Oct 07, 2016 16:14 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
On October 7 1944, a group of prisoners in Auschwitz-Birkenau took up tools and stones and attacked their SS guards. Some attempted to flee, others ran into a nearby building and set it on fire. Another section of their...
Friday essay: the sound of fear
Oct 07, 2016 15:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Common idioms such as seeing is believing give our eyes the central role in our engagement with the world. But there is little doubt that listening plays a critical part in how we navigate and understand our...
'It's all about me, me, me!' Why children are spending less time doing household chores
Oct 07, 2016 15:47 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
In August, Treasurer Scott Morrison warned that Australia has a generation growing up expecting government handouts. Researchers have labelled this the Me Generation. Some even say we are facing a me, me, me...
FxWirePro: BRICS FX updates part 2 - Key Drivers of Rand, Rupee and hedging portfolio
Oct 07, 2016 13:27 pm UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
South Africa: We are medium-term bearish ZAR, but following the sharp sell-off in recent weeks we do not hold active short positions at the moment. Political risks are likely to be a key driver of the currency, in...
Oct 07, 2016 12:51 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Today inflation data for Brazil and Mexico is due for publication. In Brazil, battered by a recession, inflation has been easing since the start of the year. However, at 9% it recently still stood well above the central...
UK August Industrial Production - First disappointing piece of 'hard data' post-Brexit
Oct 07, 2016 12:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
UK industrial production fell in August, breaking the recent run of upbeat economic news. Data from the Office for National Statistics released earlier today showed that UK industrial production unexpectedly declined in...
FxWirePro: The latest G3 central bank and gold catalysts
Oct 07, 2016 10:35 am UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
The last month, in the gold market, has been dominated by central bank catalysts with the ECB meeting on September 8 and BoJ and FOMC meetings nearly two weeks later on September 21. The prices in bullion bounced off...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects