Why do oil prices keep going down?
Jan 21, 2016 13:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Global stock markets have been in a tailspin this week. And the sinking price of oil received at least some of the blame. Just this week, the cost of a barrel of crude reached a 12-year-low of US$27, down from more than...
Sovereign downgrades likely to accelerate in 2016, suggests S&P's report
Jan 21, 2016 11:13 am UTC| Insights & Views
Standard Poors global sovereign ratings outlook published in Jan showed that the number of investment grade sovereign ratings (BBB- or above) amongst the 131 sovereigns rated by SP globally, is just over 53%, the lowest...
Yen boosted by trade balance but edgy on BoJ’s policy outlook
Jan 21, 2016 09:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
Japanese current account surplus: The major transformation in macroeconomic fundamentals of yen is the current account balance improvement. It reached 13.1trn in the first nine months of the year, significantly...
How Davos power brokers can start tackling major environmental risks
Jan 21, 2016 06:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The World Economic Forum (WEF) published its annual Global Risks Report in the run up to its annual meeting in Davos. Food and water crises, energy price shocks, biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse, extreme weather...
Jan 21, 2016 06:16 am UTC| Insights & Views
We all know that the long term trend of AUDUSD has been downtrend, this has still been evident on weekly and monthly charts that has still been fragile to fall below moving average curve.But for now, bears have intensified...
The hottest year on record signals that global warming is alive and well
Jan 21, 2016 01:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The year 2015 has proven to be another year of temperature records. Data released by NASA and NOAA (National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration) show that in 2015, the Global Mean Surface Temperature the yardstick...
Explainer: what's going on with China's economy?
Jan 21, 2016 01:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
China has posted its lowest annual GDP growth since 1990. The slowdown is seen as a major concern for some investors, but against a backdrop of disappointing consumer spending, intensifying deflationary pressures, tepid...
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