Commodity Prices

Gold •712 days	2,368.70	+35.30	+1.51%
Platinum •15 mins	1,753.70	-19.10	-1.08%
WTI Crude •10 mins	80.86	+0.11	+0.14%
Gasoline •12 mins	2.960	+0.013	+0.43%
Ethanol •712 days	2.161	+0.000	+0.00%
Silver •712 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%

Silver • 712 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%
Copper • 712 days	4.530	+0.111	+2.51%
Brent Crude • 11 mins	83.20	+0.03	+0.04%
Natural Gas • 11 mins	3.149	+0.002	+0.06%
Heating Oil • 12 mins	3.249	-0.017	-0.53%

Headlines

1,096 days Will The ECB Continue To Hike Rates?
1,097 days Forbes: Aramco Remains Largest Company In The Middle East
1,098 days Caltech Scientists Succesfully Beam Back Solar Power From Space
1,498 days Could Crypto Overtake Traditional Investment?
1,503 days Americans Still Quitting Jobs At Record Pace
1,505 days FinTech Startups Tapping VC Money for ‘Immigrant Banking’
1,508 days Is The Dollar Too Strong?
1,508 days Big Tech Disappoints Investors on Earnings Calls
1,509 days Fear And Celebration On Twitter as Musk Takes The Reins
1,511 days China Is Quietly Trying To Distance Itself From Russia
1,511 days Tech and Internet Giants’ Earnings In Focus After Netflix’s Stinker
1,515 days Crypto Investors Won Big In 2021
1,515 days The ‘Metaverse’ Economy Could be Worth $13 Trillion By 2030
1,516 days Food Prices Are Skyrocketing As Putin’s War Persists
1,518 days Pentagon Resignations Illustrate Our ‘Commercial’ Defense Dilemma
1,519 days US Banks Shrug off Nearly $15 Billion In Russian Write-Offs
1,522 days Cannabis Stocks in Holding Pattern Despite Positive Momentum
1,523 days Is Musk A Bastion Of Free Speech Or Will His Absolutist Stance Backfire?
1,523 days Two ETFs That Could Hedge Against Extreme Market Volatility
1,525 days Are NFTs About To Take Over Gaming?

The Biggest Challenge Facing West Africa's Single Currency Plan

The Economic Community of West…

Is The Bull Market On Its Last Legs?

This aging bull market may…

Another Retail Giant Bites The Dust

Forever 21 filed for Chapter…

Paul Kasriel

Paul joined the economic research unit of The Northern Trust Company in 1986 as Vice President and Economist, being named Senior Vice President and Director…

More Info

Contact Author

Kasriel's Parting Thoughts

By Paul Kasriel - May 01, 2012, 1:17 PM CDT

Before retiring on April 30, 2012, Northern Trust's award-winning Chief Economist Paul L. Kasriel wrote a few commentaries containing his signature wit and economic wisdom as "partingthoughts," which are compiled here.