Indian Economy on Recovery Path

Gold Silver Reports — Ahead of the meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors of G20, the IMF said India’s economy is on a recovery path while cautioning that any deceleration in the pace of reforms will weigh on growth.

In a surveillance report released on Thursday, the IMF said lower oil prices, positive policy actions and improved confidence have helped India’s growth prospects. 

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Flexible Smartphones Are Coming

Flexible Smartphones Are Coming

Gold Silver Reports — A little-known startup in China is gunning to be the first to sell flexible smartphones this year, seeking to upstage Samsung Electronics Co., which has started to dabble in flexible-screen technology.

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Fed Rate Moves to Block Out

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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.

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Calls for Everyone’s Favorite Standard Are Back; Make America Gold Again

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.

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