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Oil Prices Slide to 6½-Year Low
August 14th, 2015
Concern about Chinese demand after yuan’s devaluation pressures crude prices Crude-oil futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange dropped to a more-than six-year low Friday on escalating concerns about demand from China following the yuan’s devaluation. Nymex oil futures for ...
China’s Yuan Rate Rises for First Time Since Devaluation
August 14th, 2015
The yuan halted a three-day slide after China’s central bank raised its reference rate for the first time since Tuesday’s devaluation and said it will intervene to prevent excessive swings. The onshore spot rate was little changed at 6.4003 ...
China central bank tries to soothe global markets, says no basis for yuan to fall further
August 13th, 2015
China’s central bank said on Thursday that there was no basis for further depreciation in the yuan given strong economic fundamentals, in a bid to reassure jittery global markets after it devalued the currency earlier in the week. As ...
Gold demand falls in Q2 2015
August 13th, 2015
Gold demand falls in Q2 2015 as reduced consumer appetite in Asia outweighs increased buying in some western markets The World Gold Council’s Gold Demand Trends report for Q2 2015 shows total demand was 915 tonnes (t), a fall of 12% ...
Yuan cut clobbers markets, rekindles fear of forex war
August 12th, 2015
China’s 2 percent devaluation of the yuan hit global equities and U.S. oil prices on Tuesday with investors fearing a new currency war as well as declining Chinese economic momentum. Wall Street ended lower as investors contemplated the implications ...
Asian markets down as yuan depreciates a further 1.6%
August 12th, 2015
Chinese shares were lower on Wednesday as its central bank again devalued the yuan, following Tuesday’s record cut. The People’s Bank of China fixed the daily guiding rate for the currency down 1.6% to 6.3306 against the dollar. The ...
PBOC sharply cuts yuan against US dollar after weak data
August 11th, 2015
The People’s Bank of China allowed the yuan to depreciate almost 2 percent against the U.S. dollar to levels last seen three years ago, sending a shock through currency markets. In a statement, the Chinese central bank said that ...
China About To Make History — Again
August 10th, 2015
Any discussion of China has to open with the now-widely-understood fact that the numbers it reports are not to be trusted. Knowing this makes it easy to dismiss claims of high and consistently-on-target GDP growth, for instance, as a ...
Asia Stocks Swing as Aussie, Copper Slide on China; Oil Retreats
August 10th, 2015
Asian stocks swung between gains and losses and the Australian dollar slipped after a slump in Chinese exports and producer prices. Copper fell, while crude oil retreated toward this year’s low after U.S. producers added rigs. The MSCI Asia ...
Oil Prices Near Six-Year Lows on Oversupply Fears
August 7th, 2015
Increased stockpiles and worries over China’s demand feed bearish momentum Oil prices dropped toward six-year lows Thursday on concerns that the global crude glut will worsen when the U.S.’s busy summer-driving season comes to a close. Prices have slid ...
