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When the carnival is over: Australia’s surprising G20 legacy
October 6th, 2014
The genesis of the G20 is a tale of two crises. The first — the Asian financial crisis — led to the creation of the G20 as a meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from 19 of ...
Greg Medcraft of ASIC re-elected IOSCO Board Chair
October 3rd, 2014
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today re-elected Mr. Greg Medcraft as Chairman of the IOSCO Board. Mr. Medcraft was re-elected at the inaugural meeting of the newly constituted Board, during the IOSCO Annual Conference in Rio de ...
US becoming largest oil producer in the global economy
September 30th, 2014
The US is overtaking Saudi Arabia to become the world’s largest producer of liquid petroleum, in a sign of how its booming oil production has reshaped the energy sector. US production of oil and related liquids such as ethane ...
European Court decides to cut rate VAT on digital books
September 19th, 2014
The European Court of Justice has agreed that a reduced rate of value-added tax may be applied to books that are provided in digital form. The case concerned a publishing company that sought a preliminary ruling from the Finnish ...
Economists can’t tell Scots how to vote
September 17th, 2014
Here is the bad news if you haven’t made up your mind whether to vote for Scotland to become independent – economic analysis cannot give you the answer. That is partly because this dismal science is not capable of ...
Oil Production 2014
September 17th, 2014
The world’s oil supply has shrunk considerably over the last few decades. Countries, mostly in the Middle East, with what seemed like a never-ending amount of oil, have begun limiting their exports. Some oil fields, such as the ones ...
Goldman Sachs revises price guidance on debut sukuk
September 16th, 2014
Goldman Sachs (GS.N) will complete a $500 million debut sukuk issue later on Tuesday, with price guidance tightened slightly from earlier indications due to strong demand from investors, a document from lead managers showed on Tuesday. The latest price ...
West TX Oil at $93 on Softer Economic Data
September 16th, 2014
Brent crude was little changed just below $98 a barrel on Tuesday, holding gains after recovering from its lowest price in more than two years but capped by a soft global economic outlook. Data reflecting lackluster manufacturing output performance ...
OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Currency pairs
September 15th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for September 15, 2014 EUR/USD consolidation day on Friday closing below 1.2965 resistance after finding support at the 1.29 level. Action suggests downside may be limited from here and a further corrective bounce towards the ...
US lawmakers cautious about cash method of accounting
September 12th, 2014
Switching to accrual accounting would be severely damaging to businesses, US lawmakers have warned in a letter calling for the preservation of the cash method of accounting. The letter, signed by a bipartisan majority of the US House of ...
