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An unexpected drop in US home sales for February and a weakening dollar supported the gold price on Friday, with the April Comex contract settling up 1.2% at $1,662.40 per troy ounce. The silver price was the leader among precious metals, gaining 3% to settle at $32.27. As MarketWatch notes though, silver still closed down 1% ...
For most of the last century the default currency for international settlements has been the US dollar. This has given America ultimate power over international trade. In recent months, the US wielded this power against Iran, making life extremely difficult for all Iranians. Importantly it has interrupted oil trade with India, China and ...
For the first time in three years the slowdown in the eurozone is negatively affecting trade with important Asian exporters such as Japan, China, South Korea and Thailand. Owing to last year's floods, in Q4 Thailand’s economy suffered a 10.7% slowdown in comparison with the previous quarter. Recent factory closures have also caused ...
Gold merchants in Dubai are seeking new ways to offer their gold products to tourists and buyers from India. More and more gold kiosks are being opened which – in contrast to large showrooms – can satisfy many potential customers in a short period of time. Because it takes fewer employees to run such a kiosk, this distribution ...
With every passing leader comes a passing era. This can be good or bad – though few can have any regrets about the passing of North Korea’s brutal dictator, Kim Jong-il. With his death, we can only hope that the North Korean people will have more opportunities for political, cultural, and economic freedom. But this hope is ...
Ever wondered what one quadrillion looks like? Here it is: 1,000,000,000,000,000. This is the number that Japan’s public debt is expected to have breached by the end of this fiscal year in March 2012 – reaching 1,024 trillion yen (US$13 trillion). This is an increase of 99.75 trillion yen from the previous year, owing to the ...
An interesting way to look at global gold demand is through the scope of two of the most basic, yet powerful human emotions: fear and love. Understanding this duality – the “fear trade” and the “love trade” – like a diamond cutter’s knife, slices through any misunderstanding surrounding why ...
A sharp drop in the value of the rupee against the US dollar in early November helped to moderate Indian demand for gold and silver during the tailend of the Diwali festival of light, according to new market analysis. Last Thursday the Indian gold price hit a new record high of approximately 91,322 rupees per troy ounce. In comparison, at ...
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