Proposals of stricter regulations to curb Norway's house price growth
Mar 17, 2015 10:16 am UTC| Commentary
The Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway, Finanstilsynet, today published its proposals to the Ministry of Finance to slow growth in house prices.The proposal to regulation represents a tightening of current...
Base Metals Review: Commerzbank
Mar 17, 2015 10:09 am UTC| Commentary
Under pressure from sharply falling oil prices and the weakness in the precious metals sector, base metals also shed their early gains again yesterday.The poorer than expected industrial production in the US in February is...
Precious Metals Review: Commerzbank
Mar 17, 2015 10:06 am UTC| Commentary
Although the US dollar depreciated noticeably for a time yesterday, the entire precious metals sector was characterized by a pronounced weakness, evident above all in the prices in euros.Gold for instance dropped below the...
Energy Markets Review: Commerzbank
Mar 17, 2015 10:03 am UTC| Commentary
Oil prices are continuing the downswing they began last week. Brent dropped to $52.5 per barrel yesterday, its lowest level since the beginning of February. WTI fell to below $43 per barrel to hit a six-year low.The...
CBRT to keep all rates unchanged
Mar 17, 2015 10:00 am UTC| Commentary
Unicredit notes its views on CBRT meeting today as follows ... We expect the CBRT to keep all rates unchanged at todays MPC meeting, in line with market consensus. We expect the one-week repo rate to be kept at 7.5%,...
BoJ signals no imminent easing
Mar 17, 2015 09:53 am UTC| Commentary
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) as expected announced no new easing measures in connection with the monetary policy meeting held today.The target for expansion of the monetary base (currently the main policy instrument) was...
Czech GDP seen at 2.3% this year and 2.7% next
Mar 17, 2015 09:08 am UTC| Commentary
Czech January retail sales (including the automotive sector) increased by a solid 6.4 % yoy thus significantly beating the markets estimates.Car sales contributed significantly, up 8.7% yoy (12.1% WDA), confirming its...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects