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Highlights include US NFP, ISM PMIs, EZ Flash CPI, UK Retail Sales, and Canada Jobs Newsquawk Week Ahead: Highlights1st – 5th September 2025 MON: US Labor Day, South Korean Trade Balance Prelim (Aug), Chinese Caixin Manufacturing PMI (Final), EZ, UK, US Manufacturing PMI (Final), New Zealand Terms of Trade (Q2) TUE: South Korean CPI (Aug), EZ Flash HICP (Aug), US ISM Manufacturing PMI (Aug) WED: NBP Announcement, Australia Real GDP (Q2), US ADP National Employment (Aug), Chinese Caixin Services PMI (Final), mEZ, UK, US Services PMI (Final), US Durable Goods R (Jul) THU: Swedish CPIF (Aug), US ISM Services…
Raymond James analyst Tim Thein cut his earnings targets for Caterpillar after the bulldozer maker bumped up its cost estimates for tariffs.
Gold markets faced an unprecedented rollercoaster this week as the US appeared to target Swiss gold imports with tariffs as high as 39%. The world’s biggest bullion trading hub, Switzerland, suddenly found itself at the centre of a global financial storm. Headlines sent shudders through commodity floors and sent Australian gold prices swinging between A$5,150 and A$5,250. Investors worldwide braced as key bar formats, 1-kg and 100-oz bars, looked set for hefty new charges. The Announcement That Wasn’t: The Tariff That Wasn’t Panic struck global markets on August 7 when major financial outlets and several industry groups began circulating reports…
The Japanese Yen strengthens, dragging USD/JPY below the 147.00 psychological level.The US Dollar is pressured by concerns over Fed independence and a dovish monetary policy outlook, overshadowing upbeat US GDP and jobs data.Focus shifts to Friday’s July PCE and Japan’s Tokyo CPI, labor and retail figures for fresh direction.The Japanese Yen (JPY) strengthens against the US Dollar (USD) on Thursday, with USD/JPY slipping below the 147.00 mark as the Greenback remains under pressure. Concerns over the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) independence and expectations of a dovish policy shift, reinforced by Chair Jerome Powell’s remarks at the Jackson Hole Symposium, overshadow the…
Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller on Thursday said he now supports a series of interest-rate cuts beginning in September, with the pace of subsequent moves driven by the incoming data.
Bank of Japan (BoJ) monetary policy board member Junko Nakagawa said on Thursday, “if its outlook for economic activity and prices is realized, BoJ will continue to raise the policy interest rate.”Additional quotesHigh uncertainties remain over future course of trade policies and their impact.BoJ will make monetary appropriate policy decisions by continuing to carefully assess data and information.There is a possibility that upward pressure on wages and the pass-through of higher wages to selling prices will strengthen.Results of the upcoming September tankan will also be very important in examining the changes arising from factors such as progress in trade policy…
Margin debt levels won’t help traders time the next correction, says this fund manager but using options to hedge exposure can cushion some of the fall if and when it comes.
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“Are there CFPs who are more aligned with a pragmatic, yet Christian, approach?”
In a wide-ranging interview with BullionStar’s Claudia Merkert, legendary resource investor Rick Rule shared candid views on the state of the gold and silver markets, central bank demand, U.S. fiscal realities, and his upcoming venture, Battle Bank. Rule, founder and CEO of Rule Investment Media, last appeared on BullionStar’s channel in December 2022, when gold traded at around USD 1,800. Since then, both gold and silver have almost doubled, and sentiment has shifted dramatically. Gold and the Dollar’s Decline USD in Gold, 1970s to present Rule argues that gold’s performance is inseparable from concerns about the U.S. dollar’s purchasing power.…