Marc Chandler, Brown Brothers Harriman, and Stephen Schork, "The Schork Report" editor, provides a check on oil, gas and currency markets. more...

CNBC's Sharon Epperson discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets and looks at where oil and precious metals are likely headed tomorrow. more...

CNBC's Sharon Epperson discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets and looks at where oil and precious metals are likely headed tomorrow. more...

Germans vote yes on bailout powers, commodity prices bite - it's time for your FX Fix. more...

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Japan's core consumer prices unexpectedly rose 0.1 percent in July from a year earlier on higher energy prices, Internal Affairs ministry data showed on Friday, but worries about the global economy cloud the outlook for consumer spending and the nation's battle with deflation.* more...

The S&P downgrade, blamed for sparking a drop in stocks around the world, is also having another unintended consequence: a rout in oil prices. That, say some experts, might just provide the U.S. economy the boost it needs at this crucial time. more...

CNBC's Rick Santelli reports on Treasury yields and the U.S. dollar after the disappointing June jobs report. more...

Japan's core consumer prices rose 0.6 percent in May from a year earlier, Internal Affairs ministry data showed on Friday, rising for a second month in a row in part due to higher commodity prices.* more...

Diamonds are, apparently, forever, and they are fetching record prices in the rough. more...

High commodity prices will slow U.S. economic growth and raise inflation this year, but the Federal Reserve is not expected to start increasing interest rates before the first quarter of 2012, a survey showed on Monday. more...