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IMF Urges Fed to Wait on Interest Rates Until 2016
June 5th, 2015
The International Monetary Fund on Thursday slashed its forecasts for U.S. economic growth, calling for the Federal Reserve to hold off its first rate increase in nearly a decade until 2016. In its annual review of the U.S. economy, ...
Euro off highs, China shares swing to new peak
June 5th, 2015
Asian shares were mostly lower on Friday while bonds snapped a vicious losing streak and the euro retreated as investors braced for U.S. jobs data and another day of drama over Greece. The main exception was China where stocks ...
Investors Start To Panic As A Global Bond Market Crash Begins
June 4th, 2015
Is the financial collapse that so many are expecting in the second half of 2015 already starting? Many have believed that we would see bonds crash before the stock market crashes, and that is precisely what is happening right ...
Egypt signs €8bn power deal with Siemens
June 4th, 2015
Egypt yesterday signed an €8 billion (Dh33bn) contract with Siemens to increase power generation capacity by 50 per cent, which is expected to provide a boost to the economy. The contract, which was signed in Berlin by the Egyptian ...
Greek Stalemate Leaves Tsipras Face Final Creditor Offer
June 3rd, 2015
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will be told the details of a final proposal from creditors to break a stalemate over a financial lifeline as his country runs out of options to avert a default. After European leaders and ...
ASX: GDP beats forecasts in Q1
June 3rd, 2015
The Australian economy grew at a faster pace than economists expected in the March quarter, data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew a seasonally adjusted 0.9 per cent in the three months to the end ...
China’s PMI records slight improvement
June 3rd, 2015
China‘s manufacturing activity improved slightly in May, while the service sector continued to weaken, indicating complications in the world’s second-largest economy, a survey showed yesterday. The official Purchasing Managers’ Index, a comprehensive gauge of operating conditions in large state-owned ...
Asia stocks subdued, euro and Aussie stand tall
June 3rd, 2015
A spike in U.S. and German debt yields reduced the appetite for riskier assets to keep Asian share markets subdued on Wednesday, while the euro held gains made on upbeat euro zone inflation data and on hopes that Greece ...
2007 All Over Again? Mega-Merger Edition
June 2nd, 2015
Intel is buying chip maker Altera. Charter is buying Time Warner Cable. All the big drug makers are buying all the mediums-sized ones. Great news, right? If these huge companies with their top-of-the-line analytical tools and deep insight into ...
Bank of Japan’s Kuroda says FX should reflect fundamentals
June 2nd, 2015
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Tuesday it was important for currency rates to reflect economic fundamentals, and reiterated that central bank policy is aimed at fostering price stability and not to weaken the yen. Speaking to reporters after ...
