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Whether you are trading currency futures, energies, grains, Treasuries, or the stock indices, it is a good idea to keep tabs on the global landscape.  

The CME Group provides this feed chock full of economic data from around the globe to aid commodity traders in keeping up with the latest global economic trends.  

1. Negative Rates: An Option in Fed's Playbook?

   Negative rates are touted to raise bank lending that bolsters consumer spending, which boosts economic activity. To critics, they are a damaging tax.

2. Negative Rates: Not The Gift That Keeps On Giving

   Negative rates were considered an elixir to boost growth in the eurozone, Japan, Sweden and Switzerland. We did a case study to find out if it worked.

3. What's Next for Interest Rates, Equities and Gold?

   Will the Fed pause after three rate cuts? Will equities gain from a China trade deal, and what happens to gold if rates stay put? We offer some insights.

4. Are We Underestimating Real GDP Growth?

   Automation and workplace efficiencies are blurring the inflation rate through lower wage costs. This could mean we are underestimating real GDP growth.

5. Gold and Silver Options Pointing to a Pullback?

   Gold and silver options are showing unusual positive skews, often a signal for a correction. But steep rate cuts and a weaker dollar could change that view.