Gold inched up on Friday and was on track for its second monthly gain as deteriorating U.S.-China ties in a world reeling from the coronavirus pandemic rattled investors and fueled demand for the safe-haven metal. Spot gold was up 0.1% at $1,719.47 per ounce by 0342 GMT. U.S. gold futures rose 0.3% to $1,717.60. However, the metal was down for the week, having dropped to a two-week low on Wednesday as easing lockdown measures around the world boosted hopes of an economic recovery. Source :...
Gold futures headed higher for a second session Friday, putting gold prices on track for a modest weekly gain amid focus on U.S.-China tensions and global monetary stimulus measures. President Donald Trump said that he was preparing to hold a Friday news conference on China but hasn't set a specific time. His planned remarks would come after the U.S., Australia, Canada and the U.K. governments issued a joint statement Thursday reiterating their "deep concern regarding Beijing's decision to...
The dollar was hemmed into a narrow trading range on Friday as traders™ focus shifted to U.S. President Donald Trump™s response to China™s passage of a national security law for Hong Kong. The yuan pulled away from a record low in offshore trade, but investors remain nervous ahead of Trump™s announcement later on Friday of policy moves that could ignite a diplomatic row between Washington and Beijing. The greenback was on course for a weekly loss against major currencies as progress...
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank's long-awaited program to lend to small- and medium-sized businesses is about to get off the ground. The Main Street lending facility, which will target companies with up to 15,000 employees, has been difficult to set up but is just about ready, Powell told Princeton University economist and former Fed official Alan Blinder in a webinar interview Friday. "We're days away from making our first loans in Main Street, he said. "We...
Gold futures ended higher on Friday as tensions between the U.S. and China over Hong Kong fed haven demand for the precious metal. Meanwhile, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Friday that while he was a bit less tense about the economy, he is still concerned about a potential "second wave" of the coronavirus outbreak. Against that backdrop, August gold climbed by $23.40, or nearly 1.4%, to settle at $1,751.70 an ounce. Most-active futures contract prices ended the month with a gain...
China says it will lift tariffs on U.S. soybeans, pork and some other farm goods in yet another sign of easing tensions between the two countries ahead of trade talks scheduled for next month.
The announcement, reported Friday by China's Xinhua news agency, is the latest in a series of recent conciliatory gestures the world's two largest economies have taken to curb their ongoing trade war.
On Thursday, Chinese Commerce Ministry spokesman Gao Feng said China was looking into purchasing U.S. agricultural goods such as pork and soybeans.
Gao also voiced hope the two sides will continue to create favorable conditions for the upcoming trade talks in Washington.
China previously imposed tariffs of 25 percent on U.S. farm goods and ordered importers to stop buying soybeans, the largest U.S. export to China. Beijing did not indicate Friday whether soybean purchases would resume.
Beijing's tariffs were imposed in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff increases on Chinese products.
On Wednesday, however, Trump announced he was postponing tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese goods from Oct. 1 to Oct. 15.
He said on Twitter that Chinese Vice Premier Liu He had asked for the delay because of celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China on Oct. 1.
Source : VOA
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Gold inched up on Friday and was on track for its second monthly gain as deteriorating U.S.-China ties in a world reeling from the coronavirus pandemic rattled investors and fueled demand for the safe-haven metal. Spot gold was up 0.1% at $1,719.47 per ounce by 0342 GMT. U.S. gold futures rose 0.3% to $1,717.60. However, the metal was down for the week, having dropped to a two-week low on Wednesday as easing lockdown measures around the world boosted hopes of an economic recovery. Source :...
Gold futures headed higher for a second session Friday, putting gold prices on track for a modest weekly gain amid focus on U.S.-China tensions and global monetary stimulus measures. President Donald Trump said that he was preparing to hold a Friday news conference on China but hasn't set a specific time. His planned remarks would come after the U.S., Australia, Canada and the U.K. governments issued a joint statement Thursday reiterating their "deep concern regarding Beijing's decision to...
The dollar was hemmed into a narrow trading range on Friday as traders™ focus shifted to U.S. President Donald Trump™s response to China™s passage of a national security law for Hong Kong. The yuan pulled away from a record low in offshore trade, but investors remain nervous ahead of Trump™s announcement later on Friday of policy moves that could ignite a diplomatic row between Washington and Beijing. The greenback was on course for a weekly loss against major currencies as progress...
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank's long-awaited program to lend to small- and medium-sized businesses is about to get off the ground. The Main Street lending facility, which will target companies with up to 15,000 employees, has been difficult to set up but is just about ready, Powell told Princeton University economist and former Fed official Alan Blinder in a webinar interview Friday. "We're days away from making our first loans in Main Street, he said. "We...
Gold futures ended higher on Friday as tensions between the U.S. and China over Hong Kong fed haven demand for the precious metal. Meanwhile, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Friday that while he was a bit less tense about the economy, he is still concerned about a potential "second wave" of the coronavirus outbreak. Against that backdrop, August gold climbed by $23.40, or nearly 1.4%, to settle at $1,751.70 an ounce. Most-active futures contract prices ended the month with a gain...