The shape of Brexit is probably already written in a 60-year-old document
Feb 28, 2017 06:36 am UTC| Insights & Views
For the United Kingdom, March 2017 represents a significant turning point. Prime Minister Theresa May plans to trigger Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union and the Brexit clock will start ticking. But March 2017 also...
If Facebook ruled the world: Mark Zuckerberg's vision of a digital future
Feb 28, 2017 06:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Mark Zuckerberg, the 32-year-old multi-billionaire co-founder and CEO of Facebook has published his manifesto for the future. Its a comprehensive vision, running at nearly 6,000 words and the political and media elites...
Why universities and academics should bother with public engagement
Feb 28, 2017 06:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
Universities and their academic members benefit from significant sums of money from the UK taxpayer. It seems only right then, that academics should engage the public in what they do. Its fair to say though that this...
FxWirePro: GBP/JPY “Diagonal Option Strips” for vol convexity - 1m2w IVs to hedge major data events
Feb 28, 2017 06:17 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
GDP, PMIs, and monetary policies in both continents (Data schedules): In theUK: Manufacturing PMIs on March 1st, Construction PMIs on March 2nd and Service PMIs on March 3rd, annual budget release on March 8th, BoEs...
Feb 27, 2017 12:33 pm UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
The zloty has benefitted over the past month as regional inflation data have surprised to the upside: the market is aware that the Polish MPC is well balanced, with a fair proportion of hawks warning already that the...
Feb 27, 2017 12:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The CBR remains hawkish. The central bank has accrued significant inflation-fighting credibility by maintaining a hawkish stance in the face of improving inflation dynamics. JPM expects rate cuts to restart in June, with a...
Strong data from the euro area suggest ECB could start taper in early 2018
Feb 27, 2017 12:14 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks Economy
The ECB has maintained an ultra-loose monetary policy with an aim to stimulate economic growth in the euro area and push inflation towards the central banks target of just below 2.0 percent. Recent data from the euro area...
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