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Pound to Euro Exchange Rate: Week Ahead Forecast
February 6th, 2017
Pound Sterling has pulled reversed recent gains against th Euro after being rejected at highs at 1.18 and is seen valued at 1.1580 ahead of the new week. Although the fundamental backdrop looks marginally more supportive to the Euro ...
Price controls and propaganda
February 5th, 2017
Most economists agree on one thing; price controls do not work. Many go on to say they create shortages of goods, which inevitably drives black market prices even higher than they would otherwise be. Price controls were last tried ...
Yen fell as the central bank moved to reassert control over rising yields
February 3rd, 2017
Shanghai shares slip as trading resumes after holiday Focus turns to U.S. jobs as investors seek clues on economy Japanese government bonds swung and the yen fell as the central bank moved to reassert control over rising yields, while ...
Dollar Falls as Fed Path Assessed; Stocks Retreat: Markets Wrap
February 2nd, 2017
Investors scrutinize results from Facebook to Deutsche Bank Fed policy statement does little to alter views on rate hikes The dollar slumped against most of its major peers after the Federal Reserve gave dollar bulls little to be optimistic ...
World Bank is forecasting Industrial Commodities Prices to Surge in 2017
February 2nd, 2017
The World Bank is forecasting strong gains for industrial commodities such as energy and metals in 2017, due to tightening supply and strengthening demand. In its January 2017 Commodity Markets Outlook, the World Bank is holding steady its crude ...
Pound to Euro Exchange Rate: February Should be an Up-Month
February 2nd, 2017
Pound Sterling trades back above 1.17 against the Euro ahead of the all-important Bank of England event due at mid-day on Thursday, January 2. We saw GBP/EUR jump notably on the first day of what we believe could well ...
Gold price boosted by hard Brexit fears
January 16th, 2017
Prospect of leaving single market – plus doubts over Donald Trump effect in US – sees traders rush to ‘safe haven’ Gold is being boosted this morning as concerns over a hard Brexit dominate the market commentary. Reports indicate ...
FMQ breaks $15 trillion
January 9th, 2017
Since August 2014, bank reserves at the Fed have fallen by $646.6bn, while the sum of cash, checking accounts and deposits held by the public has risen by $1990bn. The fiat money quantityi has now breached the $15 trillion ...
Japan’s stagnant economy sees daylight ahead
December 29th, 2016
Factory output data released by Japan’s trade ministry shows signs of economic recovery after decades of stagnation. Industrial production grew by 1.5 percent this month over November, slightly below the 1.6 percent predicted by experts. The figure followed a ...
Oil, EU exit and diversity will dominate law sector in 2017
December 28th, 2016
The impact of the downturn in the oil and gas industry will continue to be felt in 2017, despite some signs that the worst is over for the sector, according to Ledingham Chalmers chairman Jennifer Young. However, Ms Young, ...
