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The productivity myth
October 20th, 2017
Every now and then, there’s a rash of commentary on national productivity. And for the British, productivity is all part of the Brexit angst, with the OECD, the Treasury, the Bank of England and Remainers all saying the ...
The European Banking Authority issued Opinion on the design of a new prudential framework for investment firms
October 19th, 2017
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published its Opinion on the design and calibration of a new prudential framework for investment firms, which is specifically tailored to the needs of investment firms’ different business models and inherent risks. The Opinion ...
Is Bitcoin’s price fall of nearly 9 percent a healthy pullback?
October 19th, 2017
Bitcoin fell Wednesday after indications of greater scrutiny from U.S. regulators. At one point in the day, the digital currency declined by nearly $500, or about 8.7 percent to a low of $5,109.70, before regaining some of the lost ...
U.S. financial regulator releases Primer on Virtual Currencies
October 18th, 2017
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s LabCFTC released, “A CFTC Primer on Virtual Currencies.” This primer is the first of a series that LabCFTC will release to provide fundamental, and essential, information about financial technology (FinTech) innovation. “LabCFTC believes that ...
CFTC announces Clearinghouse liquidity stress test results
October 18th, 2017
Staff of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a report detailing the results of an evaluation of settlement liquidity at clearinghouses. The purpose of the analysis was to assess the impact of a hypothetical extreme but plausible market ...
Dollar moved to one-week top against a basket of currencies
October 18th, 2017
Asian shares consolidated recent gains and currencies kept to tight ranges on Wednesday as investors waited to see what policies might emerge from China’s Communist Party conference. The twice-a-decade congress is expected to cement the power of President Xi ...
Coffee futures dive
October 12th, 2017
Coffee futures fell, despite data showing an “unexpected” dip in Brazilian exports last month, as weather forecasters injected a little extra rain into the outlook for the South American country. Arabica coffee futures for December dropped 3.1% to 127.00 ...
International fraudulent scheme controller fined for more than $2 million
October 11th, 2017
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois entered a Final Judgment and Order against Grace Elizabeth Reisinger of Grand Island, Nebraska and ...
The upcoming increase in interest rates
October 6th, 2017
Last week, both Janet Yellen of the Fed and Mark Carney of the Bank of England prepared financial markets for interest rate increases. The working assumption should be that this was coordinated, and that both the ECB and ...
U.S. oil prices dips below $50
October 4th, 2017
Oil prices eased on Wednesday, with U.S. crude dipping below $50 per barrel, pulled down by caution that a rally that lasted for most of the third quarter would not extend through the last three months of the year. ...
