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Gold Silver Reports — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said on Monday that interest rate hikes are likely on the way because “positive economic forces have outweighed the negative” for the United States, though last month’s weak jobs report bears watching.
Gold Silver Reports — Pacific Investment Management Co. says the growth trajectory and financial health of India’s economy will support rupee bonds regardless of who helms the central bank. That may soon be someone other than Governor Raghuram Rajan after a newspaper report said he’s not seeking a 2nd term.
Gold Silver Reports — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the ongoing improvement in the U.S. economy would warrant another interest rate increase “in the coming months,” stopping short of giving an explicit hint that the central bank would act in June.
Gold Silver Reports — The dollar’s best month in more than a year faces one last barrier: Janet Yellen speaks on Friday and any hint that interest-rate hikes will be delayed could spur a reversal for the greenback.
Gold Silver Reports — Gold fell for a fifth day, the longest run of losses in six months, as speculation that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates as early as next month strengthened the dollar and dented the metal’s allure.
Gold Silver Reports — The U.S. economy should be solid enough to merit an interest-rate increase this year, and the central bank won’t cave to political pressure to refrain from tightening during a presidential election year, said John Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
Gold Silver Reports — The gold standard is one of the oldest ideas about money, but the hardest of hard-money hawks sense an opening to breathe new life into it. Decades ago, the amount of cash circulating in a country was often limited by the stash of bullion held in its coffers.
Especially since 2008, developed-world policy has headed in the exact opposite direction, expanding the powers of central banks to stoke growth. Helicopter drops of money, potentially the next new thing, would be a giant leap further.