Copper smelters in China are paying miners over $230 a tonne for ore, not because copper is short but because silver-bearing ore is, which favours silver holders.

RBI MPC raises repo rate by 25 bps to 5.50%, adopts calibrated tightening, projects FY 2026-27 GDP growth at 7.1% and CPI inflation at 5.2%.

Italy industrial production for August 2026 is out on 9 October. See the 0.0% consensus, July data, PMI signals and possible market reactions.

September 2026 brought a warm month across the UK, with county-level statistics showing temperatures above average almost everywhere.

Inflation has backed off from the eye-watering double digit numbers after the pandemic, but unfortunately for Americans ...