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Global growth will be disappointing in 2016: IMF’s Lagarde
December 30th, 2015
Global economic growth will be disappointing next year and the outlook for the medium-term has also deteriorated, the head of the International Monetary Fund said in a guest article for German newspaper Handelsblatt published on Wednesday. IMF Managing Director ...
Not Even OPEC Can Fix Oil Glut
December 30th, 2015
Surprisingly strong crude output in the U.S. and Mideast over the past year pushed oil prices to their lowest levels in more than a decade. But for investors trying to determine whether the oil market is close to a ...
KPMG: UK tax changes will slow down buy-to-let market
December 30th, 2015
The buy-to-let market will slow down next year due to a series of tax changes, accountancy giant KPMG has said. The changes, including a three per cent hike to stamp duty on buy-to-let homes, to be introduced in April, will put off ...
The 25 financial events that shaped the year 2015
December 30th, 2015
As we are close to move from year 2015 to year 2016, OneStopBrokers has collected and presents the major Financial events happened in 2015. 2015 was a year that the Eurozone was almost collapsed. We all witnessed a possible ...
Bitcoin is one of 2015’s biggest winners
December 30th, 2015
Gold is down nearly 10 percent, major U.S. stock indexes are roughly flat and energy commodities have nearly all fallen more than 30 percent: It’s been a tough year for investors. And while individual stocks have seen big pops ...
Crude oil prices drop toward $37 as weak outlook prevails
December 30th, 2015
Crude oil futures slipped toward $37 per barrel on Wednesday as the market remained under pressure due to slowing demand and high supplies, while forecasts that a cold snap in Europe and the United States would be short-lived also ...
Asian Shares Mostly Higher
December 30th, 2015
Energy shares rise after overnight recovery in oil prices, but Brent slips in early Asia trading Markets in Asia rose Wednesday as a recent recovery in oil prices in the U.S. lifted energy shares slightly. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was ...
Saudi Arabia reveals cuts plan to shrink $98bn budget deficit
December 29th, 2015
Sparked by plunging oil prices, the 2016 budget marks biggest shakeup in years and includes politically sensitive reforms Saudi Arabia has announced plans to cut government spending and reform its finances after plunging oil prices resulted in a record annual ...
Major Asian markets close higher after Nikkei, Kospi erase early losses
December 29th, 2015
Asian equities closed higher on the second day of 2015’s final week, after the Japanese and South Korean markets erased morning losses and the Australian market totted up a more than 1 percent gain. That’s a turnaround from earlier ...
Saudi Arabia Set to Announce 2016 Budget Amid Oil Plunge
December 28th, 2015
Budget is 1st under King Salman, may see capital spending cut Kingdom may post a budget deficit of 20% of GDP this year Saudi Arabia, seeking to cope with the lowest oil prices in more than a decade, may ...
