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The Opportunity Of Misplaced Inflation
The global economy is apparently facing a significant problem. Inflation’s gone missing! Central bankers can’t seem to stoke it no matter how deftly they act.
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Trade War May Yet Spur China to Sell Treasuries as Yuan Tumbles
The tensions rippling through global financial markets could still lead Beijing to reduce its stockpile in the $15.9 trillion Treasuries market -- not to retaliate, but to defend its currency if it goes into a free-fall.
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Trump Prepared to Send 120,000 Troops to Gulf in Iran War Plan
President Trump said he was prepared to deploy 120,000 troops or “a hell of a lot more” in the event of war with Iran amid warnings that Washington was in danger of stumbling towards a military...
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Central Banks Are Buying Gold at the Fastest Pace in Six Years
Net gold purchases in Q1/2019 among foreign governments and central banks was nearly 70% greater than Q1/2018… and the highest rate of first quarter purchases in six years.
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India Is Shutting Down ATMs Even as People Use Them More
In a nation where cash remains king less than three years after Modi’s campaign pulled most banknotes from circulation.
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Trump's Threat of Auto Tariffs on Europe May Really Be a 'Trojan Horse'
The next American trade battle could involve U.S. President Donald Trump hitting auto imports from Europe with tariffs, but one expert told CNBC that might be a "Trojan horse" to push for a deal on agriculture.
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China Stocks Rally After Data Miss Strengthens Case for Stimulus
“More stimulus will come but there will be a lag before that shows up in the hard data,” said Nader Naeimi, head of dynamic markets at AMP Capital Investors Ltd.
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Can Congress Avoid Another Shutdown? How About a Default?
We're about to see a string of scare stories about a new government shutdown, a default on U.S. debt or both. The relevant deadlines aren't until the fall, but the warnings are already popping u
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Danske Bank Market Value Plunged Almost 50% Last Year
A former executive from Deutsche Bank has been told to “do what it takes” to overhaul Danske Bank’s operations in the wake of a vast money laundering scandal.
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Gundlach Warns of Recession Driven by 'Cocktail of Economic Risk'
Doubleline CEO Jeffrey Gundlach warns investors that the U.S. is "out of tools" to gin up the economy during the next recession.
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Why the Stock Market’s Wild 2010 ‘Flash Crash’ Matters Now
A 9% one-day decline occurs every 9 ½ years, on average
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Gold Traders’ Report - May 14, 2019
Gold traded lower last night in a range of $1296 - $1303.65, trimming a modest amount of its robust gain from yesterday’s session. The yellow metal initially rose to a fresh 1-month high of $1303.65...
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Australian Man Finds 624g Gold Nugget Worth $37,000 While Walking Dog
An Australian family have literally struck gold after finding a valuable gold nugget during a Mother's Day outing.
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Gold Never Old: For Indians Gold Still Best Security, Symbol of Wealth
While the investment market has evolved over the decades and dozens of new instruments of have been introduced, gold, however, perhaps remains the preferred one.
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Medieval Africans Had a Unique Process for Purifying Gold With Glass
Europeans in the 10th and 11th centuries purified their gold through cupellation, a process in which lead is mixed with gold laced with impurities, and then heated in a furnace until the droplets of purer gold can be skimmed off.
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Fed’s George Warns Rate Cut Could Lead to Bubbles and Recession
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Esther George said she’s opposed to cutting interest rates in order to raise inflation to the central bank’s 2% target, warning that could lead to asset-price bubbles and ultimately an economic downturn.
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Americans Kept Borrowing in First Quarter as New Mortgages Eased
New mortgage borrowing slowed to the weakest level since late 2014, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of New York report.
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NorthmanTrader: The Lost War
Did the US just lose the trade war? It seems like a ludicrous question to ask at this time as the US just raised tariffs on China to increase pressure on the negotiation process.
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The Dark Reason so Many Millennials Are Miserable and Broke
Nearly half of millennials say social media has influenced what they’ve bought, versus only about a third of the rest of us, a new survey reveals.
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Credit Card Borrowing Increases & Americans Are Slower to Pay Them Off
The move into serious delinquency rates for credit cards is a fairly new occurrence. It’s been rising since only 2017 whereas payments on auto loans that were at least 90 days late have trended upwards since 2012.
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