Dec 17, 2018 07:36 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The Indian rupee, Indonesian rupiah and Thailand baht is expected to weaken abruptly in response to the headlines on the general election in India, Indonesia and Thailand due April/May, April 17 and February 24...
JGBs gain on first trading day ahead of November trade balance data, BoJ’s monetary policy decision
Dec 17, 2018 05:56 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The Japanese government bonds gained on the first trading day of the week Monday as investors wait to watch the countrys trade balance data for the month of November, scheduled to be released on November 18 by 23:50GMT....
Dec 17, 2018 03:34 am UTC| Commentary Economy
Australian government bonds gained across the curve during Asian session Monday as investors remain cautious amid slowing global economic growth. The yield on Australias benchmark 10-year note, which moves inversely to...
What moves markets more, Twitter or traditional news?
Dec 16, 2018 13:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology Economy
Can a single tweet make a countrys currency depreciate by 16%? Apparently it did on August 10, when Donald Trump tweeted that US tariffs on Turkish steel and aluminium would rise sharply. Amid 36,100 retweets, and calls by...
Corporate welfare bums: It’s payback time
Dec 16, 2018 13:32 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Canadas welfare state is disintegrating. Meanwhile, Canadas corporate welfare state has never been stronger. In his 2018 Fall Economic Report, Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced that corporations would receive $14...
Why Apple is no longer a by-word for innovation – just ask the markets
Dec 16, 2018 13:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology Economy
Which company would you say is going to grow faster in the coming years: Apple or Dominos Pizza? Intuitively, we see Apple as an innovative firm with a forward-looking culture and disruptive ideas, while Dominos Pizza...
‘Start-up nation’: a symptom, but of what?
Dec 16, 2018 13:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Under pressure, young entrepreneurs would tend to forget to take into account the effects of their ambitions on their surroundings. Just dance/Shutterstock Today, becoming a start-up nation is a public policy objective...
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