UK PMIs, investments send early and better clarity to infer for most likely BOE easing tomorrow
Aug 03, 2016 07:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
As the British PMI for the manufacturing sector has missed the forecasts recently, a downward shift already would mean that sentiments are certainly not conducive for business in the UK, (actual 48.2 versus forecasts 49.1...
FxWirePro: Stay short in NZD/CAD on valuation, RBNZ, disinflation and China slowdown
Aug 03, 2016 07:33 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Central Banks
On Valuation terms: NZD remains overvalued, while milk powder prices have stayed depressed and inflation in New Zealand has surprised to the downside. NZD TWI strength is a major concern, together with downside risks to...
Aug 03, 2016 07:12 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Central Banks
1W and 2W ATM IVs of GBP crosses are acting crazily in OTC markets, GBPJPY flashing more than 19.80% and 17.20% respectively ahead of Bank of Englands monetary policy which is most likely to ease about 25bps. Please...
Is the concept of 'helicopter money' set for a resurgence?
Aug 03, 2016 06:50 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks
As a student I was taught (and this will date me) that macroeconomics (the study of the economy as a whole) was essentially governed by two alternative views Keynesianism and Monetarism. Keynesians believed that the...
Why executions in Indonesia must stop
Aug 03, 2016 06:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Indonesia executed four prisoners on death row for drug offences early on Friday. Last weeks killings were the third round of executions under Joko Widodos government, and were carried out despite ongoing legal appeals and...
It's not 'corporate poaching' – it's a free market for brilliant people
Aug 03, 2016 06:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Business Economy
When Uber decided to develop its own self-driving car, it went big. The company came to Carnegie Mellon University, the epicenter for autonomous driving research for three decades, and hired away four professors and 36...
Radicals in the Democratic Party, from Upton Sinclair to Bernie Sanders
Aug 03, 2016 06:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
As we watch Bernie Sanders supporters struggling to come to terms with the nomination of Hillary Clinton, it makes sense to ask why leftists are involved in the Democratic Party in the first place. It started in...
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