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Europe Stocks at Recession Prices Show Growth Faith Falters
February 9th, 2016
Euro Stoxx 50 had its largest two-day slump since August Shares now trade at biggest discount in a year vs U.S. stocks For European investors trying to assess just how bad sentiment is right now, consider this: the last ...
Lower oil prices hit UAE and Saudi Arabia economies, latest PMI survey shows
February 4th, 2016
The economies of the UAE and Saudi Arabia slowed further last month, according to monthly trackers of business activity published yesterday, as falling oil prices and a stumbling global economy hit the region. The UAE purchasing managers’ index, which ...
China’s Gold purchases this year will exceed the entire holdings of all but about 20 countries worldwide
January 28th, 2016
China’s gold buying to top 200 tons this year, Barclays says Country seeks to diversify its reserves. China will press on with gold purchases this year and the central bank will probably scoop up more than 200 metric tons ...
China Stocks Plunge to 13-Month Low Amid Capital Outflow Concern
January 26th, 2016
Yourong Fund, Rabobank, Chart Partners predict further losses China capital outflows reached estimated $1 trillion in 2015 China’s stocks tumbled to the lowest levels in 13 months amid concern capital outflows will accelerate as the economy slows and support ...
Oil Drops as Saudis to Maintain Spending, China Diesel Use Falls
January 26th, 2016
Saudi Aramco hasn’t cut investment in oil projects: chairman China’s diesel consumption in December dropped for 4th month Oil dropped after Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest crude exporter, said low prices won’t reduce its spending on energy projects and China’s ...
China GDP Slows to Weakest Since 2009 on Manufacturing Slide
January 19th, 2016
As growth ticked lower, yuan and stocks volatility marked 2015 Two-speed divergence as old drivers slow, services do better China’s economy slowed in December, capping the weakest quarter of growth since the 2009 global recession, as the Communist leadership ...
World Economic Forum in Davos: What is the theme of this year’s annual meeting
January 14th, 2016
Davos Set to Provide an Alpine View on the World’s Hot Spots China, Saudi Arabia, U.S. sending high-level emissaries `Geopolitical risks are becoming much more relevant’ The organizers of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland want attendees ...
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. ...
PwC economists reveal predictions for 2016
January 11th, 2016
G7 to grow at fastest rate since 2010, led by US and UK Geopolitics (rather than economics) will top policymakers’ agendas Commodity prices will remain lower for longer End of the Eurozone crisis African population to rise in 2016 ...
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 ...