How Islamic financial markets are a safe haven in conventional market crises
Oct 23, 2017 01:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Islamic finance is enjoying a surge in popularity, with 14% annual growth in recent years. And the interest in sharia-compliant stocks and bonds is growing across the non-Muslim as well as Muslim world. My recent...
Financial literacy is a public policy problem
Oct 23, 2017 01:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
As the world of finance becomes more complex, most of us arent keeping up. In this series were exploring what it means to be financially literate. Its pretty common nowadays to see the likes of the Reserve Bank of...
FxWirePro: The Day Ahead- 20th October 2017
Oct 20, 2017 04:47 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks
Not many economic data and events scheduled for today and all with low to medium volatility risks associated. Upcoming: Germany: Producer price inflation report for September will be published at 6:00...
Oct 20, 2017 00:52 am UTC| Research & Analysis Economy
Moodys Investors Service says that Tajikistans (B3 stable) credit profile reflects the countrys very low per capita income and institutional strength, as well as its robust growth prospects. Low foreign-exchange...
Chinese economy needs to expand strongly in Q4 to achieve 7 pct growth, says ANZ
Oct 19, 2017 13:23 pm UTC| Commentary Economy
Given that the first and second quarter GDP growth of China was upwardly revised, the third quarter GDP growth expanded 6.8 percent year-on-year. The figure corresponds with a slower quarterly growth of 1.7 percent...
China activity growth likely to weaken in Q4 on slowdown in housing, credit impulse: DNB Markets
Oct 19, 2017 12:57 pm UTC| Commentary Economy
Chinas activity growth is expected to weaken during the fourth quarter of this year, owing to a slowdown in the housing market and a negative development in the credit impulse. The September data confirmed this view, with...
German bunds gain following weak risk appetite among investors
Oct 19, 2017 09:05 am UTC| Commentary Economy
German bunds gained Thursday as investors poured into safe-haven assets while moving away from the riskier assets, including equities and crude oil. Also, the rising tensions between the United States and Iran amid Iraq...
Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power
What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case
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