Turmoil in the Mideast and U.S. House of Representatives Buoys Oil and Gold but Depresses Equities and Long-Term Interest rates

Price figures continued to dominate the menu of economic data releases on Friday. Markets averted riskier assets, amid disarray in the U.S. Congress and as fears mount of catastrophic warfare in the Mideast. The Monetary Authority of Singapore left its policy stance unchanged. Equity markets fell 2.3% in Hong Kong, 1.0% in Singapore and South […]