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Chinese stocks rally on rumored mortgage tax break
December 2nd, 2015
Chinese markets rallied Wednesday afternoon on speculation of an upcoming incentive to be announced by Beijing to boost the country’s lagging property market. Elsewhere, other Asian equities ended lower on Wednesday as sentiment remained shaky in the region, with ...
The truth about GDP
December 1st, 2015
“I can prove anything by statistics except the truth” – George Canning Canning’s aphorism is as valid today as when he was Britain’s Prime Minister in 1817. Unfortunately, his wisdom is ignored completely by mainstream economists. Nowhere is this ...
Barbados Central Bank Should Consider Holding Bitcoin
December 1st, 2015
Two Barbadian economists have concluded that the country’s central bank may want to consider holding a small amount of bitcoin as part of its portfolio of foreign reserves. In a new working paper, the authors examine the potential role cryptocurrencies could ...
Morgan Stanley Said to Plan Global Fixed-Income Job Cuts
December 1st, 2015
Cuts would be across regions and take place in next two weeks Bank’s fixed-income trading revenue dropped 42% last quarter Morgan Stanley is planning a reduction of as much as a quarter of its fixed-income staff after years of ...
Bank of England: Financial Stability Report, December 2015
December 1st, 2015
The Financial Policy Committee (FPC) prepares and publishes a Financial Stability Report (FSR) twice per calendar year. The FSR sets out the FPC’s assessment of the outlook for financial stability in the United Kingdom. To do this, the FPC identifies the ...
The Current State of the Swiss Franc
November 30th, 2015
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) kept policy unchanged at the June policy review, leaving their benchmark interest of deposits at -0.75%. The target range for the three month Libor remained unchanged at -1.25% to -0.25%. The SNB repeated ...
The B2 Group corporate customers confirm 2016 will be a year of revolution, not evolution
November 30th, 2015
Pace of change in financial services sector places more pressure on IT system readiness The B2 Group, provider of based payments, investment funds and FX automation software and consultancy solutions for transaction banks, third-party administrators, fund companies and corporates ...
Balkan States Woo Chinese Investors
November 30th, 2015
At the ’16 + 1′ summit, which opened on Tuesday, China is deepening its interest in Southeastern Europe, investing in trade, finance, agriculture and infrastructure projects. The 4th annual Economic and Trade Forum between China and 16 countries of ...
Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)
November 30th, 2015
In the aftermath of the Cyprus economic crisis, one sector that has been suffering for some time now is the real estate and construction industry. One could argue though that a major reason for the crisis is the overexpansion ...
Chinese Debt Snowball Gaining Momentum
November 30th, 2015
Financial crises can happen quickly, like the bursting of the tech stock bubble in early 2000, or slowly, like the late-1980s junk bond bust. The shape of the crash depends mostly on the asset in question: Equities can plunge ...
