Nov 15, 2016 13:24 pm UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
A glimpse: The USD rally caused by Donald Trumps election victory and based on rising inflation and interest rate expectations continued again yesterday. That means the market is pricing in acceleration in Fed rate hikes...
FxWirePro: Riksbank deferral keeps SEK trading portfolios on track – Uphold USD/EUR/SEK vols spreads
Nov 15, 2016 12:50 pm UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
The fall in price levels by -0.2% in September shock up Riksbank: over the past few months the inflation trend has slowed and that despite a notable depreciation of the krona since the summer. Riksbank already reacted...
Rate cuts from RBA unlikely in coming months, further easing on cards over 2017
Nov 15, 2016 12:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks
Minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australias (RBA) November 1 meeting where the bank left the cash rate unchanged at a record-low 1.5 percent were released earlier on Tuesday. In its minutes the RBA said that the risks to the...
Three common arguments for preserving the Electoral College – and why they're wrong
Nov 15, 2016 10:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
In November 2000, newly elected New York Senator Hillary Clinton promised that when she took office in 2001, she would introduce a constitutional amendment to abolish the Electoral College, the 18th-century,...
President Donald Trump and Europe: suddenly, security has been thrust back up the agenda
Nov 15, 2016 10:49 am UTC| Insights & Views
Donald Trumps victory in the US presidential election left European leaders struggling to formulate an appropriate response. French president François Hollande, who once claimed Trumps excesses made you want to...
What will Trump's foreign policy look like?
Nov 15, 2016 10:48 am UTC| Insights & Views
Trying to predict Donald Trumps foreign policy is a complex exercise, which inevitably produces vertigo in those bold enough to undertake it. In the past year, the president-elect has offered so many vague, simplistic...
How a 2,700-year-old piece of papyrus super-charged the debate over UNESCO and Jerusalem
Nov 15, 2016 10:43 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
On October 26 2016, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) unveiled a 2,700-year-old papyrus that mentions the city of Jerusalem. The papyrus was not found during official excavations so its origin is uncertain. It is...
Why spending time and money creating TikToks probably won’t pay off for Labour and Conservatives