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Asian Imports of Iran Crude Rise 13% in June
Asian imports of Iranian crude oil rose from a year ago in June, the last month before a landmark ag...
OPEC Oil Output Survey Hints at Record High Production
OPEC oil output reached the highest monthly level in recent history in July, a Reuters survey found ...
Canadian Stocks Rise as Gold Rebound Boosts Producers
Canadian stocks rose for a fourth day, headed for a two-week high, as raw-materials producers increa...
China to Open Commodity Futures Market to Foreign Investors
Foreign investors will be allowed to transfer either foreign currency or yuan funds into China to tr...
Gold Rebounds After US Soft Economic Data
Gold prices on Friday morning are posting a decent rebound from selling pressure that earlier this w...
US, Canada and Vietnam Plan to Drop Import Tariffs in 10-20 Years
The United States, Canada and Vietnam plan to remove import tariffs on Japanese automobiles over a p...
Oppenheimer Still Sees Weaker Gold Ahead
Gold simply cannot catch a break. After spending the year bouncing around five-year lows, the commod...
Greek Stock Market to Reopen on Monday
The stock exchange in Athens is set to reopen next week after a closure of more than a month, amid t...
Chicago PMI Higher than Expected at 57.7 in July
Business activity in the U.S. Midwest jumped to a six-month high in July, topping economists’ ...
US Consumer Sentiment Falls in July
U.S. consumer sentiment came in slightly below expectations at 93.1, the Survey of Consumers said Fr...
Emerging Markets Hit by Metals Downturn
Commodity prices are well off their 2011 highs. In recent months, they have crumbled quickly. No won...
Swiss Central Bank Reports 50B Franc Loss
The soaring value of the Swiss franc against the euro has led Switzerland’s central bank to re...
Canadian GDP Shrinks in May as Recession Fears Grow
The Canadian economy shrank for the fifth consecutive month in May, by 0.2 percent from April, stren...
Worst ECI Reading Since 1982 Gives Fed a Headache
The employment cost index has thrown a major spanner in the works today, following its lowest readin...
Five Things Everyone Will Be Talking About Today
Euro inflation unchanged, Commodities rout continues and China stocks worst monthly decline in six y...
Oil at $40 Seen Less of a Blow to Russia as Economy Adjusts
Eleven months of surviving with oil below $100 have left Russia hardened enough to endure a monthlon...
Tsipras Survives for Now as Party Rebels Blast Greece Rescue
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras staved off an immediate challenge to his premiership, though fai...
Euro Zone Inflation, Unemployment Hold Steady
Euro zone annual inflation held steady at 0.2 percent in July, far below the European Central Bank (...
US Data Eyed as Fed Hike Looms
Attention will remain very much on the U.S. economy and the Federal Reserve as we head into week and...