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The dollar stood tall against its peers; Euro lost more than 0.9 percent this week
September 28th, 2018
The dollar stood tall against its peers on Friday, hovering near a nine-month high versus the yen, after data reinforced upbeat views about the U.S. economy and backed the Federal Reserve’s signal for a steady course of rate increases ...
European stocks keep steady; The pan-European STOXX 600 rose 0.1 percent
September 18th, 2018
The pan-European STOXX 600 reversed early losses to rise 0.1 percent at the close, while Germany’s DAX, home to large exporters and carmakers, was down 0.2 percent. Wall Street opened slightly lower but the dip did not change the ...
Dollar dips as Pound bounce; Emerging currencies seen curbing safe-haven dollar’s fall
September 6th, 2018
The dollar sagged on Thursday as the pound led a bounce in European currencies, although skittish emerging market currencies and global trade concerns limited the greenback’s losses. The Australian dollar also dipped, failing to draw support from slightly better-than-expected ...
Valuing Gold In A World Awash With Dollars
July 27th, 2018
Summary In this article I point to the pressures on the Fed to moderate monetary policy, but that will only affect the timing of the next cyclical credit crisis. That is going to happen anyway, triggered by the Fed ...
Asian stocks halt four weeks of losses, Pound drops; Here are the main market moves
July 13th, 2018
Asian stocks headed for their first weekly advance in five as trade tensions appeared to ease after China refrained from detailing retaliation plans against threatened U.S. tariff increases. The pound slipped on the latest woes from the Brexit quagmire. ...
Initial Coin Offerings: A total of $13.7 billion USD raised the first five months of 2018; Report
July 5th, 2018
The Crypto Valley Association has teamed up again with Strategy&, the strategy and consulting division of CVA member PwC, to launch the June 2018 edition of their quarterly reports on the global Initial Coin Offering (ICO) market. The report, ...
Oil, the petrodollar, and the next emerging market crisis
June 21st, 2018
Oil prices are up over the past year, which is bad if you’re, say, a developing country that imports a lot of the stuff. But the US dollar (aka the petrodollar) is also up, which compounds the problem because ...
Stocks take battering as Italian crisis roils financial markets
May 30th, 2018
Asian stocks extended a global sell-off on Wednesday as Italy’s political crisis rippled across financial markets, toppling the euro to a 10-month low, pushing up Italian borrowing costs and sending investors rushing to safe-haven assets such as U.S. Treasuries. ...
Euro edged down against the dollar and Yen stepped back from a two week high
May 25th, 2018
The yen stepped back from a two-week high against the dollar on Friday when North Korea said it was open to resolving issues with the United States after President Donald Trump called off a June summit with its leader, ...
Economics 101: Who Sets Prices?
April 26th, 2018
Since the advent of nineteenth century socialism, politicians and economists in the centre ground have argued for a balanced approach, where vital services are provided by the state, and capitalism is left to provide the rest. Vital services ...