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Philippines expects modest improvement in April export growth

Jun 09, 2015 04:21 am UTC| Commentary

The Philippines will release April export data on 10 June. Standard Chartered expects exports to have increased 6% y/y, following 2.1% growth in March on a favourable base effect. Annalysts assume April exports fell...

Daily Economic Outlook: 9th June, 2015

Jun 09, 2015 04:12 am UTC| Commentary

The release of UK trade figures for April will provide todays domestic highlight. According to the March data the trade deficit narrowed by 0.5bn on the month to 2.8bn. This decline largely reflected a 5.4% rise in exports...

Australia - Owner occupier housing finance up 1% in April, investor lending +2.6%

Jun 09, 2015 02:30 am UTC| Commentary

Australian housing finance approvals to owner occupiers came in above expectations with a 1% rise in April vs consensus forecasts of a 2% dip.The detail was positive as well with approvals ex refi also up 1%mth, and strong...

Australia - Housing finance to show a dip in April

Jun 09, 2015 00:57 am UTC| Commentary

The 1.6% rise in owner occupier finance approvals in March was almost entirely due to a surge in refinancing (+4%mth, 21%yr) with loans ex refi up just 0.3%mth, and down 3%yr. Construction-related approvals were soft but...

BoK expected to cut the policy rate further to 1.50% from 1.75%

Jun 08, 2015 22:23 pm UTC| Commentary

The Bank of Korea (BoK) will to hold its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on 11 June. It is expected to cut the policy rate further to 1.50% from 1.75%.It is believed that the recent deterioration in economic data...

Turkey – Q1 GDP will most likely reveal further weakness

Jun 08, 2015 22:13 pm UTC| Commentary

Turkey will release Q1 GDP on 10 June. y/y growth is expected to slow further to 1.4%, from 2.6% the previous quarter. Turkey grew at 2.9% y/y in 2014, a significant slowdown from the 4.2% y/y achieved in 2013.Domestic...

UK – Industrial production was likely flat in April

Jun 08, 2015 21:40 pm UTC| Commentary

UK industrial production (IP) is expected to have been flat in April on a monthly basis, and up 0.5% y/y. IP was sharply higher in March, up 0.5% m/m, its highest level since 2011.However, it remains about 10% below the...

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Economy

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The cost of living crisis is making it difficult for many people to pay their bills, including housing costs. Private sector rents have increased by an average 9% over the year to February 2024, and rising interest rates...

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Gas prices have relaxed, Europe has come out of the winter with record gas storage levels and a surfeit of liquefied natural gas is set to reach the shores of Europe over the coming years. Many commentators are hopeful...

Minimum wage for South African farm workers: study shows 2013 hike helped reduce poverty even though compliance was poor

Minimum wage policies are typically aimed at reducing poverty. Yet there is little direct evidence of this effect, especially in developing countries. And none for South Africa. In a recent paper, we consider the...

Gas is good until 2050 and beyond, under Albanese gas strategy

The Albanese government is talking up the crucial role of gas as a transition fuel through to 2050 and beyond. In a gas strategy to be released on Thursday, the government envisages the fuels uses would change over...

South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed

The South African governments Just Energy Transition Implementation Plan was launched in November 2023. It is a roadmap guiding the country away from reliance on coal-fired power towards renewable energy alternatives by...

Politics

Donald Trump Allegedly Offers Oil Execs a Deal to Scrap EV Incentives for $1B Donation

Former President Donald Trump reportedly proposed a $1 billion deal to oil executives, offering to end electric vehicle (EV) subsidies in return for campaign funding, according to The Washington Post. This move underscores...

US Supreme Court upended decades of precedent in 2022 by allowing voters to vote with gerrymandered maps instead of fixing the congressional districts first

For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use congressional districts that violated the law and diluted the voting power of Black citizens. A 5-4 vote by the Supreme Court in February...

Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections

Ahead of the European parliament elections in June, Germany has lowered the age limit on participation to 16. This makes it the largest of just a handful of states in the EU to allow people under the age of 18 to vote....

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South Africa will play an important international role in 2025 as president of the G20. The G20 is a group of 19 countries as well as the African Union and the European Union. Between them they represent 85% of global...

What early 2024 polls are revealing about voters of color and the GOP

By the end of winter 2024, the return of Donald Trump to the top of the GOP presidential ticket has revealed a surprising trend in the former presidents base of support: his increasing popularity among Black and Latino...

Science

Is dark matter’s main rival theory dead? There’s bad news from the Cassini spacecraft and other recent tests

One of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics today is that the forces in galaxies do not seem to add up. Galaxies rotate much faster than predicted by applying Newtons law of gravity to their visible matter, despite those...

Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of

Algorithms have become integral to our lives. From social media apps to Netflix, algorithms learn your preferences and prioritise the content you are shown. Google Maps and artificial intelligence are nothing without...

IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these relic neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they cant harm you. In fact, only one of them is...

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this...

Dark matter: our new experiment aims to turn the ghostly substance into actual light

A ghost is haunting our universe. This has been known in astronomy and cosmology for decades. Observations suggest that about 85% of all the matter in the universe is mysterious and invisible. These two qualities are...

Technology

Shiba Inu Burn Rate Skyrockets 579%, 9.83 Million Tokens Burned in One Day

Shiba Inus burn rate surged by 579% in the past 24 hours, destroying 9.83 million tokens, according to Shibburn. The significant increase in token burns has caught the markets attention, with substantial transactions from...

Tesla Cybertruck Trails Ford F-150 Lightning in Sales as Q1 Figures Disappoint Wall Street

New registration data reveals that the Tesla Cybertruck ranked second to the Ford F-150 Lightning in March. Meanwhile, Teslas Q1 sales missed Wall Street expectations, marking the first year-over-year quarterly decline...

Bitcoin Developers Tease Major Trigger for Next Bull Run: Programmability Upgrade

Bitcoin developers suggest enabling programmability on the blockchain could be the key trigger for the next bull run, following the SECs approval of spot Bitcoin ETF trading and the BTC halving. Developers Eye...

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This week, market experts spotlight Solana (SOL), Fantom (FTM), and Chainlink (LINK) as top altcoins to watch, highlighting their unique strengths and recent performance amid unusual market patterns. Solana Overcomes...

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Ripple recently highlighted a warning from Professor Massimiliano Sala, urging the crypto industry to replace current public-key cryptosystems due to vulnerabilities exposed by advancing quantum technology. Professor...