If you want to find real, accurate information on inflation, you need to ignore what the Fed says and focus on what's happening for real businesses.The Fed will never give an accurate portrayal of inflation because doing so would reveal that:1) The Fed has been lying about inflation levels for decades.2) The Fed did this to "paper over" declining living standards in the US (using cheap d...Read More

By Ira EpsteinGold now in longest streak of winning days since 2011.https://www.iraepstein.com/ Read More

East Asian stainless steel prices maintained their upward trend over the past week amid gains in China's domestic market and costlier nickel.Metal Bulletin's assessment of prices for benchmark 304 stainless 2mm cold-rolled coil was $2,150-2,200 per tonne cif East Asian ports for the week ended Wednesday January 3, tightening upward by $50 per tonne from $2,100-2,200 per tonne a week earlier.Metal...Read More

2018 has just begun. What will a new year bring for the gold market?Macroeconomic Outlook Will Remain UnpleasantThe current economic expansion is surprisingly durable, as it has already lasted more than 100 months. It worries many investors who are afraid of the upcoming recessions. Surely, there are many reasons to worry, and the recession will eventually come. But we are not at this point yet. T...Read More

Palladium prices surge to new record high over $1,100/oz today- Palladium surges past record nominal price seen in 2001 after 55% surge in 2017- Best-performing precious metal and commodity of 2017 is palladium- Palladium prices top platinum prices for first time in 16 years- Strong Chinese car demand and switch from diesel to petrol cars sees demand surge- Supply crunch as six year supply defi...Read More

By Alasdair MacleodThis might seem a frivolous question, while the dollar still retains its might, and is universally accepted in preference to other, less stable fiat currencies. However, it is becoming clear, at least to independent monetary observers, that in 2018 the dollar's primacy will be challenged by the yuan as the pricing medium for energy and other key industrial commodities. After a...Read More

By Clint SiegnerMetals investors may have missed it given the gloomy sentiment that plagued markets for much of 2017, but gold just finished its best year since 2011.Perhaps in a year like the one just passed, 13% gains are simply not inspiring. U.S. stocks finished about 25% higher for the year, and crypto-currencies including Bitcoin left all other asset classes in the dust. Bitcoin gained rou...Read More

By BullionStarhttps://www.bullionstar.com/The December issue of BullionStar's 'Gold Market Charts' looks at developments in the world's major physical gold markets during November, the latest month for which the relevant data is available. Each month, this series of article uses gold charts from the GOLD CHARTS R US market charting website.SGE Gold WithdrawalsPhysical gold withdrawals from t...Read More

By RambusTonight I would like to start out by looking at the $CDNX, Canadian Venture Composite Index, which blasted higher last week and is following through this week. The reason this index is so important is because it not only has many junior precious metals stocks, but also many small cap energy related stocks as well as other speculative venture capital stocks from other sectors. This is a...Read More

By Gary SavageThe gold:oil ratio has been trending in favor of oil for a number of months. I look for this trend to reverse soon in favor of gold.https://blog.smartmoneytrackerpremium.com/ Read More

Investors jumped back into copper on Thursday after reports that top consumer China is slashing import quotas of scrap metal, a bullish development first rumoured last year.After pulling back over the first three trading days of the year, Comex copper bounced back to just below $3.30 a pound ($7,270 per tonne) in New York, up over 1% from Wednesday's settlement. While gains were pared by early af...Read More

- Palladium prices surge to new record high over $1,100/oz today- Palladium surges past record nominal price seen in 2001 after 55% surge in 2017- Best-performing precious metal and commodity of 2017 is palladium- Palladium prices top platinum prices for first time in 16 years- Strong Chinese car demand and switch from diesel to petrol cars sees demand surge- Supply crunch as six year supply...Read More

Turkey has reduced the import duty applied to incoming shipments of hot-rolled coil (HRC) intended for re-rollers to 3.5% from the previous 5%, with effect from Monday January 1.The duty remains at 9% for other HRC imports, Metal Bulletin has heard.Market...Read More

Metal Bulletin has amended its Brazilian domestic steel prices to reflect standard market practices, making changes to the calculation of its monthly assessments. Local taxes are now excluded from the price calculation methodologies.Previously, all Brazilian domestic flat steel prices - Brazil domestic cold rolled coil ex-works Reais per tonne monthly, Brazil domestic hot-dipped galvanized coil ex...Read More

Trade protection measures in the Middle East could support local steel producers' attempts to capture much of the increased regional steel demand expected in 2018. Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) nations are due to make a final decision by the second quarter of this year on whether to impose anti-dumping duties on Chinese non-welded oil country tubular goods (OCTG) made of iron or steel with a rad...Read More

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange ended mostly higher on Thursday December 4, with only tin bucking the overall upward trend. The three-month nickel price gained more than $200 and copper ended $41.50 higher, albeit below $7,200 per tonne. "We remain positive on copper over the very short-term, expecting the rebound to continue at the start of the year. Our momentum-based indicators...Read More

The export market for CIS-origin pig iron has been inactive over the new year holiday period, with an improvement in trading activity expected only next week, sources told Metal Bulletin on Thursday January 4."The market is totally quiet. I haven't heard about any big inquires for several weeks," a European trader told Metal Bulletin.Buyers will come back from their holidays on Monday January 8, h...Read More

Turkish deep-sea scrap trading remained silent again on Thursday January 4, as most suppliers were still out of the market due to heavy winter conditions and holiday outages.The country's steel mills were expected to try to book more cargoes for February, but the supply was tight and there were not many cargoes available in the market, Metal Bulletin was told."Scrap collection is slow due to heavy...Read More

Metal Bulletin proposes to amend its international cobalt price specifications as a result of changes in the market, and invitesfeedback on the following consultation.The deadline for Stage 1 feedback is Friday January 12. Click on the image above to download the full-sized PDF.Read More

The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Thursday January 4.The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Thursday January 4.Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were universally higher during morning trading, with copper and nickel climbing more than 1%."After weakness and consolidation in the base metals in rec...Read More