Yesterday's stocks slipped slightly in steady but below average volume while gold works back up to $1,200 and silver's perched above $16. Today's futures are nervous for both (indexes -0.35% metals -0.44%) because of this morning's document dump--
Initial Claims
Continuing Claims
CPI
Core CPI
Existing Home Sales
Philadelphia Fed
Leading Indicators
Natural Gas Inventories
--and global markets:
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European Stocks To Drift Lower After Fed Minutes RTT News - 3 hours ago European stocks are likely to open lower on Thursday, as minutes of the U.S. Federal Reserve's most recent policy meeting offered little insight into when interest rates could rise.
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Asia shares hurt by soft China data, yen slides Asian stocks mostly fell on Thursday as factory output data suggesting that China's economy was slowing dampened investor sentiment, while the yen slid to multi-year lows against the dollar and euro. The ...
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Global shares punctured by two-pronged China, Europe slowdown By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks extended losses on Thursday as evidence suggested both the Chinese and European economies were slowing, while the yen slid to multi-year lows against the dollar ... Reuters10 mins ago