Submitted May 20, 2026|From cnbc.com

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday welcomed a provisional agreement on legislation to remove import duties on U.S. goods and called on co-legislators to move swiftly to finalize the process. EU lawmakers welcomed the ...

Submitted May 20, 2026|From statssa.gov.za

Annual consumer price inflation was 4,0% in April 2026, up from 3,1% in March 2026. The CPI increased by 1,1% month-on-month in April 2026. The main contributors to the 4,0% annual inflation rate were: • housing and utilities (5,2% and contributing ...

Submitted May 20, 2026|From @FirstSquawk

BANK OF FRANCE NOMINEE MOULIN: NEED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO INFLATION

Submitted May 20, 2026|From @financialjuice|4 comments

Putin: We are ready to continue supplying China with energy Putin: We are working with China to strengthen our partnership in the field of critical minerals

Submitted May 20, 2026|From channelnewsasia.com

Japanese factory managers' mood improved slightly in May as commodity-related industries recovered from the Iran war-induced sharp drop a month earlier, but weakness in autos and some other industries capped the rebound, the Reuters Tankan poll ...

Submitted May 20, 2026|From fool.com

For years, crypto investors and financial institutions in the U.S. have had to work with an incomplete set of regulations. That's kept a lot of institutional capital sidelined, and, at least if you believe some crypto investors, it has also given ...

Submitted May 20, 2026|From thestreet.com

Goldman’s nowcast of monthly central bank gold purchases for March 2026 was revised upward to approximately 50 tonnes per month, from a prior estimate of approximately 29 tonnes, according to Exchange Rates UK. That is an upward revision of more ...

Submitted May 20, 2026|From destatis.de

The producer prices of industrial products were 1.7% higher in April 2026 than in April 2025. A larger year-on-year increase was last recorded in May 2023 (+2.5%). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that producer prices in April ...

Submitted May 20, 2026|From ons.gov.uk|21 comments

The Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers' housing costs (CPIH) rose by 3.0% in the 12 months to April 2026, down from 3.4% in the 12 months to March. On a monthly basis, CPIH rose by 0.8% in April 2026, compared with a rise of 1.2% in ...

Submitted May 20, 2026|From ons.gov.uk

Producer input prices rose by 7.7% in the year to April 2026, up from a revised rise of 5.3% in the year to March. Producer output (factory gate) prices rose by 4.0% in the year to April 2026, up from a revised rise of 3.0% in the year to March. On ...

Submitted May 20, 2026|From @FirstSquawk|3 comments

China’s Xi says the basis of trust between Beijing and Moscow is becoming increasingly solid.

Submitted May 20, 2026|From @MarketsCapApp|1 comment

Just in | Beijing: Putin announces plans for collaboration with Xi on global initiatives. Putin tells Xi that Russia–China ties are a model of exemplary cooperation.

Submitted May 19, 2026|From msn.com

Incoming Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh on Tuesday disclosed an initial round of planned asset sales ahead of being sworn in for the job, though the disclosures did not say who the sales were made to. In an Office of Government Ethics form, Warsh ...

Submitted May 19, 2026|From english.news.cn

China's one-year loan prime rate (LPR), a market-based benchmark lending rate, came in at 3 percent on Wednesday, the same as the previous month. The over-five-year LPR, on which many lenders base their mortgage rates, also remained unchanged from ...

Submitted May 19, 2026|From goldsilver.com

The story of money is really the story of governments learning to spend more than they had. It begins with gold and silver coinage — money whose value was real, not assigned. Over time, rulers found they could dilute coins with cheaper base metals ...

Submitted May 19, 2026|From youtube.com/cmegroup

Bitcoin's recent price action has retail traders questioning its status as a non-correlated asset. After kicking off a rally in early April that pushed prices above $80,000 by May 6th, Bitcoin has drifted back toward the $77,000 level. But what ...

Submitted May 19, 2026|From @FirstSquawk|2 comments

CHINA COMMERCE MINISTRY says Washington and Beijing are considering mutual tariff reductions covering at least $30 billion in goods each CHINA COMMERCE MINISTRY says both countries aim to extend the Kuala Lumpur trade framework

Submitted May 19, 2026|From firstpost.com|7 comments

The European Union on Wednesday struck a provisional agreement on legislation to remove import duties on US goods, taking a major step toward implementing a broader trade pact with Washington and potentially avoiding a new round of tariffs ...

Submitted May 19, 2026|From thestreet.com|1 comment

In many countries, including South Korea, funeral homes operate a prepaid or mutual aid model where customers pay in advance for their own future funeral arrangements. They lock in costs and relieve their families of the financial burden later. ...

Submitted May 19, 2026|From kitco.com

Gold tumbled $84 on Tuesday to $4,482 per troy ounce, extending a brutal stretch for the precious metal that has now shed nearly 4% over the past week as a cascade of bearish macro forces converged to crush investor appetite for the safe-haven ...