US Election Series: latest scorecard
Mar 08, 2016 10:02 am UTC| Commentary Politics
Former US Secretary of State and wife of former president Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton is clearly leading the race, whereas things have heated up on the republican side. Originally 16 candidates, joined the republican...
US election series: March 15th primary may bring down republican aspirants to two
Mar 08, 2016 09:26 am UTC| Commentary Politics
Under this series, we at FxWirePro fundamental are keeping a close tab over US election, where primaries are going on and through this primaries both Republican and democrats would finalize their presidential nominee in...
Iceland’s economy likely expanded strongly in 2015
Mar 08, 2016 09:07 am UTC| Commentary
Icelands economy is expected to have expanded strongly in 2015 as a whole even if it has stagnated in Q4. Also, the outlook continues to be positive. In Q3, the Icelandic economy grew 0.7% q/q that dragged the annual rate...
Any signs of weakness in Turkish economic activity may pressurise CBRT to cut rates
Mar 08, 2016 08:41 am UTC| Commentary Economy
Political pressures on the Turkish central bank might be ignited to cut interest rates if there are any signs of weakness in economic activity. Currently, the CBRT is in a mode of wait-and-see because of the increased...
BoJ likely to extend ETA for reaching CPI price stability target
Mar 08, 2016 08:20 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Japans composite index of consumption is expected to be 0.5% lower in January than Q4s average of -0.8% q/q. This projection is based on Japans January retail sales and consumer spending. The GDP-based real private...
Mar 08, 2016 08:17 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
Answer to the key question - Will ECB add further monetary stimulus or not? could earn you millions if you get it right with sizable exposure. However price action, surrounding EUR/USD are suggesting traders arent so sure...
BoJ likely to stand pat in March and ease in July
Mar 08, 2016 07:47 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks
The Bank of Japan is expected to highlight that rate cuts are not aimed at competitive devaluation of the JPY. In a short period, multiple cuts might be difficult. It appears to have become less urgent and more difficult...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects