The Federal Reserve Bitcoin Strategy
January 28th, 2015
This morning The Federal Reserve Bitcoin Strategy was released in a paper outlining multiple options for improving the U.S. payment system. In the past, Digital currency had been deemed too immature. Now, after pressure from private sector interests, the ...
MAS Monetary Policy Statement
January 28th, 2015
Since the last Monetary Policy Statement in October, developments in the global and domestic inflation environment have led to a significant shift in Singapore’s CPI inflation outlook for 2015. As part of its ongoing economic surveillance, MAS has assessed ...
Central Banks and Economic Reports Keep Bull Market Alive
January 28th, 2015
At the age of 72 months, the U.S. bull market may be long in the tooth. Stocks may be significantly over-priced based on the CAPE-10 P/E ratio, and Warren Buffett’s favorite measurement, the ratio of market capitalization to GDP. ...
Investment Analyst
January 28th, 2015
Reference Number: IA012015 The key responsibilities of the role include: Keeping up to date and reporting on global market developments, particularly with respect to currency and commodity markets Assisting in the preparation of charts, tables, or any other materials used ...
Why Korea’s Central Bank Thinks It Won’t Catch Japan’s Deflation
January 28th, 2015
Households surveyed by the Korean central bank expect consumer price gains of 2.6 percent in the next 12 months. Deflation in South Korea is a looming threat, according to economists at Nomura Holdings Inc. and Samsung Securities Co., who ...
Swiss central bank ready to intervene: official
January 27th, 2015
The Swiss franc fell on Tuesday after a senior official at the Swiss National Bank was quoted as saying the central bank was still prepared to intervene to keep the currency relatively weak. The euro jumped to over 1.03 ...
Foreign Law Firms Face Pressure in China
January 27th, 2015
For Western law firms doing business in Asia, last week represented the best of times and the worst of times. On one end of the spectrum: New York law firm Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, which said ...
Eurogroup meeting of 26 January 2015: Remarks by Jeroen Dijsselbloem
January 27th, 2015
Good evening and welcome to this press conference. This was our first Eurogroup of the New Year and already a lot has happened. Of course we discussed the latest news, which was the outcome of last nights Greek elections ...
Interview with Jens Weidmann: “The risk of exaggerations increases”
January 27th, 2015
“The risk of exaggerations increases” Mr Weidmann, the ECB was originally modelled on the Bundesbank. Was this tradition laid to rest on Thursday? I wouldn’t make this out to be some kind of sea change, but I do regard this ...
Microsoft sales soar for all its non-Windows products
January 27th, 2015
Microsoft sales are growing for just about every product it makes … except for Windows. A couple years ago, that would have caused a panic — Windows has been Microsoft’s cash cow since 1985. In 2015, Microsoft (MSFT, Tech30) isn’t sweating it too ...