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Oil price briefly falls below $30 a barrel
January 14th, 2016
Oil prices have briefly fallen below $30 a barrel on international markets for the first time since April 2004, before recovering again. Brent crude, used as an international benchmark, fell as low as $29.96, but bounced back to trade ...
Volkswagen recall plans rejected by US regulators
January 13th, 2016
US regulators have rejected Volkswagen’s recall plan for diesel cars fitted with emissions “cheat” devices. The California Air Resources Board said the proposals did “not adequately address overall impacts on vehicle performance, emissions and safety”. The board also said ...
Russian watchdog to inspect Microsoft, McDonald’s for compliance with personal data law
January 12th, 2016
The regulator plans to hold over 1,000 scheduled inspections of compliance with the law on keeping of Russian users’ personal data on servers in Russia Central Federal District Department of the Russian IT and communications regulator will inspect a ...
Swiss National Bank expects annual loss of CHF 23 billion
January 11th, 2016
Ordinary profit distribution, thanks to large distribution reserve According to provisional calculations, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) will report a loss in the order of CHF 23 billion for the 2015 financial year. The loss on foreign currency positions ...
PwC economists reveal predictions for 2016
January 11th, 2016
G7 to grow at fastest rate since 2010, led by US and UK Geopolitics (rather than economics) will top policymakers’ agendas Commodity prices will remain lower for longer End of the Eurozone crisis African population to rise in 2016 ...
Gold in 2016
January 8th, 2016
Advance signs of a global slump in economic activity emerged in 2015. Furthermore, the dollar’s strength, coupled with widening credit spreads confirms a global tendency for dollar-denominated debt to contract. These developments typically precede an economic and financial crisis ...
Dow Tumbles Nearly 400 Points on China Worries
January 8th, 2016
Dow industrials, S&P 500 are off to their worst-ever starts to the year The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell nearly 400 points Thursday as steep falls in Chinese equities spilled over to global markets. Thursday’s selloff came after the ...
PBOC:The Central Parity of RMB against US Dollar Became More Market-based in 2015
January 8th, 2016
Guest Commentator of CFETS The PBC improved the quotation mechanism of the central parity of RMB against US dollar on August 11, 2015, for the purpose of having a more market-based central parity to serve as the benchmark for ...
RMB exchange rate remained generally stable against a basket of currencies in 2015
January 7th, 2016
Guest Commentator of CFETS, Jan 5, 2016 On January 4, 2016, the China Foreign Exchange Trade System published the latest readings of a series of RMB exchange rate indices. According to the latest figures, on December 31, 2015, the ...
PwC agreed to pay $55 million to settle claims
January 7th, 2016
PwC in $55 million settlement with Madoff feeder fund investors PricewaterhouseCoopers agreed to pay $55 million to settle claims it failed to audit properly the books of Fairfield Greenwich Group, the biggest operator of “feeder funds” for now-imprisoned swindler ...
