Australian bonds continue on the downside despite sharp losses in equities
Aug 08, 2017 03:14 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The Australian bonds continued to be on the downside Tuesday as investors moved away from safe-haven assets despite sharp losses witnessed in the equity market, slightly tracking U.S. Treasuries. Also, markets will be...
Brazilian real’s rally likely to halt in medium-term, says Danske Bank
Aug 07, 2017 23:11 pm UTC| Commentary Economy
Last weeks positive news about has rebounded confidence towards the Brazilian economy. President Michel Temer has escaped the fate of his predecessor Dilma Rousseff. The pressure coming from the corruption scandal...
China’s short-term economic growth prospects seem strong
Aug 07, 2017 23:05 pm UTC| Commentary Economy
The Chinese economic growth in the second quarter continued to stay strong at 6.9 percent. The short-term growth prospects are strong. Along with a stable growth in consumption, growth benefitted from foreign trade and...
German industrial production falls in June sequentially, real GDP likely to have grown in Q2
Aug 07, 2017 23:04 pm UTC| Commentary Economy
As was widely anticipated, German industrial production dropped in June on a sequential basis. On the month, industrial production dropped 1.1 percent. Despite this decline, production grew in the second quarter at the...
New Zealand’s inflation expectations drop in Q3, shows RBNZ survey
Aug 07, 2017 16:58 pm UTC| Commentary Economy
The Reserve Bank of New Zealands near-term inflation expectations survey dropped in the third quarter. The survey questions respondents what they think inflation would be in two years time. The survey showed that the...
The economic black hole at the heart of the shift to electric vehicles
Aug 07, 2017 16:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The ban on the sale of new diesel and petrol cars and vans from 2040 is perhaps the most significant policy announcement made by the UK government in the past decade (with the possible exception of Brexit). It feels like a...
How affordable housing can chip away at residential segregation
Aug 07, 2017 15:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
With the health care debate stalling, Republicans are beginning to make more noise about tax reform. President Donald Trump has promised to make his bid to alter the code his next big battle, as has House Speaker Paul...