The first American President visit to China since 2017 has an uncomfortable subtext. Washington is now negotiating for access to minerals it has spent a year and billions of dollars trying not to need. Azzet’s Mission Critical is a weekly column that lays out the ebbs and flows around critical minerals supply chains - from pricing, production, refinement and mergers & acquisitions, to manufactu
United States wholesale prices recorded their largest annual increase in more than three years in April, driven by surging energy and services costs in another sign inflationary pressures are accelerating amid the Iran conflict and ongoing tariff impacts. The monthly producer price index (PPI) rose a seasonally adjusted 1.4% in April, well above economists’ forecasts for a 0.5% increase and hig
The United States Senate on Wednesday confirmed Kevin Warsh as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve. Warsh, 56, a former Federal Reserve governor and investment banker and President Donald Trump’s nominee, was anointed to run the world’s most influential central bank in a 54-45 vote that was mostly divided on party lines. He will replace Jerome Powell, whose tenure as chair started in 20
United States mortgage rates have officially jumped to their highest levels since March. According to Mortgage News Daily, the average 30-year fixed mortgage rose to 6.57% on Wednesday. This is 15 basis points higher than last Friday and the highest level since 27 March. Mortgage News Daily chief operating officer, Matthew Graham, explained that while the consumer price index (CPI) had li
United States President Donald Trump has arrived in Beijing ahead of his highly anticipated presidential summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. During the meeting, the two leaders are expected to agree to forums to facilitate mutual trade and investment, while China is expected to announce purchases related to Boeing aircraft, American agriculture and energy. The meeting is also expected to
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The ceasefire premium burned off as quickly as it arrived - Brent is back below US$103 per barrel, copper broke COMEX records on a Gulf acid crunch, and Westpac revised its oil call higher while gold slips on the inflation it helped create. The week's commodity moves split cleanly into two camps: those running hot because of the Middle East, and those running hot in spite of it. Oil and LNG
Super Nation is a fortnightly column that examines, explains and analyses key issues in one of Australia's largest, fastest-growing and most important industries: superannuation. Would you prefer the investment professionals managing your superannuation savings to ‘hug their benchmarks’ or that you are left exposed to the risk of ‘flying blind’? These are some of the concerns raised by indus
United States existing home sales remain relatively steady in April, as affordability remains an issue. According to the National Association of Realtors Existing Homes Report, existing home sales rose 0.2% month-over-month in April to 4.02 million units. Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast home resales would rise to a rate of 4.05 million. There was also no change in home sales year-
Saudi Arabia has reportedly carried out covert military strikes on Iran in retaliation for attacks on the kingdom, according to Reuters, citing Western and Iranian officials, signalling an escalation in the widening regional conflict. The previously unreported attacks mark the first known instance of Saudi Arabia directly conducting military operations on Iranian territory. According to two
Global e-commerce company eBay Inc. has described a US$56 billion (A$77.3 billion) takeover proposal from smaller retailer GameStop Corp as “neither credible nor attractive". “The Board, with the support of its independent advisors, has thoroughly reviewed your proposal and has determined to reject it,” eBay Chairman Paul Pressler said in a news release. eBay considered factors like its stan
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