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Gold extends its decline on Wednesday, facing enormous pressure due to surging United States (US) Treasury Yields and rising oil prices.US 10-year bond yields hit fresh almost three-year highIn Asian trade on Wednesday, 10-year US Treasury Yields hit a record high at 4.81%, the highest level seen since November 2023.Higher yields on interest-bearing assets result in diminishing the appeal of non-yielding assets, such as Gold.Strategists at BNY see “fiscal concerns and doubts about the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) credibility” as the key culprits behind the latest move in long-dated US yields. They also highlighted that Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh’s hawkish speech…

XAU/USD Current Price: $4,368 A suspected Bank of Japan intervention on the Yen weighed on the US Dollar.The Bank of Canada left rates unchanged, but opened the door for “multiple” rate hikes.XAU/USD bounced from a fresh one-month low, risk still skewed to the downside.The XAU/USD pair trades around $4,360, up on Wednesday after bottoming at $4,282 during Asian trading hours. The US Dollar (USD) maintained its positive tone throughout the first half of the day, but changed course early in the American session, helped by two external factors.On the one hand, a sharp Japanese Yen (JPY) appreciation put pressure on the…

Sterling has spent Wednesday handing back the last of its August rally, with GBP/USD trading just under 1.3500 after a session low a shade beneath 1.3475. That is roughly 1.5% below the peak short of 1.3700 the pair reached in the final days of August, and it leaves the tape at its weakest in three weeks. The awkward part of the decline is what British bond yields have been doing the entire way down.The wrong kind of yield riseUK 10-year borrowing costs pushed above 5.20% this week, the highest since 2008, with the long end making fresh eighteen-year highs alongside…

Trading Standards officers in Scotland say they need extra powers to help tackle what they describe as an “explosion” of illegal tobacco sales in high street shops.The products include counterfeit cigarettes or those smuggled into the country to avoid tax.Trading Standards link the UK-wide problem to organised crime.The Scottish government said illicit tobacco is a serious issue and that it’s working with partners about how best to deal with it.The BBC’s Katie Hunter joined Trading Standards officers on raids in Inverness.Filmed and edited by Morgan Spence

The Dutch central bank (DNB) has confirmed that billions of dollars in gold has been taken out of north America and relocated to London, citing “increasing geopolitical unrest”.DNB said on Wednesday that 86 tonnes of gold had been removed from the US and Canada in a complex operation that took several months. It is now being held by the Bank of England, where the precious metal can be traded more easily “in a crisis situation”.Bank president Olaf Sleijpen said the move was “necessary to strengthen our resilience and preparedness”.The decision comes amid an ongoing trade dispute between the US and…

France has started imposing fees on fast fashion items which could reach almost €20 per garment by 2030, as the government tries to curb sales of cheap clothing sold by e-commerce sites.The levy, which came into force on Tuesday, follows a new law passed in June to regulate so-called “ultra-fast fashion” companies such as Shein, Temu and AliExpress.The e-commerce giants, known for selling large volumes of cheap apparel, have been criticised by French officials for driving a surge in fast fashion.China’s commerce ministry has described the French law as discriminatory and a trade barrier, saying it could violate World Trade…

Available for over a yearBBC Newsnight presenter Paddy O’Connell speaks to Nobel Prize-winning economist Daron Acemoglu about why he thinks liberal democracy is in crisis, and how artificial intelligence could make it worse. Daron argues that liberal democracy worked because people were given a say in how they were governed and then benefited from their country’s economy as it prospered. But western governments have made major decisions on issues like immigration without first building public agreement, something which was once important. In an interview with BBC Newsnight, he says that together, these changes have left many working people feeling that…

The Federal Reserve (Fed) released its Beige Book on Wednesday, in which the US central bank stated that economic activity increased modestly since early July, while overall employment rose slightly. Regarding inflation, prices rose in eight districts.Input pressures were elevated in manufacturing and construction across multiple districts due to price increases in energy, raw materials, transportation, and petrochemicals.Key highlights:Employment rose very slightly overall, with three districts showing modest gains in employment, four reporting slight gains, and five districts experiencing no change.Economic activity increased modestly since early July.The general outlook for the coming months was positive, but sentiment was mixed across…