In Europe as in Africa, tired countries draft in their leaders from abroad
Jan 04, 2016 13:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Months after an inconclusive election, Croatia has at last picked an almost unknown figure to be its new prime minister: Tihomir Orešković, chief financial officer of a Canadian generic pharmaceutical company. He...
Biggest macro themes of 2016 – part 3
Jan 04, 2016 13:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views
This is the final part to our macro themes series. In previous two, Biggest macro themes of 2016 - part 1, available at http://www.econotimes.com/Biggest-macro-themes-of-2016-%E2%80%93-part-1-137535# and Biggest macro...
Biggest macro themes of 2016 – part 2
Jan 04, 2016 12:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views
This is a continuation part to Biggest macro themes of 2016 - part 1 available at http://www.econotimes.com/Biggest-macro-themes-of-2016-%E2%80%93-part-1-137535# . So far we have listed US election, Middle East tensions...
Oil, inflation and politics to drive MXN, BRL price action
Jan 04, 2016 12:14 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Headwinds to global demand, coupled with lower oil prices and generally negative Emerging Markets sentiment are likely to keep pressure on the Mexican peso in 2016. Although MXN is somewhat cheap compared with its...
Biggest macro themes of 2016 – part 1
Jan 04, 2016 11:57 am UTC| Insights & Views
In our previous discussions, Biggest risks threatening global economy heading into 2016, available at http://www.econotimes.com/Biggest-risks-threatening-global-economy-heading-into-2016-134754# , we listed chain reactions...
Jan 04, 2016 11:41 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
Last month of 2015, the ECB has not delivered what streets expected (not a full depo cut we had in mind i.e. -10bps versus forecasts of -20bps) but the extended QE programme we were looking for (now due to run at least...
Are electric vehicles really the best option for greener driving?
Jan 04, 2016 10:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Jaguar Land Rover has become the latest car manufacturer to announce its entry into the worlds first fully electric racing series the FIA Formula E World Championship. It is reported that the racing series will serve as a...
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
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects