Rapid rise in PPI may complicate PBoC's monetary policy management
Jan 11, 2017 11:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks
China Statistics Bureau report on January 10th showed Chinas headline CPI inflation came in at 2.1 percent y/y in December, missing market expectations of 2.3 percent and below 2.3 percent recorded in November. On a...
Jan 11, 2017 09:47 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Fading Chinese growth and commodity prices remain a major risk for commodity currencies. More specifically, China remains the second destination for NZ exports, just after Australia and before the US. Any slowdown in...
Jan 11, 2017 06:04 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
This write up emphasizes the upholding longs in Feb17 CME gold futures following the December Fed hike, macro markets broadly reacted meaningfully to the more hawkish rate projection, with gold specifically selling off to...
Four key times presidential nominees failed to gain Senate confirmation
Jan 10, 2017 15:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Republicans are rushing to begin confirmation hearings for Cabinet appointments even before the FBI has finished its background checks. For President-elect Donald Trumps opponents, this makes uncovering flaws in his...
Can Facebook help you make your home more sustainable?
Jan 10, 2017 15:43 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Facebook has always been controversial, with many users worrying about how the information they post might be used. Lately, the social media behemoth has also been criticised for facilitating the spread of fake...
The meritocracy is a smokescreen for inherited privilege
Jan 10, 2017 15:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life Politics
The politics of naming who is called what by whom can be used as a weapon, something we saw a great deal of in 2016 against a backdrop of the rise of populism generally. Sometimes it felt absurd: billionaires taking back...
How Finland could see benefits from its basic income experiment
Jan 10, 2017 13:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
One of the greatest political challenges in the 21st century is coming up with a welfare system which is both effective and fair. Recipients and non-recipients of benefits payments are both quick to point out apparent...
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
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects