Deflation revisited China's economy in March, following its disappearance in February. China's consumer inflation decelerated to an annual rate of just 0.1% in March from the surprising 0.7% reading in February.

Here's a significant warning for Elon Musk, Tesla, and investors banking on robotaxis to compensate for shelved Tesla EV variants.

March's US Consumer Price Index shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to financial markets. After all, it merely continued the trend established in the January data and persisted into February – that inflation was lingering longer than desired.

China's car industry surged in March as demand recovered from weak levels in January, followed by a holiday-dampened February, propelling output higher.

The Reserve Bank of NZ believes that maintaining interest rates at their current highs will "return consumer price inflation to the bank’s 1% to 3% target by the end of 2024."

In a surprise announcement four months after Moody’s move, Fitch on Wednesday revised its outlook on China to negative, citing increasing risks to the country's public finance outlook from a slowing economy and its search for new ways to stimulate growth in the wake of the property crunch.

Gold hit an all-time high of $2,384.50 per ounce on Tuesday on Comex in New York, before easing to trade around $2,371 per ounce at 7am Sydney time on Wednesday.

A bit of a "steady as she goes" report card on the health of the Australian economy last month from the National Australia Bank.

In March, China's gold buying spree dipped amidst soaring prices, hinting at further decline in April after prices surged to unprecedented levels on Monday.

The angle of attack on China's struggling property developers has shifted significantly. Under President Xi Jinping's administration, the Chinese government has adopted a radical approach towards their financial health, employing non-Communist party overseen legal mechanisms.

First-quarter earnings season is set to begin in earnest this week, led by banking giants JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo (WFC), and Citigroup on Friday.

Iron ore futures surged unexpectedly in Singapore on Monday, a stark contrast to their decline late last week.

Are US investors confused, or so besotted with the idea of falling interest rates that they ignored the strongest single month's jobs figures for a year, and ended four losing sessions to charge higher on Friday?

Wednesday's US consumer inflation figures pose a significant test for an economy that appears to have hit bottom at the close of 2023 and is now gaining momentum, despite interest rates being at their highest in years.

Gold reached a fresh record on Friday, despite the ascent of the US dollar and US treasury yields, buoyed by the American economy adding far more new jobs than expected last month. Middle East tensions over Gaza and Iran's retaliation vow following an attack on its embassy in Syria further fueled gold's rise.

Inflation in the US and China will dominate headlines this week, alongside the European Central Bank meeting, discussing Europe’s lower-than-expected inflation.

Goodbye, Tesla, and Elon Musk's pioneering work on making EVs mainstream. According to a lengthy Reuters report, the company has dropped its plans to make a smaller and cheaper EV and will instead concentrate on the increasingly discredited idea of a 'robotaxi.'

The slide in iron ore prices and export volumes saw Australia’s goods surplus fall to a five-month low in February.

China has relaxed its policy on lending for personal-use new energy vehicles (NEVs) as part of an effort to stimulate consumption and from Thursday, new buyers will be able to buy without making a downpayment.

Gold fell for the first session in eight, copper nudged higher, oil rose and iron ore fell, again in what you would describe as a 'cliche' trading session – a bit of this, a bit of that and ignoring the continuing sell off in equities.

Australians don’t want cash, judging by the rise in contactless transactions across the country and the slow death of cheques.

Global production has been reduced by more than 5 million barrels a day since late 2022 when OPEC (really Saudi Arabia) moved to try and protect prices started in earnest.

China's reintroduction of steel production controls are impacting iron ore prices. This move reflects a weak demand and causes economic concerns.