Fed’s John Williams: Timing of Rate Rise Is Overrated (Upshot) Big Oil Is About to Lose Control of the Auto Industry (Bloomberg) see also Low Prices Cool Boom in U.S. Oil Production (WSJ) Shilling: Where Have All the Consumers Gone? (BV) Did macro theory fail us in the crisis...
Oil prices regained ground to surge above $64 on Friday due to the conflict in Yemen and due to the prospect that lower prices are starting to curb U.S. shale output...
On Friday the U.S. dollar slid to three-month lows against its Canadian peer, as a series of disappointing U.S. economic reports continued to weigh on the buck and positive data from Canada supported the local currency...
Oil's recent jump has spurred hopes for a shift toward a price recovery, but analysts warn these gains won't last...
Jose Manuel Barroso claims he no longer has to be careful about what he says. But that has not stopped him from being an incurable optimist about Europe’s ability to wrest global economic hegemony from the US and China...
On Friday the dollar was broadly lower against its peers, impacted by the previous session's disappointing U.S. data. Meanwhile, investors were eyeing additional U.S. economic reports due later in the day...
Gold prices have drifted lower and have fallen below unchanged levels after holding modest gains early on and in overnight trading.The overall near-term technical posture of the gold market remains bearish, which has also encouraged some fresh chart-based selling...
On Friday the euro was almost unchanged versus its US counterpart, as markets awaited the release of final inflation data from the euro zone and as sentiment on the greenback remained fragile after a recent string of downbeat U.S. economic reports...
Though /u/bruce_fenton as the Executive Director of the Bitcoin Foundation has been on /r/Bitcoin for more than a year now. As a newly appointed Executive Director he is now looking for suggestions and ideas from his fellow Reddit users and for that he posted this on /r/Bitcoin...
The greenback regained some strength after the Philadelphia Fed positive data...
On Thursday U.S. stocks opened lower, retreating from near-record levels as oil prices pulled back. Investors also took into consideration a decline in European equities, as investors digested domestic data and eyed renewed worries about Greece...
Ben Bernanke Will Work With Hedge Fund Citadel as an Adviser (NYT) The indomitable benchmarks! (Statistical Ideas) Fighting the Bubble in Bubbles (BV) see also A Bubble in Bubbles...
On Thursday gold prices rose to the highest levels of the session, following the release of disappointing reports on U.S. jobless claims and building permits...
In a monthly report released Thursday the Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (OPEC) trimmed its forecasts for non-OPEC oil supply growth in 2015 signaling that its strategy of pressing its American rivals could be working...
On Thursday the dollar slid lower against its peers, as Wednesday's disappointing U.S. data continued to weigh and as investors awaited additional U.S. economic reports due later in the day...
On Thursday crude oil futures declined after posting its biggest one-day rally in two months on Wednesday, as data showed that oil supplies in the U.S. rose less than expected last week...
On Thursday most Asian share markets rose having taken cues from a global surge in equities, while the dollar was lower pressed by weak economic data...
On Thursday the Australian dollar rose to three-week peak against the US dollar, as upbeat Australian employment data supported the local currency, while Wednesday's weak U.S. data continued to weigh on the greenback...
On Wednesday the dollar remained broadly higher against its peers, even after data indicated that manufacturing conditions in the New York area contracted unexpectedly in April, as markets awaited a report on U.S. industrial production later in the day...
