IMF, International Monetary Fund, Jason Simpkins, World Bank
Posted in Financial News |
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Nov 10th, 2008 |
By William Patalon III |
Category: Financial News
China unveiled yesterday (Sunday) what it described as a “massive” economic stimulus package – a planned capital infusion of $586 billion that it plans to use to reverse its slowing growth, to loosen credit and to offset slowing global growth by stoking domestic demand.
Tags: ADP, ANF, Capital Infusion, China stimulus, Chinese Economy, CSCO, economic stimulus package, Ford Motor Co., Global Recession, Gm, GS, International Monetary Fund, JCP, JPM, JWN, Macy’s Inc., MER, NWS, Retail Sales, TWX, William Patalon III, WMT
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Nov 3rd, 2008 |
By Joel Bowman |
Category: Financial News
When the president of the United States visited this region almost a year ago, the city of Dubai closed down for the entire day. Locals and expats alike jokingly refer to this event of yore as “Bush Day,” a day when they stayed home from work and watched movies as the leader of the “free world” took a Big Bus tour of the city.
Tags: Crude Oil Prices, Gulf States, International Monetary Fund, Joel Bowman, Oil Prices, Oil Producing Countries, Opec, President Bush
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May 23rd, 2008 |
By David Stevenson |
Category: International Investing
Sometimes when you’re scouring the news, you see a statistic that renders you almost speechless. You can’t quite get your head around what it really means, you just know that it’s a knockout number.
Tags: Bank For International Settlements, CLSA Ltd., Credit Default Swaps, Derivatives Market, Global Derivatives, International Monetary Fund, World Gdp
Posted in International Investing |
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May 14th, 2008 |
By Jason Simpkins |
Category: Politics & Economics
U.S. consumer prices rose less than forecast in the month of April, assuaging some inflation fears, but food prices experienced their biggest jump in 18 years.
Tags: , Biofuels, Bread Prices, Consumer Price, economics, energy prices, Food Prices, Global Food, IMF, inflation, International Monetary Fund, Labor Department, Milk Prices, National Economic Council, politics, Vegetable Prices
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May 9th, 2008 |
By Jack Crooks |
Category: International Investing
You can’t deny 2007 was the year of living dangerously in financial markets. So far this losing streak has continued through the first quarter—with the notable exception of soaring commodity markets!
Tags: , American International Group, Berkshire Hathaway, Commodity Markets, Credit Crunch, Global Stocks, House Prices, IMF, International Investing, International Monetary Fund, pound, Warren Buffett, yen
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Apr 24th, 2008 |
By Jeremy Batstone-Carr |
Category: International Investing
The long awaited first stab at UK gross domestic product (GDP) over Q1 2008 was released on Friday. Much has been written regarding the continuing crisis in the credit markets and the plight of the US economy, however, recent survey data indicates that whatever the problems in store for the UK over the next twelve months, so far activity appears to be holding up fairly well.
Tags: Bank Of England, credit crisis, Dysfunctional State, IMF, International Investing, International Monetary Fund, recession, UK
Posted in International Investing |
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