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Putin says dump the dollar (Video)
September 4th, 2015
Russian President Vladimir Putin has drafted a bill that aims to eliminate the US dollar and the euro from trade between CIS countries. This means the creation of a single financial market between Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan ...
U.S. sanctions against Chinese firms could be next week
September 4th, 2015
The United States is preparing to sanction Chinese companies connected to the cyber theft of U.S. intellectual property as early as next week, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. The FT cited three U.S. officials as saying the sanctions ...
Oil prices dip on caution ahead of U.S. jobs data
September 4th, 2015
Oil prices eased on Friday as investors turned cautious ahead of U.S. jobs data that is expected to play into the Federal Reserve’s decision on the timing of any U.S. rate hike. Oil stuck to a narrow range and ...
Nerves ahead of US jobs bring down Asian stocks
September 4th, 2015
Asian stocks declined on the final trading day of the week, as investors awaited the U.S. nonfarm payrolls report for August that may play a crucial role in the Federal Reserve‘s decision about when to lift interest rates. A ...
Draghi Unveils Revamped QE Program as ECB Downgrades Outlook
September 4th, 2015
ECB president says risks to growth remain on the downside Says inflation rate may turn negative in the coming months Mario Draghi unveiled a revamp of quantitative easing and signaled officials might expand stimulus if the rout in financial markets ...
IMF Note on Global Prospects and Policy Challenges
September 3rd, 2015
The Following executive summary is from a note by the Staff of the IMF prepared for the September 4-5, 2015 G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Ankara, Turkey. Global growth remains moderate, reflecting a further slowdown ...
The Current Global Financial Crisis
September 3rd, 2015
During the last month global markets has been roiled by the financial crisis that emanated from China, but propagated to other parts of the world. To put things into perspective, during the month of August more than $5 trillion ...
Eleven Crazy Days — Many More Coming
September 3rd, 2015
Twelve months ago the world was happily sailing along in the Great Moderation, with financial markets that moved gracefully higher most of the time but even in their rare negative moments didn’t cause too much angst. The eleven trading ...
Global Value Chains and Rethinking Production and Trade
September 2nd, 2015
Back in the 1920s and 1930s, manufacturing often meant enormous factories that tried to bring as many activities as possible under one roof–what economists call “vertical integration.” However, the trend in recent decades has been toward “global value chains,” ...
Oil retreats more than $5 on weak data, eroding 25 percent rally
September 2nd, 2015
Oil prices plummeted on Tuesday, settling 8 percent lower, as weak Chinese data extended a roller-coaster run that knocked oil to its lowest in 6-1/2 years last week before frenzied short-covering fueled a 25 percent three-session surge. The past ...
