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Private home prices in Hong Kong, one of the most unaffordable territories in the world, fell 15.6% in 2022 in the first annual drop since 2008, official data showed on Friday.
READ MOREJapanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday that a return to deflation in the world's third-largest economy cannot be ruled out, because domestic demand remains weak.
READ MORECore consumer prices in Japan's capital, a leading indicator of nationwide trends, rose 4.3% in January from a year earlier, marking the fastest annual gain in nearly 42 years and keeping the central bank under pressure to phase out economic stimulus.
READ MOREInvestor sentiment has been improving, but the contrarians haven’t gone silent. Legendary British investor Jeremy Grantham is predicting hard times ahead, as he lays out his case for doom and gloom to cast a shadow on the markets. In Grantham’s view, the pandemic stock gains were a bubble, and that bubble hasn’t fully popped yet. Putting some numbers to this view, Grantham...
READ MOREThe Federal Reserve on Wednesday will hike rates by a quarter-point, a downshift from December but will make sure to sound hawkish, economists said.
READ MOREWhat to know in markets on Friday, January 27, 2023.
READ MOREWorld stocks eked out a 5-1/2 month high and the dollar held close to an eight-month low on Friday, as reassuring U.S. economic and inflation data kept the bulls largely in charge ahead of next week's slate of top central bank meetings.
READ MOREUS futures dropped after yesterday's meltup, led lower by semiconductor stocks and traded in a tight range on Friday after a catastrophic earnings report and guidance from (former?) chip giant Intel, while investors awaited key inflation figures for clues on what the Fed will do next week. Nasdaq 100 futs were down 0.3% by 7:30 a.m. ET while S&P 500 futures dropped 0.2%.
READ MOREWith the dollar losing clout and the world dividing into competing currency and economic blocs, American investor Ray Dalio said it will be countries less vulnerable to global conflict like those in Southeast Asia that prosper in coming years.
READ MOREChina’s central bank bought gold in November and December, its first purchases since 2019 to diversify its reserves. Hedge funds also boosted their net-long positions. Are gold prices set for records in 2023?
READ MOREGold purchases by everyone from central banks to institutions and ordinary investors have lifted the precious metal in 12 of the past 16 sessions, according to Dow Jones Market Data. The most-actively traded futures contract has risen about 20% from its September low.
READ MOREThe landscape mimics (on steroids) the 1970s. With current macroeconomic and geopolitical conditions such as they are, 2023 is even more bullish for the metals than it was five decades ago. And silver is not far behind.
READ MOREGold – can’t eat it, can’t use it, but its everything crypto never was: tangible, exchangeable, a store of value, and a kitty for when things get tough. In uncertain markets…. Don’t forget the yellow stuff.
READ MOREDoomsters have predicted the end of the LME before. Still, after 146 years and counting, the LME is still with us and the go-to nickel price point. However, volumes have tanked since the LME nickel debacle in March of 2022. In fact, the problems no longer relate just to nickel, but the entire non-ferrous metals spectrum.
READ MOREAfter yield curve inversions, the Conference Board’s Leading Indicator Index is probably the best leading indictor of recessions. It has triggered before every recession since the 1970s with an average lead time of about 7 months. Via TheMacroCompass.com, the following chart highlights that the indicator is clearly signaling a recession later this year.
READ MORESurvey after survey has shown that a solid majority of the population is living paycheck to paycheck.
READ MOREIn 1950, there were more than 16 workers for every beneficiary. In 2035, that ratio will be only 2.3 workers per retiree.
READ MOREA $2.1 million penalty for failing to file a form on time reveals the agency’s true nature.
READ MORE"The fact that the amounts being borrowed at the discount window are rising in an oscillatory fashion with progressively higher 'highs' and higher 'lows' hints, while not conclusively, that the amounts being borrowed are increasing as the Fed increases rates." ~ Peter C. Earle
READ MOREThe latest jobs report in the United States shows strengths and weaknesses. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 223,000 in December, and the unemployment rate fell to 3.5 percent.
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