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. Gold prices rose on Thursday towards their highest levels in eight months this week as US Treasury yields fell, while reports of mortar fire in eastern Ukraine prompted investors to choose safe bullion. And gold rose in spot transactions 0.4 percent to $ 1876.41 an ounce, hovering near its …

What you need to know on Thursday, February 17:The American dollar edged lower on Wednesday, despite the release of upbeat US data and uncertainty related to Russian and Ukrainian border tensions. The US Federal Reserve released the Minutes of the latest FOMC meeting, which indicated that policymakers are willing to …

During the North American session, the European currency extended its rally, so far up 0.40% in the week, amid uncertainty in the Russia/Ukraine conflict. At the time of writing, the EUR/USD is trading at 1.1379.The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has kept the market mood continuously swinging since last Friday, …

US stock indexes have maintained mixed performance on Wall Street in afternoon trading Wednesday following Fed meeting minutes. The Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting showed policymakers discussing the possibility of a more aggressive pace of interest rate hikes as the central bank moves to fight inflation. The S&P 500 was …

Bitcoin was trading in a tight range between $43,000 and $44,000 over the past 24 hours. Support is nearby, which could limit pullbacks over the short term.Buyers will need to maintain a price floor above $40,000 to sustain the uptrend from $36,000 that occurred on Feb. 3. Intraday charts appear …

Federal Reserve officials last month agreed that, with inflation widening its grip on the economy and employment strong, it was time to tighten monetary policy, but also that decisions would depend on a meeting-by-meeting analysis of data, according to minutes of the Jan. 25-26 policy meeting.Participants agreed that the US …

The minutes of the 25-26 January FOMC meeting, released on Wednesday, said that most participants suggested that a faster pace of increases in the target rate for the Federal Funds rate than in the post-2015 period would likely be warranted. Additional Quotes Participants continued to stress that maintaining flexibility to …

US Treasury yields retreated on Wednesday’s session, despite the significant improvement in the US retail sales figures which came as a result of statements out of the Federal Reserve that reflected the adherence of members of the Central Bank’s Board of Governors not to exceed the rate hike next March …

Gold prices found good support in the $1850 area and has advanced on Wednesday in the run-up to Fed minutes. Geopolitical angst regarding Russia/Ukraine remains elevated, underpinning gold, which is also being supported by technical factors.The price of the yellow metal is going and froing between the day’s range of …

Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Timothy Lane said on Wednesday that the central bank will be nimble and, if necessary, forceful in using its monetary policy tools to tackle inflation, according to Reuters.We are alert to the risk that inflation may again prove more persistent, he continued, adding that we …