Total long crypto liquidations were above $100 mn for a third straight day on Sunday, after $258 mn on Friday and $290 mn on Saturday, according to data from Coinglass
President Joe Biden accused Exxon Mobil Corp. and other oil companies of exploiting high gasoline prices after a report showed inflation soaring to a new 40-year record
The faster-than-expected increase in inflation last month reported by the Labor Department on Friday also reflected a surge in rents, which increased by the most since 1990
The costs of gas, food and other necessities likely shot up in May, giving Americans no respite from the worst outbreak of inflation in four decades. Economists have forecast that overall consumer prices jumped 8.2 per cent last month compared with a year earlier, according to data provider FactSet. That would be barely below the 8.3 per cent year-over-year surge in April and the 8.5 per cent increase in March, which was the most since 1982. And on a month-to-month basis, prices are expected to have jumped 0.7 per cent from April to May, up sharply from a 0.3 per cent increase from March to April. The acceleration would almost certainly be due to gas prices, which had declined in April but leaped more than 10 per cent in May alone and have since reached an average of nearly USD 5 a gallon nationwide. America's rampant inflation is imposing severe financial pressures on families, forcing them to pay much more for such items as food, gas and rent and reducing their ability to afford
Gold Investors are looking cautiously into the US inflation data which will impact the US federal reserve's policy coming in soon
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The costs of gas, food and other necessities likely shot up in May, giving Americans no respite from the worst outbreak of inflation in four decades
Spot gold fell 0.1% to $1,850.10 per ounce by 1012 GMT, while U.S. gold futures were flat at $1,851.90
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen acknowledged that she and Fed chair Jerome Powell could have used a better word than transitory when describing the expected run of inflation in the US economy
US Treasury Secy said she saw bulk of inflation being caused by supply and demand mismatches, including excessive demand for goods over services during the pandemic and severe supply chain disruptions
Reserve Bank of Australia raised rates by most in 22 years and flagged more tightening to come as it battles to restrain surging inflation, driving a brief spike in the Aussie and hitting local shares
The dollar continued its overnight rally into Asian trading hours on Tuesday, hitting fresh two-decade highs versus the yen
"I still think we're going to navigate through without a recession. But obviously it's going to be very, very tight because risks are very high," Moody's Mark Zandi said
Asian shares made a muted start as caution gripped ahead of a critical reading on US inflation, while the euro gained on the yen amid wagers the ECB will take a major step toward policy tightening
Investors have questioned Walmart's ability to ask suppliers to offer price reductions when they too are focused on protecting margins in the face of inflation hovering at a four-decade high
President Biden meets Fed chair Powell, reiterates full support to rein in prices while simultaneously shifting the responsibility
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that she was wrong in the past about the path inflation would take, but said taming price hikes is President Joe Biden's top priority
The personal savings rate, as a percentage of disposable income, fell to 4.4 per cent in April, the lowest level since 2008 in the US, according to the Commerce Department
Joe Biden is set to meet with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell as soaring inflation takes a bite out of Americans' pocketbooks
Consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of US economic activity, increased 0.9% last month, and although inflation continued to increase in April, it was less than in recent months