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Gold Prices Remain High While Other Precious Metals Drop

Published by Pete Nisbet on June 7, 2017

Gold prices were held close to a seven-year high Wednesday. The UK election due Thursday has generated a degree of instability in various markets. The situation was made more complicated by the increase in the US dollar against the euro. This happened because reports were circulated that the ECB [...]

Rio Tinto and Minmetals Collaborate to Maximize Mineral Exploration

Published by Pete Nisbet on June 6, 2017

Rio Tinto and Minmetals have agreed on a collaboration on mineral exploration. China Minmetals Corp and Rio Tinto signed an outline deal on Tuesday for a partnership. Both firms believe this will help find the mineral reserves required to maintain today’s economy. [...]

Fed Interest Rate Rises Restricted to One This Year?

Published by Pete Nisbet on June 3, 2017

Will Fed interest rate rises be restricted to just one for the rest of this year? Job growth in May was just 138,000 – 47,000 less than expected for the month. While Wall Street has a strong belief that the Federal Reserve will increase interest rates during the FOMC meeting on June 13-14, what ha [...]

Dollar Index Gains as Pound Falls Due to Elections and Politics

Published by Pete Nisbet on May 30, 2017

The dollar index gains 0.2% in early European trading. The dollar index had been put under pressure over the past two weeks due to insecurities associated with the Trump administration. However, it has gained around 0.2% because of political issues in Europe and the UK general election. [...]

US GDP Growth More than Expected – But US Economic Growth Still Poor

Published by Pete Nisbet on May 27, 2017

US GDP growth was higher than expected in the first quarter of this year. However, US economic growth was still poor overall, and a disappointment to President Trump. Gross Domestic Product was expected to rise at a 0.7% annual rate, but actually increased at a rate of 1.2%. However, this rate was s [...]

US Climate Change Issues – Investors to Manage Global Warming Risk

Published by Pete Nisbet on May 23, 2017

US climate change issues are forcing investors to go it alone in the absence of action by President Trump. This is largely because shareholders in large energy companies are pressing them to take action on rising global temperatures. They fear that an increase in environmental temperature could [...]

US Dollar Falling as Trump Gains Fall Off and Euro Advances

Published by Pete Nisbet on May 20, 2017

The US dollar falling is partially due to political issues and partially to rising foreign currencies. The gains made during the early days of the Trump administration were lost for a number of reasons. Pressure was put on the dollar with the dismissal of James Comey as FBI director and the curren [...]

US World Economics Policy Reeks of Protectionism Say Six of G7 Members

Published by Pete Nisbet on May 14, 2017

The US world economics policy is raising fears of American protectionism and a reduction in international cooperation. So say six of the G7 members after a recent meeting in Southern Italy. According to Americans, the view of the US on word economics is gradually being accepted by the world’s [...]

US China Trade Agreement – Action to Begin by Mid-July

Published by Pete Nisbet on May 13, 2017

The recent US China trade agreement we reported earlier is to be instigated in July. These initial actions should cut the US trade deficit with China. America’s trade deficit with China was almost $350 billion last year. However, there are still uncertainties regarding the detail of the deal. [...]

US Retail Sales Up – But Department Store Sales Down

Published by Pete Nisbet on May 13, 2017

US retail sales increased by 4.5% in April compared to April 2016. However, department store sales struggled. April sales for J.C. Penney were down 3.5% in the first quarter against last year, and sales figures for other well know chains were also down. In spite of this, the Departmen [...]

Gold Prices Remain High While Other Precious Metals Drop

Rio Tinto and Minmetals Collaborate to Maximize Mineral Exploration

Fed Interest Rate Rises Restricted to One This Year?

Dollar Index Gains as Pound Falls Due to Elections and Politics

US GDP Growth More than Expected – But US Economic Growth Still Poor

US Climate Change Issues – Investors to Manage Global Warming Risk

US Dollar Falling as Trump Gains Fall Off and Euro Advances

US World Economics Policy Reeks of Protectionism Say Six of G7 Members

US China Trade Agreement – Action to Begin by Mid-July

US Retail Sales Up – But Department Store Sales Down

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