ECB would react to “shocks” caused by the Italian referendum
Nov 30, 2016 12:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks
ECB meeting on 8th December will be largely influenced by developments in Italys politics as we head into Italian referendum scheduled to take place on 4th December. At its semi-annual financial stability report last week,...
Nov 30, 2016 09:39 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
The Aussie plummeted today after the mixed housing related data. AUDUSD is dropped a little at 0.7465 after the Australian Bureau of Statistics earlier reported thatbuilding approvals dropped 12.6% in October, confounding...
Nov 30, 2016 07:46 am UTC| Technicals Insights & Views
From last two weeks, although the rallies have hit 49.17 levels, theprice behavior have remained well between 46.27 and 45.54 (i.e. price range between the last weeks open to this weeks open) The break above 46.30...
The lack of justice for journalists' sources is a catastrophe for democracy
Nov 29, 2016 17:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Ten long years ago, Robert Norman was getting on with his demanding job as a prison officer at the high security Belmarsh Prison in London. Then in 2006 he became an undercover whistle-blower, revealing hidden details of...
India's golden quest to tackle 'black money' and the lessons from a century ago
Nov 29, 2016 17:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Economy
The Indian government has been trying to reduce its citizens demand for imported gold through a number of means over the last few years. This is part of a wider crack down on currency used in the black market, that...
The absurdity of natural history – or, why humans are 'fish'
Nov 29, 2016 17:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The human desire to classify is perhaps at its strongest when it comes to natural history. From our childhood years we are taught to put the animals we encounter in museums, living rooms and the natural environment into...
French election 2017: everything you need to know about François Fillon
Nov 29, 2016 17:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The arrival of François Fillon as the right-wing Republican candidate in Frances 2017 election (lets not pretend it was between centre and right there were no centre candidates for the nomination), may have come as...
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