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Lending expected to grow more than 3% in 2016, boosting Eurozone economy
October 19th, 2015
Business lending expected to grow by 3.8% in 2016 due to improving credit conditions and renewed business confidence Consumer credit to recover this year, growing 1.9%, and an expected 3.1% in 2016 Assets under management (AUM) in equities expected ...
Index Futures Drop With Asia Stocks After China GDP; Euro Rises
October 19th, 2015
Economy expands 6.9% in third quarter, beating estimates Gold retreats with copper as metals slide in data’s wake U.S. and European equity-index futures retreated with Asian shares and commodities after China reported the slowest economic growth since 2009. Treasuries ...
How VAT in UAE will impact consumers
October 19th, 2015
Impact would be negligible if VAT won’t exceed 5% and food essentials are exempted The impact of a value-added tax (VAT) system on consumers in the UAE may vary depending on household incomes and spending behavior, and how much ...
UK ‘needs Chinese investment’, ambassador says
October 19th, 2015
China‘s ambassador to the UK has said that the “UK needs Chinese investment”. Liu Xiaoming was speaking on BBC1’s Andrew Marr Show the day before the start of President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the UK. He said the ...
Asian shares rise to two-month highs, dollar gains on U.S. data
October 16th, 2015
Asian shares hit a two-month high on Friday, catching some of Wall Street’s shine after upbeat U.S. price and jobless claims data calmed some concerns about the strength of the U.S. economy. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside ...
UAE and India to enhance investments, bilateral ties
October 15th, 2015
Two nations pledge to remove hurdles to boost trade by 60%. The UAE and India have agreed to collaborate closely to identify bottlenecks to trade and new areas of trade with the aim of increasing two way trade by ...
Asia stocks rise, dollar sags as weak U.S. data dents rate hike prospects
October 15th, 2015
Asian shares rose to 2-month highs on Thursday and the dollar struggled near multi-week lows after weak U.S. economic data added to expectations that the Federal Reserve will delay hiking interest rates. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside ...
The Numbers Say That A Major Global Recession Has Already Begun
October 14th, 2015
The biggest bank in the western world has just come out and declared that the global economy is “already in a recession”. According to British banking giant HSBC, global trade is down 8.4 percent so far this year, and global GDP ...
FTSE 100 on track for third straight day of losses
October 14th, 2015
Stocks in the U.K. dropped Wednesday, driven lower alongside Asian and other European markets after the release of yet more disappointing Chinese data underscored concerns about economic growth in that country. The FTSE 100 UKX, -0.75% fell 0.7% to 6,297.19. The index ...
Three Trends Have Radically Redefined the Energy Market
October 14th, 2015
Cheap gas isn’t going away and solar is gaining market share Bloomberg New Energy Finance forecasts `age of plenty’ Michael Liebreich, the founder of Bloomberg New Energy Finance, set out the trends upending the global energy markets and ushering in ...
