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Certain financial derivatives such as binary options, CFDs with leverage will be restricted by FSMA
August 16th, 2016
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) of Belgium has issued an announcement to inform that the authority establishes a framework for the distribution of OTC Derivatives (Binary options, CFDs, etc.). According to FSMA’s announcement, the distribution of certain ...
Japan stocks drop as oil prices slip
August 16th, 2016
Shares in Asia were mixed on Tuesday, with record gains in the U.S. market overnight offset by a dip in oil prices and a firmer yen. The Nikkei Stock Average NIK, -1.62% was down 1.1% in early morning trade, after flip-flopping ...
The US dollar could stay stuck in a rut until after November
August 16th, 2016
The U.S. dollar is stuck in a rut, and it could stay there for a while. Dollar bulls have been falling by the wayside this summer, as the U.S.Federal Reserve looks further away from tightening its monetary policy. The currency also runs ...
Why Say’s law is always true
August 12th, 2016
One of my regular readers has raised the important subject of Say’s law, the denial of which both Keynesian and modern monetarists are emphatic. They need this fundamental axiom to be untrue to justify state stimulation of aggregate demand. ...
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 ...
Asia mostly lower as oil retreats further; BOK keeps rates steady
August 11th, 2016
Asia markets were mostly lower on Thursday following U.S. losses, with sentiment likely driven by Wednesday’s oil price falls and anticipation of another data deluge from China on Friday. In Australia, the benchmark ASX 200 slid 35.71 points, or 0.64 percent, ...
Reserve Bank of New Zealand: Official Cash Rate reduced to 2.0 percent
August 11th, 2016
Statement by Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler: The Reserve Bank today reduced the Official Cash Rate (OCR) by 25 basis points to 2.0 percent. Global growth is below trend despite being supported by unprecedented levels of monetary stimulus. Significant ...
‘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 ...
