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Recent price squeeze masks silver's firm fundamentals

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INTERNATIONAL

It lost almost all of this gain the following day, but remains broadly on an upward trend, after the price gained nearly 50% in 2020.

Global steel market will still face oversupply

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INTERNATIONAL

Slow cuts to global steel overcapacity.

Rising US retail stock trading will draw modest reform

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UNITED STATES

Late-phase bull equity markets invariably spawn a new generation of novice, casual traders. The surge in popularity of free stock trading apps such as Robinhood, combined with the…

Debt distress to far outgrow global mitigation efforts

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INTERNATIONAL

The debt problem is more serious, and the tools available to deal with it less developed, than often assumed. To develop plans to deal with debt problems, the international…

Trade and tech uncertainty will boost ‘safer’ assets

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INTERNATIONAL

US President Donald Trump’s decision last month to intensify the US-China conflict by raising the tariff rate and targeting Chinese tech firms is straining stock markets and…

Regulation may lag stablecoin usage, delaying projects

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INTERNATIONAL

Stablecoins are linked to an underlying asset and as such are inherently less volatile than cryptocurrencies. Issuance so far has been mainly national. The launch of global…

Risks are high despite Turkey’s policy 'normalisation'

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TURKEY

With the lira at a record low, the Central Bank continued to tighten monetary policy this week, funding the market through competitive one-month repo tenders at rates of around…

Dubai will draw in investment through share offerings

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

On the same day, its new USD450mn desalination project, publicised as the most sustainable in the region, was reported to be on track for completion. DEWA, the emirate’s principal…

Politics may compound Sudan’s economic crisis

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SUDAN

This follows a major devaluation of the Sudanese pound in early October, which the government hopes can stabilise runaway inflation and lure foreign currency back into circulation…

Risks arising from gold price volatility will rise

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INTERNATIONAL

Gold increases in attractiveness when interest rates are low, as the opportunity cost of leaving money in the metal -- which yields no inherent investment return -- is low…