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The technical carbon, which is heavily used in industry, especially in the production of tires, will now be produced in the wastewater treatment process. This will not only add economic benefits but also help reduce pollution. The daily processing of 120 tons of sludge into diesel and carbon black is the company's top priority for this year. This fuel can ...
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Thieves are increasingly raiding solar power stations across Japan for copper transmission wiring as prices for the metal have surged globally. Local governments are planning ordinances to regulate trade in the metal, but they are seeking nationwide legal measures to discourage the thefts. One solar power farm in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, was hit by ...
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When talking about the structure of the forward curve in the WTI futures market, there are two market terms traders should be familiar with. 1) Contango, when the forward price of a futures contract is higher than the spot price. 2) Backwardation, when the forward price of the futures contract is lower than the spot price. An oil lesson with Bob Iaccino ...
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The Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept its key interest rate unchanged and signaled that just one cut is expected before the end of the year. With markets hoping for a more accommodative central bank, Federal Open Market Committee policymakers following their two-day meeting took two rate reductions off the table from the three indicated in March. The ...
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post: EU: PLANS TO SET PROVISIONAL DUTY FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE IMPORTS OF CHINA'S GEELY OF 20 PERCENT post: EU: PLANS TO SET PROVISIONAL DUTY FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE IMPORTS OF CHINA'S SAIC OF 38.1 PERCENT post: EU TO IMPOSE ADDITIONAL TARIFFS ON EV IMPORTS FROM CHINA - 21% FOR CO-OPERATING COMPANIES & 38.1% FOR THOSE WHICH HAVE NOT. post: EU TO IMPOSE 17.4% TARIFF ON BYD EV IMPORTS FROM CHINA post: $TSLA | #Tesla May Get Individual China Import Duty Rate Under EU Tariff
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post: BoC’s Macklem: MonPol No Longer Needs To Be As Restrictive As It Has Been - Still Need To Get Inflation Down Further To Our TargetsMacklem: Central banking - Navigating in a new world Good afternoon. It’s always great to be back in Montréal, my hometown. And I could not be more pleased to be here with Joachim Nagel, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank. Thank you for visiting us in Canada. Since I’m on my home turf, let me start us off with a few words about where we find ourselves in economic history. Key lessons from high inflation Canada and Germany have just come through the biggest inflation we’ve experienced in 40 years. And as painful as this has been, it has highlighted some lessons. I will focus on three in the Canadian context. First, we ignore the supply-side of the economy at our peril. As central banks, we tend to focus on the demand side because that’s what we influence with interest rates. But coming out of the pandemic, we learned that it is much easier to restore demand than supply. High inflation was a stark reminder that supply shocks can cumulate and persist—and when they intersect with periods of strong demand, the inflationary consequences can be large. Looking ahead, technological change, geopolitical tensions, climate change, and shifting trade and investment flows all suggest we may experience more supply shocks than we did in the past. Businesses and central banks need to be ready. Second, inflation is painful—that’s not a new lesson, but for many of our citizens it was their first experience with high inflation. And it has been painful. Inflation harms people and the economy, and it corrodes trust in our market-based system. Th
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The Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates at a 23-year high for the seventh consecutive meeting on Wednesday and signal that it will cut rates this year fewer times ...
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Wednesday is shaping up to be one of the most important days of the year for economic news, as investors will hear about the path of inflation and the manner in which the Federal ...
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The Consumer Price Index was flat in May, while the core measure that strips out food and energy rose 0.2%, the Labor Department said on Wednesday. Why it matters: For the second ...
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The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was unchanged in May on a seasonally adjusted basis, after rising 0.3 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor ...
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In conjunction with the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting held on June 11–12, 2024, meeting participants submitted their projections of the most likely outcomes for real gross domestic product (GDP) growth, the unemployment rate, and inflation for each year from 2024 to 2026 and over the longer run. Each participant’s projections were based on information available at the time of the meeting, together with her or his assessment of appropriate monetary policy—including a path for the federal funds rate and its longer-run value—and assumptions about other factors likely to affect economic outcomes. The longer-run projections represent each participant’s assessment of the value to which each variable would be expected to converge, over time, under appropriate monetary policy and in the absence of further shocks to the economy. “Appropriate monetary policy” is defined as the future path of policy that each participant deems most likely to foster outcomes for economic activity and inflation that best satisfy his or her individual interpretation of the statutory mandate to promote maximum employment and price stability. post: FED’S MEDIAN RATE FORECAST END-’24 AT 5.1%; PREV. 4.6% FED’S MEDIAN RATE FORECAST END-’25 AT 4.1%; PREV. 3.9% FED’S MEDIAN RATE FORECAST END-’26 AT 3.1%; PREV. 3.1% FED’S MEDIAN RATE FORECAST LONGER-RUN AT 2.8%; PREV. 2.6% post: FED POLICYMAKERS SEE END-2024 PCE INFLATION AT 2.6% VERSUS 2.4% IN MARCH PROJECTION; CORE SEEN AT 2.8% VERSUS 2.6% post: FED OFFICIALS RAISE 2024 INFLATION FORECAST TO 2.6%, UP FROM 2.4% IN MARCH FORECAST FED OFFICIALS SEE 4% UNEMPLOYMENT AT END OF 2024, UNCHANGED FROM MARCH FORECAST FED OFFICIALS SEE 2.1% GDP GROWTH IN 2024, UNCHANGED FROM MARCH FORECAST
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Recent indicators suggest that economic activity has continued to expand at a solid pace. Job gains have remained strong, and the unemployment rate has remained low. Inflation has eased over the past year but remains elevated. In recent months, there has been modest further progress toward the Committee's 2 percent inflation objective. The Committee seeks to achieve maximum employment and inflation at the rate of 2 percent over the longer run. The Committee judges that the risks to achieving its employment and inflation goals have moved toward better balance over the past year. The economic outlook is uncertain, and the Committee remains highly attentive to inflation risks. In support of its goals, the Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 5-1/4 to 5-1/2 percent. In considering any adjustments to the target range for the federal funds rate, the Committee will carefully assess incoming data, the evolving outlook, and the balance of risks. The Committee does not expect it will be appropriate to reduce the target range until it has gained greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainably toward 2 percent. In addition, the Committee will continue reducing its holdings of Treasury securities and agency debt and agency mortgage‑backed securities. The Committee is strongly committed to returning inflation to its 2 percent objective. In assessing the appropriate stance of monetary policy, the Committee will continue to monitor the implications of incoming information for the economic outlook. The Committee would be prepared to adjust the stance of monetary policy as appropriate if risks emerge that could impede the attainment of the Committee's goals. The Committee's assessments will take into account a wide range of information, including readings on labor market conditions, inflation pressures and inflation expectations, and financial and international developments. post: FOMC STATEMENT COMPARE pic.twitter.com/GvM6dAmcak post: FED: DOES NOT EXPECT IT WILL BE APPROPRIATE TO REDUCE POLICY TARGET RANGE UNTIL GAINING GREATER CONFIDENCE INFLATION’S MOVING SUSTAINABLY TOWARD 2%
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video Natural gas traded inside day on Wednesday following a strong close on Tuesday. At the time of this writing the high for the day was 3.13 and the low 2.995. Support for the day was seen on a test of the 78.6% Fibonacci level. Although Wednesday’s trading retraced much of Tuesday’s advance, support was indicated at a price level previously identified ...
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Natural gas prices are still elevated, as risk-on flows stemming from upgraded EIA oil demand forecasts and the World Bank’s 2024 GDP growth forecasts lifted commodities. The updated Fibonacci retracement levels show where buyers might be waiting to join in the rally in the event of pullbacks. The 38.2% Fib is at $2.778 near the 100 SMA dynamic support, ...
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Singapore-based oil and commodities trading powerhouse Trafigura Group has posted the smallest profit since the 2020 oil crisis as volatility in energy markets hit new lows. Trafigura’s net profit dropped to $1.47 billion in the six months through March, good for a 73% decline from a record $5.5 billion posted a year earlier. The company’s revenue fell 5.4% ...