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Asian shares rangebound amid gloomy oil outlook
November 12th, 2015
Pedestrians walk past a share prices board showing the numbers on the Nikkei 225 at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo, Japan. Asian equities were lackluster on Thursday, with weakening commodity prices, concerns over a slower-growing China and a ...
Emerging market slowdown and drop in trade clouding global outlook
November 10th, 2015
A further sharp downturn in emerging market economies and world trade has weakened global growth to around 2.9% this year – well below the long-run average – and is a source of uncertainty for near-term prospects, says the OECD. ...
OPEC’s Strategy Seen Potentially Backfiring
November 10th, 2015
Decision against controlling oil output could add to sustained period of low oil prices and dent revenues, IEA says OPEC’s unwillingness to limit its oil output could help usher in a sustained period of low prices and more pain ...
Asia Pacific stock markets continue slide as Chinese inflation weakens
November 10th, 2015
Investors have taken fright at the prospect that the US Fed could raise interest rates at the point when China is experiencing persistently weak demand Stock markets in Asia Pacific have continued to slide as the spectre of higher borrowing ...
CFTC Releases Annual Enforcement Results for Fiscal Year 2015
November 9th, 2015
Agency Filed 69 Enforcement Cases and Achieved a Record $3.14 Billion in Civil Monetary Penalties Ordered The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today released the agency’s enforcement results for fiscal year (FY) 2015, which included a record $3.144 ...
Nikkei, Shanghai outperform lackluster Asia
November 9th, 2015
Asian stocks diverged on Monday, with markets in China and Japan leaping to their highest levels since August 21 while other regional bourses wobbled after below-view trade figures released at the weekend from China. October exports fell 6.9 percent from a ...
The end-point in financial credit
November 6th, 2015
Since the 1980s, markets have had to adapt to a world of infinite credit. Of course, this credit has not been available to everyone: it has been principally deployed in favour of governments, financial markets, and big business. It ...
EU Commission: Autumn 2015 Economic Forecast
November 5th, 2015
Autumn 2015 Economic Forecast: Moderate recovery despite challenges The economic recovery in the euro area and the European Union as a whole is now in its third year. It should continue at a modest pace next year despite more ...
Bank of England maintains Bank Rate at 0.5%
November 5th, 2015
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) sets monetary policy in order to meet the 2% inflation target and in a way that helps to sustain growth and employment. At its meeting ending on 4 November 2015, the MPC ...
Bitcoin to be 6th largest reserve currency by 2030: Research
November 5th, 2015
Bitcoin industry insiders have issued an optimistic prediction for the cryptocurrency over the next few decades, suggesting it could be as widely used as the Swiss franc or the Australian dollar. U.K.-based Magister Advisors, which advises the technology industry ...
