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The five fears stalking the global banking industry
February 10th, 2016
China, emerging markets, the eurozone, oil and commodities all pose a threat to the banking sector this year Banking shares have come under pressure this week as investors express fears that the sector will be badly hit by a global ...
Nikkei extends losses with banks, commodities stocks under pressure
February 10th, 2016
Monkeys threw a wrench into Asian markets in the Lunar New Year’s first week of trading, with sharp sell-offs in Japan, Singapore, and Down Under on Wednesday. In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 56.37 points, or 1.17 percent, to close at ...
Tax rise risk from George Osborne’s ‘inflexible’ budget target
February 9th, 2016
Chancellor George Osborne’s “inflexible” budget surplus target may mean sudden tax rises or spending cuts, independent economists suggest. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said that Mr Osborne’s pledge to run a budget surplus “in normal times” from 2019-20 ...
No Agreement on OPEC Meeting After Venezuela Meets With Saudi Arabia
February 9th, 2016
The prospects for an emergency OPEC meeting to initiate coordinated production cuts took a hit this weekend. Venezuela’s oil minister Eulogio del Pino flew to Riyadh to meet with Saudi officials, which followed a recent trip to Moscow to ...
Australia, Japan sell-off amid global rout; Nikkei drops 5.4%
February 9th, 2016
Australian and Japanese markets closed sharply lower on Tuesday, after another sell-off in U.S. and European stocks overnight as many Asian markets remained shut for the Lunar New Year. China and Taiwan are closed for the week, while markets ...
Gold hits new 3-month high on global economy concerns
February 8th, 2016
Gold hit three-month highs on Monday, extending its biggest weekly rise since July 2013 as sliding stock markets, global growth uncertainty and a softer dollar prompted investors to seek safety in hard assets. Spot gold reached a peak of ...
Saudi economy is resilient, says World Bank expert
February 8th, 2016
Saudi Arabia has five years’ worth of reserves at current spending levels and oil prices, Shantayanan Devarajan, chief economist of the World Bank’s Middle East and North Africa Region said in an interview with Tass. “The fact is that ...
India Becomes Fastest Growing Economy
February 8th, 2016
Industrial reforms have lead to accelerated annualised growth of 7.3% for the last quarter of 2015 – surpassing China. India is forecast to become the fastest growing large economy in the world, surpassing that of China. Figures to be ...
It is time for a euro zone finance ministry?
February 8th, 2016
The euro zone needs to press ahead with structural reforms and closer integration, including an euro zone finance ministry, to deliver sustainable growth, the heads of the French and German central banks wrote in a German newspaper on Monday. ...
Russia Courts Foreign Banks as Funding Crunch Overtakes Politics
February 8th, 2016
Goldman, Citigroup among 20 foreign underwriters approached Allianz says Russia needs to tap Eurobond market this year Pressure is mounting on Russia to break the vow of abstinence on selling Eurobonds it has maintained since the U.S. and Europe ...
