Wind farms are hardly the bird slayers they're made out to be. Here's why
Jun 17, 2017 16:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
People who oppose wind farms often claim wind turbine blades kill large numbers of birds, often referring to them as bird choppers. And claims of dangers to iconic or rare birds, especially raptors, have attracted a lot of...
Can we predict political uprisings?
Jun 17, 2017 15:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics Economy
Forecasting political unrest is a challenging task, especially in this era of post-truth and opinion polls. Several studies by economists such as Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler in 1998 and 2002 describe how economic...
FxWirePro: The key driving forces of BRICS currencies and hedging vehicles (episode 2)
Jun 16, 2017 12:42 pm UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
INR: The INR is an ideal high-yield currency. A modest current account deficit and basic balance surplus, low realized vol and favorable carry-to-vol characteristics should continue to entice carry trade flows. The...
FxWirePro: The key driving forces of BRICS currencies and hedging vehicles (episode 1)
Jun 16, 2017 12:31 pm UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
BRL: Bearish: USDBRL back to 3.40 on a negative Electoral Court (TSE) ruling on the 2014 presidential campaign financing case, which may compromise the Social Security reform. Another round of wrong-doing allegations to...
Jun 16, 2017 12:16 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Central Banks
In the yesterdays SNB LIBOR rate announcement, the central bank has maintained status quo, leaving interest rates unchanged at -0.75% followed by monetary policy assessment and press conference. In the press conference,...
Jun 16, 2017 12:07 pm UTC| Economy Insights & Views Central Banks
The UK economy has weathered the 12 months since the vote to leave the EU better than feared, though the 1Q gain in GDP was, at 0.1% qoq, the slowest in the EU and the uncertainty emanating from the 8 June election result...
RBNZ expected to remain on hold at 1.75 pct, likely to reaffirm neutral bias
Jun 16, 2017 12:06 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand convenes to decide monetary policy on June 22 and we expect the central bank to stay pat at 1.75 pct. The statement is likely to reaffirm a neutral bias. At an interview following the May...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight