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Draghi Efforts Thwarted by Oil as Economists See More Easing
January 19th, 2016
Some 61% of respondents in Bloomberg survey see more stimulus Raising monthly QE amount, deposit-rate cut seen among options Mario Draghi may have to up the ante, and he has oil to blame. More than 60 percent of economists ...
ECB policymakers divided over China risks
January 15th, 2016
Policymakers at the European Central Bank disagreed at their last meeting over how big a threat turmoil in China and other emerging markets pose to Europe’s modest economic recovery. The result of the Dec. 3 debate, for which a ...
EBA publishes revised final draft technical standards and Guidelines on methodology and disclosure for global systemically important institutions
January 14th, 2016
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today revised final draft technical standards and Guidelines on the further specification of the indicators of global systemic importance and their disclosure. The need for this revision was prompted by the new data ...
Pound Slumps as BOE Rate-Rise Expectations Recede
January 14th, 2016
China-linked market turmoil has made Bank of England rate increase less likely, investors say The British pound tumbled to a more than 5½-year low this week, as concerns about China help push back expectations of a long-anticipated interest-rate increase ...
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 ...
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 ...
Meet 2016’s Worst Economic Performers Flirting With Disaster
January 11th, 2016
For the world’s worst-performing economies, no good will come from New Year’s resolutions to do better. For many, 2016 will only bring more disappointment, say economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Oil-rich Venezuela will contract by 3.3 percent this year, the ...
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 ...
ESMA to Cooperate with Canadia and Swiss Regulators on CCPS
January 8th, 2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has established three Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). The MoUs establish cooperation arrangements, including the exchange of information, regarding Central Counterparties (CCPs) which are established and ...
China to be Iran’s top partner in 2016
January 7th, 2016
The expected removal of the nuclear deal opens up new opportunities for Iran. Though the sanctions haven’t lifted yet, many countries and their respective companies have lined up to gain more advantage from the renewal or restoration of economic ...
