22:14:50
Dana Peterson, Chief Economist, The Conference Board: When asked about the current state of household finances, the percentage of respondents who say they are "good" has fallen and the percentage who say "bad" has risen.
22:13:49
Dana Peterson, chief economist at the Conference Board: The assessment of the current situation declined in August as optimism about the employment situation faded. Fewer consumers say jobs are "plentiful" and more consumers say they are "hard to come by."
22:12:28
Dana Peterson, chief economist at The Conference Board: Consumer confidence is down across all age groups, with the decline most pronounced among those with household incomes above $100,000 and those with household incomes below $50,000.
22:11:38
Dana Peterson, chief economist at the Conference Board: Consumer confidence falls in August 2023, erasing consecutive gains in June and July. The decline in consumer confidence in August reflected a decline in both the current conditions and expectations indicators. Consumers were once again beset by rising prices, especially for groceries and gasoline, the survey showed.
22:09:31
COMEX silver rose by 2.00% in the day and is now at $24.74 an ounce.
22:04:53
Spot gold hit $1,930 an ounce, up 0.52% on the day.
22:04:41
The three major U.S. stock indexes rose in the short term, with the Nasdaq up 0.7%, the Dow up 0.3%, and the S&P 500 up 0.49%.
22:03:44
The U.S. 2-year Treasury yield fell 8 basis points in the short-term and is now at 4.94%.
22:03:34
The short-term decline of the U.S. dollar index DXY expanded to 30 points to 103.89. Non-U.S. currency pairs generally rose. The yen USD/JPY fell more than 40 points in the short term to 146.69.
22:01:28
Market news: The United States announced plans to impose minimum long-term debt requirements on more banks.
22:01:00
The U.S. dollar index DXY fell nearly 20 points in the short term to 104.02.
22:00:42
The Conference Board Consumer Expectations Index in August was 80.2, compared with 88.3 in the previous month.
22:00:31
The intraday increase of spot silver extended to 1.00%, and it is now reported at $24.50 per ounce. Spot gold rose $8 in the short term to $1925.6 per ounce.
22:00:30
In August, the Conference Board Consumer Conditions Index was 144.8, up from 160 in the previous month.
22:00:04
In the United States, there were 8.827 million job vacancies in JOLTs in July, which was expected to be 9.465 million and the previous value was 9.582 million.
22:00:03
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index in the United States in August was 106.1, expected to be 116, and the previous value was 117.
21:56:13
Peruvian Minister of Economy: Inflation continues to slow and is expected to reach 4% by the end of the year.
21:50:00
The US JOLTs job vacancies for July and the Conference Board consumer confidence index for August will be released in ten minutes.
21:49:59
Synthetic biology company Ginkgo Bioworks (DNA.N) rose more than 19%, and Alphabet (GOOG.O, GOOGL.O) rose more than 1%, after the company established a five-year cloud and artificial intelligence strategic partnership with Google Cloud Relationship, designed to enable Ginkgo to develop and deploy artificial intelligence tools for biology and biosafety.
21:44:04
German Chancellor Scholz: Germany will speed up the expansion of liquefied natural gas terminals, not only in North Germany, but throughout Germany.