Commodity News Digest – Feb 19, 2010
By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Feb 19th, 2010 • Category: Commodity News Digest, EducationalConsumer Prices Excluding Food and Energy Fall – AP/Yahoo Finance
Oil Prices up 11 Percent in 2 Weeks - AP/Yahoo Finance
Fed Seeks to Calm Markets After Discount Rate Rise – Reuters
Gold up as Investors Seek Refuge in Bullion – Reuters
USDA Sees Record Corn Crop, but Downturn in Soybeans and Wheat Acres – AgWeb
India Should Take “Urgent” Steps to Buy White Sugar – Bloomberg
Commodities Drop for First Time This Week as Demand May Stall – Bloomberg
Dollar Heads for Weekly Gain Against Euro After Fed’s Rate Hike - Bloomberg
Beginning of the End for Housing Crisis? – MarketWatch
Treasurys Head to Weekly Loss on Fed’s Discount Rate Move – MarketWatch
U.S. Milk Cow Herd Expands for First Time in at Least a Year, USDA Says – Cattlenetwork
U.S. Gas: Futures End Lower on Weather Outlook – Cattlenetwork
What the Fed Hike Did (and Did Not) Do – Atlantic Wire
Setting the Stage for Deflation – Washington Times
Speculators Bet Record Amount Against Euro for 3rd Week – FutureSource
Cotton Hits 23-Month Top as China Demand “Swells” – Agrimoney
