FxWirePro: Is Swedish Krona really getting cushion from Riksbank for inflation puzzles?
Nov 22, 2017 13:08 pm UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
Over the past week the Swedish krona came under considerable pressure, but in the end, it did not achieve a sustainable break of the 10 mark in EURSEK, not least as Riksbank deputy governor Kerstin af Jochnik came to the...
FxWirePro: Global derivative markets roundup
Nov 22, 2017 13:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The 1Y/5Y vol curve slope in EURUSD is a whisker away from all-time highs and is worth watching closely for a top since 1Y vol tends to pivot more than 2% pts higher from such peaks. Large gyrations in heavily...

FxWirePro: CAD/JPY option strips to hedge both bearish/bullish scenarios in major trend
Nov 22, 2017 09:13 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The Bank of Canada (BoC) is likely to have taken a deep breath when it saw the October inflation data on Friday. It fell from 1.6% to 1.4% YoY. The different measures of core inflation also eased slightly and now range...

Productive cities: toward a new biopolitics of cities
Nov 22, 2017 06:42 am UTC| Insights & Views
The idea of the productive city emerged with the development of industrial capitalism. In this way, the productive model imposed its own logic on cities, which came to be regarded as passive receptacles harbouring economic...
Jet fuel from sugarcane? It's not a flight of fancy
Nov 22, 2017 05:42 am UTC| Insights & Views
The aviation industry produces 2 percent of global human-induced carbon dioxide emissions. This share may seem relatively small for perspective, electricity generation and home heating account for more than 40 percent ...
Welcome to Britain: a land where jobs may be plentiful but are more and more precarious
Nov 22, 2017 05:38 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The British chancellor, Philip Hammond, was roundly criticised on November 19 after claiming there were no unemployed people during a BBC interview with Andrew Marr. While the latest figures from the Office for National...
Brexit calls for free trade are a convenient smoke screen for more corporate tax privilege
Nov 22, 2017 05:34 am UTC| Insights & Views
Liam Foxs call for Britain to champion the cause for free trade in the wake of Brexit and increasing trade barriers, needs to be examined against further revelations of the so-called Paradise Papers scandal, and other...