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Greece Reaches Tsipras Anniversary Facing Pension Battle
January 25th, 2016
Bonds sink ahead of tough negotiations over pension reform Government wants speedy end to bailout review with creditors Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is marking the one-year anniversary of his election on Monday as Greece finds itself once again with ...
Could Greece Positively Surprise World Economy in 2016?
January 21st, 2016
Premier sees investors returning to Greece in recent weeks Asset-sales fund announces Piraeus Port stake sale to Cosco Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said investor trust in the Greek economy is returning as the country’s asset-sales fund announced the privatization ...
IMF Executive Board Initiates Selection Process for Next Managing Director
January 21st, 2016
The Dean of the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mr. Aleksei Mozhin, made the following statement on January 20: “I am very pleased to announce that the Executive Board has adopted an open, merit-based, and transparent ...
Saudi Arabia Said to Ban Betting Against Its Currency
January 21st, 2016
Central bank said to give directive at Jan. 18 Riyadh meeting Riyal forwards jump to highest in at least 2 decades in Jan. Pressured by plunging oil prices and costly wars in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia moved to ...
FTSE 100 index plunges into ‘bear market’ territory as oil price rout wipes another £52bn off top-flight share values
January 21st, 2016
Footsie plunged 203 points or 3.5% to close at 5,673 That means £52bn has been wiped off blue-chip share values today Now more than 20% below April 2015’s 7,103 high – firmly a bear market Panic over oil price after ...
Pound dives as Bank of England rules out rate rise amid weak UK growth
January 20th, 2016
Currency traders react to Mark Carney’s downbeat assessment by selling pound to $1.42, its weakest since March 2009 The Bank of England governor has sent the pound into a nosedive after he ruled out an early rise in interest rates, saying ...
Japanese Stocks Plunge Into Bear Market as Global Rout Deepens
January 20th, 2016
Energy explorers lead Tokyo slump as oil spiral continues IMF cuts forecast for global economic growth in 2016 and 2017 Japanese stocks plunged into a bear market amid a slump in equities across Asia as investor concerns over the global ...
Oil falls 2-3 percent on surplus worries, as U.S. drops toward $27
January 20th, 2016
Crude futures slumped again in Asian trade on Wednesday, with U.S. oil droppping more than 3 percent toward $27 a barrel and its lowest since 2003, on worries about global oversupply. That came after the International Energy Agency, which ...
Asia markets extend declines; Nikkei down 3.49%, Hang Seng drops 3.68%
January 20th, 2016
Asian stocks tumbled Wednesday, with major indexes declining by more than 1 percent each, as global sentiment remained low on concerns over economic growth, China and low oil prices. “The frailty in the Chinese growth remain the core problem ...
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 ...
