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Asian shares skid as Fed monetary meeting looms
July 27th, 2015
Asian shares began the week on a plaintive note amid losses on Wall Street and worries over China, while investors braced for a Federal Reserve meeting that might take another small step toward lifting U.S. interest rates. Financial spreadbetters ...
Stocks slip, euro near two-month high as US economy loses steam
April 30th, 2015
Asian stocks stumbled on Thursday while the euro held near two-month highs against the dollar after surprisingly downbeat first-quarter economic growth in the United States – a key export destination for many of the region’s economies. Spreadbetters expected the ...
Debunking $1.4 Trillion Europe Debt Myth in Post-Heta Age
March 17th, 2015
Austria’s decision to burn bondholders of a failed state bank may mean almost 1.3 trillion euros ($1.4 trillion) of European debt once deemed risk-free now comes with a hazard warning. Austria is the first country to wind down a ...
Fed Likely to Remove ‘Patient’ Barrier for Rate Increase as Soon as June
March 11th, 2015
Shift at March meeting would create policy flexibility; inflation outlook key on Fed-funds increase The Federal Reserve is strongly considering removing a barrier to raising short-term interest rates as early as June by dropping its promise to be “patient” before acting. ...
Yellen Signals Fed’s Patience With Zero Interest Rate Has Limits
February 25th, 2015
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen signaled that the central bank’s patience with holding interest rates near zero has its limits as she began laying the groundwork for a possible increase in borrowing costs later this year. While she made ...
International and regional bodies that combat money laundering (Part A)
February 24th, 2015
Introduction Money laundering is a global phenomenon that thrives parasitically on the world’s financial markets. It ignores national boundaries in much the same way that the financial market place does. It has been accepted that this problem requires both ...
Asia shares rise on reduced Greek pessimism, dollar firm
February 18th, 2015
Asian equities rose on Wednesday as pessimism over the Greek debt saga receded somewhat, while the dollar held firm against the yen after spiking up on higher U.S. debt yields. Equities in Europe were also expected to gain. Spreadbetters ...
$9 Trillion Question Is How Tighter Fed Will Impact the World
February 13th, 2015
When Group of 20 finance ministers this week urged the Federal Reserve to “minimize negative spillovers” from potential interest-rate increases, they omitted a key figure: $9 trillion. That’s the amount owed in dollars by non-bank borrowers outside the U.S., ...
Asian shares skid as bullish Fed take investors by surprise
January 29th, 2015
Asian shares extended losses on Thursday after the Federal Reserve took an upbeat view on the U.S. economy and signalled that it remains firmly on track to raise interest rates this year despite an uncertain global outlook. A greater likelihood of ...
Yen Climbs After Election; Aussie Near Low on Iron Prices
December 15th, 2014
Australia’s dollar fell to the lowest since June 2010 and the nation’s bonds rallied as commodities slumped and people were taken hostage in a cafe in Sydney’s financial district. The Aussie weakened against most of its 16 major peers ...
