Domestic factors playing a larger role in inflation dynamics in Latin America
Apr 16, 2015 17:15 pm UTC| Commentary
Headline inflation rates in the four main Latin American economies have behaved in a less correlated fashion over the past four years, relative to 2007-2010.Headline inflation has been rising steadily in Brazil, Chile and...
Finnish parliamentary polls point to a new government
Apr 16, 2015 17:03 pm UTC| Commentary
Finland holds parliamentary elections on 19th April 2015. The election is of high significance, because the new government will inherit a weak economy, growing debt and a need to implement several structural reforms, which...
Greek crisis has reached a new crunch point
Apr 16, 2015 16:24 pm UTC| Commentary
Things had gone comparatively quiet on the subject of Greece as the Government worked on a fourth version of its reform list ahead of the Eurogroup meeting on 24th-25th April. It had expressed confidence that this would...
Apr 16, 2015 16:13 pm UTC| Commentary
The dollar fell into a deeper hole after another batch of forecast missing U.S. data suggested the Fed would leave interest rates low for longer.Weekly jobless claims increased to 294,000 from 282,000, missing forecasts of...
Apr 16, 2015 16:12 pm UTC| Commentary
The euro rose to one-week peaks above $1.07 against the greenback, a lift brought on by weak U.S. data this week on manufacturing that stopped short of cementing the case for a Fed rate hike. The euros decidedly bearish...
Apr 16, 2015 16:12 pm UTC| Commentary
A central bank-rejuvenated Canadian dollar soared to three-month highs for the second time in as many days. The loonie finally broke out of a well-trodden range against the greenback thanks to the Bank of Canadas bullish...
Apr 16, 2015 16:11 pm UTC| Commentary
The Aussie dollar got hoisted higher after a surprise jobs explosion spoke better about the economys underlying health and fanned skepticism over the need for further interest rate cuts. March saw a robust gain of 37,700...
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