Bank of France Gold Sale and Global Central Bank Reserve Shift in 2026 – News and Statistics
Apr 23, 2026 The Bank of France recently sold its 129-tonne U.S. gold reserve and subsequently repurchased it…
Dollar drops on Iran war de-escalation hopes
The dollar fell Tuesday on hopes of an end to the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, though it remained…
Canadian, U.S. stock markets fall amid central bank rate decisions
The S&P/TSX composite index was down 616.42 points at 32,312.67. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average…
Dollar poised for second weekly gain with no end in sight for Iran war
The dollar held gains on Friday, set for its second weekly gain since the beginning of the war…
Dollar gains, euro sags as Iran war lifts energy prices
The euro slid, while the franc and dollar rose on Monday as investors headed for safety after the…
Dollar set for best week in four months on hawkish Fed, geopolitics
The dollar was buoyed on Friday by a run of better-than-expected economic data, a more hawkish Federal Reserve…
BTC on track for fifth weekly decline, first since 2022, geopolitical risks mount
Bitcoin is on course to print its fifth consecutive weekly loss, which would mark the first such streak…
Gold’s surge likely to hold up, for now
The report points to two main reasons for the surge in gold prices: “massive purchases by central banks…
U.S. dollar weakening is bad news for countries that use the euro
In the runup to the Federal Reserve’s meeting Wednesday, the value of the U.S. dollar has been falling.…
Gold prices surging higher than ever amid global uncertainty
The value of gold has been soaring. It just topped $5,000 an ounce for the first time ever…
AI’s machine learning may net productivity gains and influence Fed
Members of the Federal Reserve rate-setting committee say they are factoring increased labor productivity into their economic forecasts…
Local grandma receives $30 Barbie from Canada, then $802 tariff charge from shipper
Bonnie O’Connell has a long history of paying her bills on time.”I tend to do the right thing,”…