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Japanese shares near a 15-year high
April 8th, 2015
Japan’s shares neared a 15-year high on Wednesday after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) maintained its asset purchase program in an effort to boost the economy. In Tokyo, benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 0.4% at 19,723.42. The central bank has ...
Is The Whole World Slowing Down?
April 6th, 2015
The stats just keep getting stranger and, if you’re a policymaker or an investor, scarier. According to a (now widely publicized) McKinsey & Co study, instead of deleveraging after the debt-induced crisis of 2008-2009, the world borrowed another $57 trillion. ...
Asian central banks back in action this week
April 6th, 2015
The week ahead starts with Asian markets digesting the crucial U.S. nonfarm payrolls report, which continued to fuel the ongoing debate over when the Federal Reserve will launch its first interest rate hike. After digesting the U.S. jobs data, ...
Asia shares higher ahead of holiday
April 2nd, 2015
Asian shares headed higher on Thursday but investors were cautious ahead of a Good Friday public holiday tomorrow in some major markets. Japan’s shares were up despite a central bank survey showing firms expect inflation to rise 1.4% a ...
March 2015 National Association for Business Economics Outlook – Summary
March 30th, 2015
The March 2015 NABE Outlook presents the consensus of macroeconomic forecasts from a panel of 50 professional forecasters (see last page for listing). The survey, covering the outlook for 2015 and 2016, was conducted February 25- March 12, 2015. ...
Asia shares swing higher as China nears seven year high
March 30th, 2015
Asian stock markets rose on Monday, with China stocks nearing a seven-year peak on hopes for more infrastructure spending and policy stimulus, while oil prices suffered further from excess supply. Activity was guarded most elsewhere in a week book-ended with holidays ...
France cuts 2015 deficit target, eyes economic recovery
March 26th, 2015
France cut its budget deficit target for this year on Thursday and said economic growth could beat the government’s 1 percent forecast, after reporting a smaller-than-expected fiscal gap for 2014. Finance Minister Michel Sapin said France, which has repeatedly missed its ...
Ruble Storms to 2015 Highs as Exporters Sell Off Foreign Currency
March 25th, 2015
The Russian ruble rose to new 2015 highs on Wednesday, shrugging off a decline in oil prices as Russian exporters continued to sell forex to pay monthly taxes. At 08:00 GMT, the ruble was 0.8 percent stronger against the dollar at 57.22, and 0.6 percent stronger at 62.66 versus the euro. The Russian currency ...
UK inflation rate falls to zero in February
March 24th, 2015
UK inflation rate fell to 0% in February, the lowest since records began, official figures show. Lower prices for food and computer goods helped to cut the rate from 0.3% in January, official figures show. February’s figure is the lowest ...
BOI: The Monetary Committee keeps the interest rate for April 2015 unchanged at 0.1 percent
March 24th, 2015
Inflation data The Consumer Price Index for February declined by 0.7 percent, while forecasters had projected a decline of 0.6 percent, on average. The decline in electricity prices, which came into effect in February, contributed 0.3 percentage points toward ...
