November 13, 20240 Comments

Dogecoin briefly surges 20% after Trump announces a Department of Government Efficiency — DOGE

Dogecoin shot higher on Tuesday night, extending its postelection surge after President-elect Donald Trump formally announced the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency, which he referred to as “DOGE” in his statement. Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, former Republican presidential candidate and Strive Asset Management co-founder, will lead the department, Trump said in a statement. Together, they “will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government

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November 13, 20240 Comments

Gold nears seven-week low as U.S. dollar surges on Trump win

Article content Gold slipped to its lowest level in more than seven weeks as the U.S. dollar continued to strengthen following Donald Trump’s election victory. Bullion fell as much as 1.1 per cent — after sliding 2.5 per cent in the previous session — as a gauge of the dollar rose to its highest level in a year. The gains, which make commodities priced in the greenback more expensive for

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November 11, 20240 Comments

Bitcoin surges to record high on Trump bets By Reuters

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – soared to record high of over $81,000 on Monday (NASDAQ:) as Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election along with pro-crypto candidates being voted to the Congress spurred expectations of a light-handed regulatory environment. Bitcoin, the world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, has more than doubled from the year’s low of $38,505 it hit on Jan. 23. It was last at $80,829 in Asian hours having touched

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November 10, 20240 Comments

Germany’s inflation surges to 2.4% as it narrowly skirts a technical recession

Passers-by walk in the pedestrian zone of the Bavarian capital. Peter Kneffel | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Germany’s inflation surged to 2.4% in October, back above the European Central Bank’s 2% target, even as the country narrowly avoided a technical recession in the third quarter. The preliminary print, announced by German statistics office Destatis, is harmonized across the euro area for comparability. Analysts polled by Reuters had been expecting

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November 8, 20240 Comments

Consumer confidence surges as election nears; job openings move lower

Consumers grew more optimistic about the U.S. economy heading into the contentious presidential election even as job openings hit multi-year lows, according to separate reports released Tuesday. The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index for October rose more than 11% to a reading of 138, its biggest one-month acceleration since March 2021. Along with that, the board’s expectations index of future conditions jumped nearly 8%, to a reading of 89.1 that

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