MUMBAI: Silver imports are on pace to hit a record high this year as the wedding and festival season drives up buying of the precious metal instead of the traditional gold, made scarcer and dearer by official measures aimed at cutting the trade gap.

Because of their negative economic outlook, Hansen said they are expecting to see some rebalancing in equity markets, which could help support higher gold prices as investors look to protect their wealth. Although Hansen is optimistic about gold prices …

2. Chinese gold buyers should become quite active in the next few days, as Golden Week ends, and the nation goes back to work. India's Diwali festival is also approaching. In the coming weeks, physical demand for gold is likely to be relatively strong. 3.

Krugman explained Europe's comeback in terms of "deregulation", a more competitive broadband market than the U.S., "strong social safety nets" and "very high taxes." On May 19, 2008, after a visit to Berlin, he even told his … Europe wouldn't be in …

One such technique is “competitive devaluation,” which refers to the strategic and large-scale depreciation of a domestic currency to boost export volumes. Another method is to suppress the domestic currency and keep it at an abnormally low level. This …

By Matt Murphy, State House News Service. State House News Service …. Michael Barrett told the committee that more affluent cities and suburbs like those her represents, including Waltham and Lexington, still face challenges. He told a story of two …

[1] Those who complete four-year degrees have a much better chance of becoming middle class than those who don't — although still not as good of a chance as their more affluent peers. But the even bigger problem is that few actually manage to get the …

Johanes, Jakarta-based head of liabilities, investment and bancassurance products at Commonwealth Bank Indonesia, says the growing middle class has made an onshore private banking services industry not only more appealing, but also neccessary.

Serious efforts to close educational gaps recognize the unequal access to learning opportunities and role modeling many of our BPS students face, compared to more affluent students in surrounding suburbs. The growing … A comprehensive report …