Search Results for: World Bank
Oil prices rise on talk of possible exporter moves to prop up market
August 12th, 2016
Oil prices rose by around 1 percent on Friday, extending gains from the previous session on expectations that exporters could talk at an upcoming meeting about ways to prop up a market that continues to be dogged by a ...
Investment demand for gold jumps to all-time high
August 11th, 2016
In late trade in New York on Wednesday gold edged higher to exchange hands at $1,352 an ounce. Last week gold closed at a two-year high and year to date the metal is up 27% or nearly $300 an ounce. A new study ...
‘Euro was flawed at birth and destined to collapse’ – Nobel economist
August 10th, 2016
The decision to create a single currency without the institutions which would make it work was “fatal” for the eurozone, said Nobel-Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, adding that the “eurozone must ditch it now to survive.” In his book ...
Saving the system
August 10th, 2016
Monetary policy, we are told, is all about staving off recession and stimulating economic growth. However, not only is monetary debasement in any form counterproductive and destroys the personal wealth of the masses, but the economists who devised today’s ...
China proposes global tax system at G20
August 10th, 2016
China’s Finance Minister Lou Jiwei proposed development of a new international taxation system at a G20 meeting in Chengdu over the weekend, joining a global movement aimed at stopping companies and individuals from exploiting discrepancies in different countries’ laws ...
Dollar Weakens as Muted Prospects for Fed Rate Hike Boost Gold
August 10th, 2016
Bonds gain as odds of a 2016 U.S. rate increase stay below 50% Asian stocks near one-year high as Hang Seng Index climbs The dollar weakened on speculation the Federal Reserve will be slow to raise interest rates amid ...
Asia shares up as yield hunt drives record flows, pound slips
August 9th, 2016
Asian shares stood atop one-year peaks on Tuesday as investors’ desperate search for yield drove a record inflow into emerging market funds, while the pound slipped to one-month lows on speculation of further policy easing in the UK. Analysts ...
Jack Ma Is Opening His Wallet to Europe But Not to Europeans
August 8th, 2016
Payments powerhouse Alipay ramps up search for retail partners Targets Chinese tourists, expats; no offer for local consumers Jack Ma will set a bag aside for you at your favorite Paris store or hail you a ride in Rome ...
The Rich Get Richer as Billionaires Increase in Number
August 8th, 2016
Whatever the world’s economic and market turbulence last year, one group has held up well: billionaires. The combined wealth of the world’s billionaires, defined as individuals with a net worth of $1 billion or above, increased by 5.4% to ...
Money transfer is now social
August 8th, 2016
Azimo, creator of the world’s largest digital money transfer network, has introduced a revolutionary new way for people to send money around the world via Facebook Messenger. An industry first, the new functionality connects senders and receivers through their Facebook friend ...
