Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – “A lot of people have been buying at one rupee,” according to Gaurav Mathur, managing director of digital platform SafeGold, which has partnered with payments apps such as Flipkart Online Services Pvt.’s PhonePe to sell gold starting at that price. “It’s a low-risk way to try the product.”
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Fed is Expected to Raise Interest Rates Wednesday
The Fed is expected to raise interest rates Wednesday by a quarter point, and the pressure is on for Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to sound dovish — but not too dovish. Fed officials are also expected to revisit their fed funds rate forecasts and roll back some of the rate hikes expected in the next several years.
LIVE – ECB Press Conference – 13 December 2018
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) — Analysts will likely look out for comments from Draghi on the ECB’s outlook for economic growth and inflation, as well as details on the central bank’s reinvestment plans for maturing bonds.
Breaking News – Saudi Arabia to cut output by 900,000 Barrels a day in January – Neal Bhai Market Analyst
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Futures rose above $52 a barrel in New York. The industry-funded American Petroleum Institute was said to report U.S. crude supplies fell 10.2 million barrels last week, according to people familiar with the data. Earlier, oil settled higher on renewed optimism that announced production cuts from the OPEC+ coalition will re-balance global markets, while Libya’s biggest field remained shut, taking supply off line.
Crude Oil Prices Surge more than 4% as OPEC nears Deal to Cut Output
Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, rose $2.78, or 2.6 percent, to $62.84 a barrel by 8:47 a.m. ET (1347 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures were up $2.17, or 4.2 percent, at $53.66 per barrel.
What Economists Are Saying Before the November U.S. Jobs Report
“Strong growth earlier this year should ensure the economy creates jobs at a robust pace into year-end,” economists wrote in a note. “The composition of job gains will provide clues on which sectors will drive hiring in 2019. As the Fed continues to tighten policy, the housing and auto sectors will likely get hit by rising interest rates.”
Powell Says U.S. Labor Market ‘Very Strong’ by Many Measures
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) — “Our economy is currently performing very well overall, with strong job creation and gradually rising wages,’’ Powell said in the text of a speech to be delivered to a housing conference in Washington on Thursday. “In fact, by many national-level measures, our labor market is very strong.’’
India Growth Forecast Cut by Fitch Amid RBI-Government Spat
Economic growth may become a casualty of the tug-of-war between India’s government and its central bank.
As the world’s Top Oil Producing Nations Meet, Here are 5 Issues on everyone’s mind
From the lingering backlash over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi to the collapsing oil price, this week’s meeting in Austria of OPEC and other top oil producing nations is shaping up to be the most important, and most unusual, in years. There are many story lines. Here are the 5 to watch most closely.
India’s Sensex Declines Ahead of Central Bank’s Rate Review
The S&P BSE Sensex declined 0.6 percent, the most in two weeks, to 35,907.31 as of 9:53 a.m. in Mumbai, while the NSE Nifty 50 Index slipped 0.7 percent. Markets across Asia tumbled following the biggest slide on Wall Street since mid-October.