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Japan's Inflation Hits 2-1/2-Year Low, Raises Stimulus Chance This Month
Japan's core consumer inflation slowed to near 2-1/2-year lows in September, dragged down by sliding energy prices and raising the chance the central bank will top up its already massive monetary stimulus at its review this month.
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What Scares Investors Most About Negative Interest Rates: Howard Marks
Negative rates, in other words, are a classic known unknown. We know what they are. We don't really know what they do.
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Recession Threat Lurks Behind Global Policymakers' Go-Slow Focus
From the Fed & the German Finance Ministry, to the People’s Bank of China, economic authorities have reacted with restraint to signs of spreading weakness worldwide.As officials gather in Washington...
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Treasury Market Signals Fed May Need to Buy More Than Just Bills
Traders are signaling that the Fed may need to start buying more than just Treasury bills, moving further out the yield curve in order to assert greater control over its main policy rate.Treasury bills -- U.S. government securities maturing in one year or less that don’t have coupon payments
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US/China Trade Conflict Poses Structural Risks to the Global Economy
Central Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina said that if the trade war could be resolved “constructively and fast,” markets could treat the slowdown as cyclical.
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There Is a Chance' the Cryptocurrency Could Present Systemic Risk
The Facebook executive behind the Libra blockchain project says its developers are designing the cryptocurrency under the assumption that it could grow large enough to present risks to the economy.
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Why the Bull Market Won’t End with a Typical Crash: Ray Dalio
The U.S. and China may be nearing a tentative, partial trade agreement but the IMF’s new leader has warned even a comprehensive deal won’t be enough to boost global growth.
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Fed Must Be ‘Aggressive’ to Boost Inflation in Low Rate World
A low interest rate environment sets limits on what the Federal Reserve can accomplish with monetary policy, making it important for the Fed to “proactively” cut rates when risks appear to provide a buffer for the economy, Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said Wednesday.
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Draghi Seen Locking In Three Years of ECB Policy for Lagarde
Most respondents said the ECB won’t raise interest rates until late 2022...
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China's Quarterly Economic Growth Sinks to 26-Year Low Amid Us Trade War
China’s economic growth sank to a 26-year low in the latest quarter amid pressure from a trade war with Washington, adding to a deepening slump that is weighing on global growth.
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Japan Government Downgrades Economy View as Global Slowdown Weighs
The downbeat estimation could lead to calls on the government to swiftly open its purse strings and add pressure to the Bank of Japan to ease monetary policy this month.
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Credit Suisse to Start Charging Wealthy Clients for Cash Deposits
Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) will start charging wealthy clients with large cash deposits in Swiss francs, the latest Swiss bank to pass on negative interest rates to customers.
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The Big Short(age of good news)
Yesterday, the International Monetary Fund released their updated World Economic Outlook. And, if investors were looking for any seeds of optimism,...
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The Relevance of Gold as a Strategic Asset in Japan
Our analysis shows that adding 2.5%, 7.5% or 10% in gold over the past decade to the average Japanese pension portfolio would have resulted in higher risk-adjusted returns.
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Uzbekistan Enters Top 20 Largest Gold Holders
According to the World Gold Council, Uzbekistan has entered the top 20 largest gold holders in September 2019, the local media reported.
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Gold Edges up as Geopolitics Take Control of Trade
Investors managed to push gold higher Thursday instead of completely embracing risk, as doubts remained about whether the U.K. will get parliament ratification for its Brexit deal, but Turkey agreed to a ceasefire in Syria.
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Sprott CEO Says Gold Pullback Not Surprising, Sees Trouble for Economy
Peter Grosskopf, Sprott Inc. chief executive officer, discusses the outlook for gold and the economy with Bloomberg's Shery Ahn and Amanda Lang on "Bloomberg Markets."
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Why Global Investors Want Access to China's Gold Market
The Shanghai Gold Exchange has become the world's largest physical gold exchange less than 20 years after launching.
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Ray Dalio Says the World Is in a 'Great Sag' and Echoes the 1930s
The hedge fund titan believes it is too late for central banks to reverse a global slowdown..
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