Dollar slips as data keep September rate cut on table; eyes on Trump-Putin meeting
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As of early morning in New York, Bitcoin traded above $120,600 on Wednesday, leaving it about 2% below its July peak. Ether, meanwhile, has shaken off a prolonged spell of underperformance, and is now just 3% shy of its 2021 bull market record
India WPI Inflation below expectations (-0.3%) in July: Actual (-0.58%...
Switzerland Producer and Import Prices (YoY): -0.9% (July) vs previous -0.7%...
Switzerland Producer and Import Prices (MoM) came in at -0.2% below forecasts (0%) in July...
Avino Silver came out with quarterly earnings of $0.06 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.02 per share...
Four of last month’s 10 most expensive home sales were in Southern California, five were in coastal Florida and one was on Martha’s Vineyard. A Los Angeles estate known as the “Spelling Manor,” after its former owner–producer Aaron Spelling–was the most expensive home sale of July...
Personal safety is the number-one must-have on homebuyers’ checklists, though 22% say they’re willing to compromise on it for affordability. The next-most important priorities are a low crime rate and low risk of natural disasters. Roughly one in five (22%) homebuyers are willing to compromise personal safety to afford a home...
Mortgage rates will stay flat today following an as-expected inflation report that keeps the Fed on track for a rate cut on September 17. Inflation remains above target and rising, at least partly due to tariffs, but today’s reading is not hot enough to derail a rate cut after the last jobs report...
The average U.S. buyer’s agent commission rose to 2.43% in the second quarter from 2.38% a year earlier. Commissions rose across all price tiers, with the average buyer’s commission for homes under $500,000 reaching the highest level in nearly two years. The average U.S. buyer’s agent commission was 2.43% for homes sold in the second