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Multipolarity: The Next Step After Globalization?
January 14th, 2016
The world economy during the last few decades has experienced “globalization,” a broad and admittedly vague term which refers among other factors to a rise in the ratio of world exports to world GDP, as well as the pattern ...
China Stock Selloff Abates on State Efforts to Stabilize Yuan
January 12th, 2016
Offshore yuan climbs to one-week high amid intervention Shanghai Composite’s RSI signals oversold conditions China’s stocks rose in volatile trading after the benchmark index briefly fell below the 3,000 level as policy makers intensified efforts to stabilize the yuan. ...
Gold in 2016
January 8th, 2016
Advance signs of a global slump in economic activity emerged in 2015. Furthermore, the dollar’s strength, coupled with widening credit spreads confirms a global tendency for dollar-denominated debt to contract. These developments typically precede an economic and financial crisis ...
Asia Stocks Resume Slide Amid China Intervention; Metals Rise
January 5th, 2016
PBOC injects cash, state-run funds said to prop up stocks Oil rises to trade near $37 a barrel; base metals advance Asian stocks extended declines while Chinese shares shrugged off government efforts to prop up the country’s sputtering stock ...
The World Economy’s Winners and Losers in 2015
December 31st, 2015
When the final numbers are tallied, 2015 will probably count as another disappointing year for global growth. The muted performance came even as central banks continued to pump in liquidity, oil prices plunged again and inflation was moderate. It was also a year ...
FSMA Belgium published list of investement firms engaging in unauthorized activities in Belgium
December 28th, 2015
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) warns the public against the activities of various “boiler rooms” that are contacting Belgian consumers. Companies operating unlawfully and against which the FSMA warns the public are the following: AEG Financial and ...
U.S. Third-Quarter GDP Revised Down to 2.0% Growth
December 22nd, 2015
The economy expands at a slightly slower pace than initially estimated in the third quarter The U.S. economy expanded at a slightly slower pace than initially estimated in the third quarter, as companies spent less stockpiling their inventories. Gross ...
Thomson Reuters introduce FX Monitor in Eikon Messenger
December 21st, 2015
Move gives corporate treasurers greater control by simplifying access to financial services community alongside exclusive news and analysis from Thomson Reuters Keeping in touch with the rapidly changing and time-sensitive foreign exchange markets can pose significant challenges for corporate ...
What Investors May Expect in 2016
December 17th, 2015
2016 is expected to be a trying year for the financial markets and global economy as a whole. Several analysts are predicting a stock market crash, while others are forecasting a deeper recession in Europe. While there’s no way ...
Global stocks, dollar climb as Fed lifts off
December 17th, 2015
Asian stock markets jumped on Thursday as investors chose to take an historic hike in U.S. interest rates as a mark of confidence in the world’s largest economy, lifting the dollar and piling on the pain for oil prices. ...