Germany manufacturing PMI for March registers lowest reading in over six-and-half years

Mar 22, 2019 09:29 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Germanys manufacturing PMI for the month of March, released by IHS Markit, registered 44.7 in March, down from 47.6 in February and its lowest reading in over six-and-half years. The index has now fallen in 14 of the past...

JGB 10-year yield slump to over 2-year low tracking global peers after Fed delivers dovish stance

Mar 22, 2019 06:51 am UTC| Commentary Economy

The Japanese 10-year government bond yield slumped to over 2-year low Friday tracking a buying in the global debt market after the Federal Reserve delivered a dovish stance at its monetary policy meeting held on...

Australian 10-year bond yield dips to 2-1/2 year low as global central banks adopt dovish stance; focus on Brexit uncertainty

Mar 22, 2019 05:06 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Australian government bonds gained during Asian trading session Friday as investors moved towards safe-haven assets amid end of monetary-policy normalization by major global central banks. Market attention was largely...

Subsidized privilege: The real scandal of American universities

Mar 22, 2019 04:26 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

U.S. federal prosecutors have charged 50 people 38 of them are parents for allegedly being involved in fraud schemes to secure spots at Yale, Stanford and other big-name schools. Prosecutors accused some parents of...

Fed’s monetary policy decision likely to weigh on DXY Index amid global reflation policies

Mar 22, 2019 03:27 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

The Federal Reserves monetary policy decision is expected to weigh on the DXY Index and prop up EM Asian currencies amid global reflation policies, particularly if the US and China agree to a trade deal in April, according...

Student loans and 'risk-sharing' – the problem with penalizing colleges when graduates can't pay

Mar 21, 2019 13:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views Investing Economy

When a student borrows money from the government to go to college and then has serious trouble paying it back, should the college be on the hook to help pay back the government? That question lies at the heart of a...

Electric vehicles as an example of a market failure

Mar 21, 2019 13:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Business

Electric vehicle revolution is well under way. Norway ambitiously heads toward having all new cars sold as zero-emission by 2025. China continues to be one of the major drivers of EV boom. The US market experiences strong...