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数字背后的数字
Latest trade figures from China for the month of April have worsened markets’ sentiment. Growth in exports was “only” 8.5% versus a year ago, significantly lower than in March when the growth rate was an extraordinary 14.8%. Imports, which are seen as an indicator of domestic economic activity, even…
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褪色的光环
Since the last edition a tremendous lot has happened in the world. Not only did the dreadful war continue in the Ukraine but then also the Californian Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) caused great commotion. Numerous customers had withdrawn their money, almost driving the financial institution to bankruptcy had…
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褪色的光环
Nickel prices on the London Metal Exchange (LME) are showing little own momentum at present, just like the base metals copper and aluminium. Prices are in a phase of correction. The entire world is looking to the central banks to estimate how high the key interest rates could indeed rise in order to fight inflation. While it had still been hoped at the start of the year that…
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天空为限
It can happen quite often that important future-orientated topics are diluted in public and political discussions. Climate change, electric mobility, the pandemic, migration and much more could be taken here as examples. This could be due to the complexity which unfortunately lies behind many questions, but it can also be an…
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鸦片也已卷入游戏？
After the unfortunately negative iconic events on the London Metal Exchange (LME) in March 2022, it has since become very quiet, too quiet in the opinion of quite a few observers and market participants. Whilst steps were taken ad hoc already in March, for example the introduction of a maximum daily range and the suspension of trade during the early morning trade in Asia, as well as internal and external investigations being initiated…
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金属交易，还是金属赌场？
The London Metal Exchange has always been known, if not to say, has been notorious for its volatility. Some even describe the LME as a “Casino”. But the matter is not so simple for there has never been any better alternative so far. The market for primary nickel, especially in the form of brands which are approved on the LME (so called Class 1), is…
