Commodities

According to Wall Street Journal, cost pressures are depriving Democrats of the political benefits of the strong U. S. economy. Today, jobs and wages are growing rapidly, the stock market is at records on the back of positive corporate earnings and the public is optimistic about jobs and their financial …

The Energy Information Administration reported on Wednesday that U.S. crude inventories rose by 1 million barrels for the week ended Nov. 5.The fresh data matches the average increase expected by analysts polled by S&P Global Platts. The American Petroleum Institute on Tuesday reported a 2.5 million-barrel decline, according to sources. …

U.S. wholesale inventories increased more than expected initially in September, but automobile stocks declined further amid a global semiconductor shortage, which is undercutting motor vehicle production.The Commerce Department said on Wednesday that wholesale inventories increased 1.4%, instead of 1.1% as estimated last month. Stocks at wholesalers rose 1.3% in August. …

Consumer inflation surged in October as fuel costs picked up, supply chains remained under pressure and rents moved higher. NYT said that it is bad news for economic Fed’s policymakers and for the White House, which had been emphasizing a recent slowdown in price gains.Inflation picked up to 0.9 percent …

Oil prices rose on Wednesday, continuing the strong gains recorded in the previous session, after data in the sector revealed that US crude stocks fell unexpectedly last week, with travel demand starting to recover in the short term with the easing of pandemic restrictions. Brent crude futures rose 44 cents, …

Bitcoin’s rally weakened on Tuesday, suggesting that buyers took some profits at around the $68,500 all-time price high. Despite a short-term retreat, upward price targets are expectedfor both BTC and ETH over the next month.There is a positive sentiment that often prevail the crypto markets near every year’s end. Price …

On Tuesday, Gold prices continued to trend higher after breaking since Friday. Despite the USD’s holding steady, the decline in U.S. treasury yields buoyed the precious metal. The solid U.S. PPI report released on Tuesday by the Labor Department showed that part of wholesale inflation is decelerating.Heavy buying trend of …

U.S. shares retreated back from record levels on Tuesday’s U. S. session, threatening to disrupt an eight-day gaining sessions for the S&P 500 Index, the first time since 1955. The benchmark index fell by 0.5% in afternoon trading. The S&P 500 pulled back to end an 8-session winning line of …

U. S. WTI sharply advances in the New York session, up by almost 2%, trading at $82.93 per barrel. Earlier, Tuesday, oil retreated under the $81.00 psychological figure, but later found support at the 1-hour 50-simple moving average at $80.99, which capped the downward pressure on the U. S. crude …

On Wednesday, the U. S. economic scene will witness the latest release of the Consumer Price Index, CPI, for October. This data is awaited by investors and traders, as the Federal Reserve dovish tone spurred a selloff in the bond market, while US Treasury yields fall.CPI is unlikely to offer …