Worrisome Signs Series: Slowdown of US economy is evident in the RGDP numbers
Aug 31, 2016 11:35 am UTC| Commentary Economy
U.S. economy is slowing down and many of the indicators like Total business sales, industrial production, and real gross domestic private investments are pointing to the possibilities of a recession ahead. In such an...
TED spread reaches highest level in 54 months
Aug 31, 2016 11:13 am UTC| Commentary Economy
October reforms have been weighing heavily over the risk-free rates, since the beginning of the year. The proposed money market reforms will start commencing from this October and many of the institutional investors are...
Africa stands to benefit from new trade deals and, possibly, from Brexit
Aug 31, 2016 09:41 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The last few months have seen some significant developments for African trade and integration. These advances come at a crucial time for African countries, which have been particularly hard hit by the slump in commodity...
Australian private sector credit grows at slowest pace since 2009
Aug 31, 2016 08:58 am UTC| Commentary Economy
Australian private sector credit grew at the slowest pace in nearly seven years, providing just the latest mixed message on the current state of Australias housing market. Australias housing credit expanded by 0.5...
Nationwide delivers good news from UK’s housing sector
Aug 31, 2016 08:02 am UTC| Commentary Economy
A fresh batch of good news got delivered by Nationwide, a 160-year-old organization that is widely considered as the worlds largest building society. According to the report from Nationwide, the UK economy, its housing...
Australia’s total private credit returns to moderate growth in July
Aug 31, 2016 06:33 am UTC| Commentary Economy
A soft rebound in Australias business sector resulted in total private credit to return to moderate growth in July. In recent months, deceleration has been recorded in Australias business sector. Business credit in the...
New Zealand’s business sentiment remains stable in August
Aug 31, 2016 06:13 am UTC| Commentary Economy
Business sentiment in New Zealand was quite stable in August. It was little changed in the month from July as farmers were less gloomy. According to the ANZ report, the net number of businesses positive towards outlook in...
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