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The Terrifying Truth About Negative Interest Rates
May 29th, 2019
Pushing interest rates below zero is both an act of desperation and something that in theory should have a huge, immediate impact of the behavior of borrowers and savers. The fact that negative rates have become the new normal ...
Post-tariff considerations
May 17th, 2019
President Trump has declared he will extend tariffs of 25% on all America’s imports of Chinese goods. China is responding with tariff increases of its own. The consequences of this action and reaction will be to kick-start higher ...
The European Securities and Markets Authority says market risk remains high but stable
May 16th, 2019
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its latest risk dashboard for the European Union’s securities markets, covering the first quarter of 2019. It finds that the risk landscape in Q1 2019 remains largely unchanged compared to the ...
Europe stocks seen mixed as trade war fears continue
May 8th, 2019
European stocks were seen mixed Wednesday morning as the escalating threat of a trade war between the U.S. and China continues to weigh on major markets. The pan-European STOXX 600 index dropped 0.14% after the bell, with the travel ...
Cyber wars and all that
May 3rd, 2019
Behind the Huawei story, we must not forget there is a wider financial war being waged by America against China and Russia. Stories about China’s banks being short of dollars are incorrect: the shortage is of inward capital ...
The US Government Debt Crisis
May 2nd, 2019
This article explains why the US Government is ensnared in a debt trap from which there is no escape. Its finances are spiralling out of control. In the context of a rapidly slowing global economy, the budget deficit ...
U.S. dollar traded close to a near two-year peak; Gold prices were little changed on Thursday
April 25th, 2019
Gold prices were little changed on Thursday as a firm dollar nullified support from faltering equities and a slew of weak economic data from far and wide that raised flags about the pace of global economic growth. Spot gold ...
Hourly labour costs rose in the euro area; The two main components of labour costs
March 21st, 2019
Hourly labour costs rose by 2.3% in the euro area (EA19) and by 2.8% in the EU28 in the fourth quarter of 2018, compared with the same quarter of the previous year. In the third quarter of 2018, hourly ...
Pound US Dollar exchange rate under pressure
March 21st, 2019
News that Theresa May will only ask for a three month extension to the Brexit deadline saw the Pound Sterling to US Dollar (GBP/USD) exchange rate slump further. Investors were disappointed by May’s decision not to seek a longer ...
British pound pulls back from highs as investors await next Brexit vote
March 14th, 2019
The pound fell Thursday, a day after the U.K. currency surged on a vote by the country’s parliament to rule out a no-deal exit from the European Union. The pound GBPUSD last traded at $1.3253, a 0.6% drop on ...
