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Tether, the world's largest stablecoin issuer, has announced a major investment in Georgia and plans to launch GEL?, a digital token pegged one-to-one to the Georgian lari, a currency used only within the country of 3.7 million. The move signals growing crypto ambitions in the South Caucasus, but also raises concerns about transparency, as it comes with full backing from the authoritarian-leaning Georgian government. Stablecoins are designed to hold a fixed value, typically pegged to the US...

(RTTNews) - Partially offsetting the sharp decline from yesterday's session, gold prices have edged higher on Thursday as optimism on a resolution to the Middle East crisis increased after Israel and Lebanon consented to a ceasefire. In addition, both the U.S. and Iran confirmed

The United States still feels oil shocks. It just doesn't feel them the way it did when America was dancing to disco and waiting in gas lines. If the Fed is right, the idea that every oil shock leads to recession is outdated. A new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston finds that rising domestic oil production has fundamentally changed how higher crude prices ripple through the U.S. economy. The result is a country that remains vulnerable to energy inflation but is far less likely to...

Gold saw a significant price rally over the course of 2025, after geopolitical uncertainty and heightened central bank buying drove more people to the safe haven asset. Gold prices rallied 44 per cent last year, reaching $4,550 per ounce in December and recording 56 fresh record highs according to the latest report from Metals Focus. It also marked the asset's strongest performance since 1980. The report credited the sharp rise to concerns surrounding global growth, inflation and supply chains,...

A study of analyst recommendations at the major brokerages shows that IAMGold Corp (Symbol: IAG) is the #39 broker analyst pick, on average, out of the 50 stocks making up the Metals Channel Global Mining Titans Index. The Metals Channel Global Mini

Africa's biggest refinery is getting bigger. Nigeria's Dangote refinery has started work on a second crude processing unit that will add another 700,000 barrels per day (bpd) of capacity, putting the complex on track to rival the world's largest refining site and giving billionaire owner Aliko Dangote a much larger role in global fuel markets. According to Dangote Petroleum Refinery CEO David Bird, construction is already underway at the Lekki site outside Lagos. The new refinery is expected to...

Long-term unemployment can have ramifications on financial, emotional and family health that linger even after reentry into the workforce.

South Korea’s state-run utility Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) has won a $1.4-billion deal with Saudi oil giant Aramco to build and operate Phase 2 of Saudi Arabia’s Jafurah cogeneration power plant at the major gas project estimated to need $100 billion of total investments. KEPCO’s cogeneration project entails building a 331-MW cogeneration facility capable of producing about 465 tons of steam per hour by June 2029. The plant is expected to supply electricity and steam to Aramco for 17...

As the Pentagon’s 2027 ban on Chinese-origin rare earth materials moves closer, REalloys (NASDAQ: ALOY) is locking down exclusive control of the biggest heavy rare earth metallization systems outside of China. The company says its $20.6 million investment into the Saskatchewan Research Council’s (SRC) rare earth processing facility in Saskatoon secures exclusive preferred rights to up to 80% of expanded production capacity - including commercial-scale NdPr, dysprosium, and terbium output that...

Last week’s optimism on a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz faded this week as both US and Iran officials toned down the prospect of agreement and military action flared up again, including in Lebanon. The oil price is back above USD 97 for Brent. In our new economic forecasts published this week, we have […] The post Weekly Focus – Rate Hikes Coming from the Big Central Banks appeared first on ActionForex.