Trump’s economic battles raises gold prices to a new standard
Despite President Trump’s postponement to impose a 25% fee on imports from Canada and Mexico for a month, he imposed 10% fees on imports from China, which responded by imposing fees ranging between 10 and 15% on a large group of American products.
The dollar index declined
In the exchange market, the dollar value index fell by about 1% to 107.94 points.
The price of gold increased by 19.30%, or 0.68% to 2853 dollars, an ounce of the delivery of this month.
The price of silver increased by 0.596%, or 1.53%, to 32.388 dollars an ounce this month.
While the price of copper increased by 0600.0600, or 1.4%, to $ 3,655 per pound.
The number of vacancies declined
The US Department of Labor announced on Tuesday the decline in the number of vacancies last December to 7.6 million jobs, compared to 8.2 million jobs during November, according to modified data.
While analysts expected to decline to 8 million jobs, compared to 8.1 million jobs in the previous month, according to the amended data.
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