Sabtu, 27 Juli 2013

Ben Bernanke vs Obama


US President Barack Obama will likely name a successor to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke in a few months, a senior White House official said Friday.

In response to a question about the much-buzzed about successor to Bernanke, whose second four-year term expires January 31, the official said tersely: "No decision made, no announcement imminent -- announcement likely not until the fall."

Jumat, 26 Juli 2013

update gold, FRIDAY


 Global commodity prices mostly fell this week as traders took their cue from mounting worries over the Chinese economy, which is a crucial consumer of many raw materials and where data showed China's country's manufacturing activity contracted to an 11-month low in July.

OIL: World oil prices were shaken by stubborn Chinese demand concerns.
HSBC said in a survey Wednesday that its preliminary purchasing managers' index 
(PMI) hit 47.7 this month, down from a final 48.2 in June and the lowest since August. A reading below 50 indicates contraction, while anything above signals expansion.