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Asia stocks down on weak data, Wall Street dive
March 26th, 2015
Asian stock markets mostly fell Thursday, battered by weak U.S. economic data and Wall Street’s retreat from near record highs. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 1.2 percent to 19,508.88 while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng added 0.1 percent to ...
Quantitative easing: what is it and what does the ECB want to achieve with it?
March 24th, 2015
The European Central Bank (ECB) started at the beginning of the month with its controversial quantative easing programme, buying government bonds with the goal of lowering interest rates, increasing inflation and kick-starting economic growth. ECB president Mario Draghi meets ...
Asian shares wobble as China PMI weighs
March 24th, 2015
An index of Asian shares wobbled between positive and negative territory on Tuesday after a measure of Chinese factory activity unexpectedly skidded to an 11-month low, pointing up weakness in the economy. The flash HSBC/Markit Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) ...
Asian markets up after Wall Street gains
March 23rd, 2015
Asian stock markets rose Monday following Wall Street’s gains amid expectations global central banks will hold off raising interest rates. KEEPING SCORE: The Shanghai Composite Index rose 1.2 percent to 3,659.11 points and Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 gained 1.1 percent ...
Europe shares higher; Tullow Oil up 4%
March 20th, 2015
European equities edged higher in the last trading session of the week, as investors reacted to individual stocks news amid hopes of further accommodative policy by global central banks. Tullow Oil gains The pan-European Euro Stoxx 600 index was slightly higher, ...
Dollar fights back after fall on Fed; Norwegian crown soars
March 19th, 2015
* Greenback higher vs euro after biggest fall in six years * Norwegian crown soars after rates kept on hold * Fed’s statement far less hawkish than market expected The dollar fought back across the board on Thursday after ...
Norway Signals Reduction After Unexpectedly Holding Rate
March 19th, 2015
Norway’s central bank unexpectedly left interest rates unchanged and signaled another cut to protect the economy against a plunge in oil prices. The krone surged. The overnight deposit rate was kept at 1.25 percent, the Oslo-based bank said. The ...
Russia Deposit Fight Sees Foreign Banks Seeking New Clients
March 19th, 2015
Oksana Semenikhina, a customer of Citigroup Inc.’s Russian unit for the past decade, got an offer from the lender this year that she couldn’t pass up. “They offered to open a ruble term deposit for me at 9 percent ...
Riksbank cuts repo rate to −0.25 per cent and buys government bonds for SEK 30 billion
March 18th, 2015
There are signs that inflation has bottomed out and is beginning to rise, but the recent appreciation of the krona risks breaking this trend. The Executive Board of the Riksbank has decided to make monetary policy even more expansionary ...
Commerzbank publishes 2014 Annual Report
March 18th, 2015
In the 2014 financial year Commerzbank attained an operating profit of EUR 684 million. The net profit of the Bank increased in the year under review to EUR 264 million, following on from EUR 81 million in the previous ...
