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Gold Market at a Turning Point. Asia Builds an Alternative to London and New York

A tectonic shift is taking place on the global precious metals market, one that could permanently deprive the West of its monopoly on setting...

Housing Sales Are Rising, but Prices Are Not Falling. Developers Point to New Construction Costs

Sales of new apartments in Poland are up 21% year on year, reservations are reaching levels not seen since the “Safe 2% Credit” programme,...

Gold and Silver Under Pressure as US Inflation Changes Sentiment in Precious Metals Market

Gold and silver came under strong selling pressure as investors began to reprice the risk of US interest rates remaining high for longer. The...

Interest Rates May Rise Again. Poland’s MPC Could Start Discussing Hikes as Early as July

The interest rate futures market is pointing to two or three rate hikes this year and to the forward rate reaching 4.5 percent in...

Trump Praises Xi, Xi Warns on Taiwan: Beijing Summit Offers No Simple Answers

The meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Beijing began in a conciliatory tone, but the first statements already showed that US-China relations...

De-escalation Signals Support Stock Markets and Weaken the Dollar

Markets are reacting to the latest signals from Washington primarily through the lens of a possible de-escalation of tensions around Iran and the Strait...

Escalation in the Persian Gulf Shifts Market Sentiment as Oil Prices Rise and Bond Yields Climb

Yesterday’s sharp rise in oil prices was the market’s response to renewed tensions in the Middle East. Brent crude gained around 6% and ended...

AI Makes Data Quality a Business Priority

The development of artificial intelligence, big tech platforms and digital services is making data increasingly valuable in the economy. At the same time, it...

Balance Sheet, Rates and Independence: Warsh Faces Senate Test

A small timing update: Kevin Warsh’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking Committee was scheduled for Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. EDT,...

Fuel Shock Pushes Poland’s March Inflation Higher, Raising Questions Over Interest Rate Cuts

In March 2026, consumer prices in Poland were 3.0% higher than a year earlier, according to Statistics Poland’s flash estimate. Compared with February, prices...

Poland’s Inflation Jumps in March as Fuel Prices Surge, While Food Costs Hold Steady

It comes as no surprise that inflation in March rose sharply to 3.0% from 2.1% in February. This was driven by the conflict in...

Iran War Scenarios: What a Prolonged Closure of the Strait of Hormuz Could Mean for Markets and the Global Economy

Although President Trump’s statements suggest that negotiations between the United States and Iran are making progress, and U.S. airstrikes on military targets have been...

Selective Shock, Structural Risk: Poland at the Core of the Emerging Market Energy Divide

Poland had previously been “lumped together” with other rapidly modernising economies during various crises, even though our economic performance was, at specific moments, usually...

Middle East Conflict and Energy Shock May Force the Fed to Wait Until September

The energy market price shock will delay the Fed’s only expected rate cut in 2026. Rising energy prices are likely to push US...
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