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Financial integration in Europe rebounds, ECB report finds
April 27th, 2015
Financial integration in the euro area has improved steadily and has reached a level close to that before the sovereign debt crisis Establishment of Banking Union and unconventional monetary policy actions taken by the ECB are major drivers of ...
Dubai Financial Market profit plunges 69 per cent over oil worries
April 27th, 2015
The Dubai Financial Market, the UAE’s biggest stock exchange, said its first quarter profit slid 69 per cent as investor concerns over oil prices dampened trading volumes. The DFM, which makes most of its money on trading commissions, said net ...
11 Signs That We Are Entering The Next Phase Of The Global Economic Crisis
April 24th, 2015
Well, the Nasdaq finally did it. It has climbed all the way back to where it was at the peak of the dotcom bubble. Back in March 2000, the Nasdaq set an all-time record high of 5,048.62. On Thursday, ...
The Greek crisis and the clash of philosophies within the EU
April 7th, 2015
Listening to German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble and his Greek counterpart Yanis Varoufakis speaking about the recent Eurogroup agreement on Greece, one could be forgiven for thinking they were talking about two completely different texts. There are obviously deep ...
Yemen FX reserves stabilise but borrowing balloons in political crisis
February 20th, 2015
Yemen’s foreign exchange reserves have stabilised after a steep fall due to its political turmoil, but ballooning government debt issuance indicates the country may be moving closer to a fiscal crunch, central bank data showed on Friday. Shi’ite Muslim ...
Can there be contagion with the Greek crisis?
February 13th, 2015
One question that has hovered around the global media recently, but has remained I believe unanswered, is what will be the likely outcome of a “Grexit” to the rest of the Eurozone countries as well as the rest of ...
Revenge of Disaffected Europe Risks Crisis Sparked in Greece
January 22nd, 2015
They speak different languages, they come from different backgrounds, yet all have the same message of frustration that’s threatening to redraw the European political map over the next year. Starting with elections this Sunday in Greece and heading west ...
Russia’s economic crisis: five key charts
December 18th, 2014
Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, have been left out in the economic wilderness as sanctions imposed by the west, a tanking oil price, and plunging rouble take their toll. Here are five key charts. Growth in Russia is ...
A Full-Blown Economic Crisis Has Erupted In Russia
December 17th, 2014
The 8th largest economy on the entire planet is in a state of turmoil right now. The shocking collapse of the price of oil has hit a lot of countries really hard, but very few nations are as dependent ...
Financial Stability Board to Propose Stricter Capital Rules for Global Banks
November 10th, 2014
The Financial Stability Board, a panel made up of central bankers, finance officials and top regulators from the world’s largest economies, plans to announce proposals Monday that would double the amount of money that large banks would be required ...
