COMEX Gold steadied above $2050/oz owing to softer US treasury yields amid solid demand for the first of this week’s three US debt sales
Fed Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said policymakers will probably gain confidence to cut interest rates “later this year” if the economy evolves as expected
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that
while losses in commercial real estate are a worry, US regulators are working to ensure that loan-loss reserves and liquidity levels in the financial system are adequate to cope (Bloomberg)
WTI Crude extends gains supported by lingering geopolitical risk in the Middle East as the Houthis targeted two ships in the southern Red Sea
LME base metals hold gains as markets grew hopeful of more forceful measures by Chinese authorities to support economic recovery and optimism from reports of regulators' plan to brief President Xi Jinping
Today, EIA crude oil inventories and speeches by more Fed officials will be in focus