Islamic State is quick to claim Orlando shooting, but the media should be careful in reporting it
Jun 15, 2016 04:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Life Business
Within hours of the Orlando shooting, Islamic States news agency, Amaq, claimed responsibility, saying: The armed attack that targeted a gay night club in the city of Orlando in the American state of Florida which...
How Facebook could be threatening your romantic relationship
Jun 14, 2016 14:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Deciding whether technology is good or bad can be like trying to decide the same thing about food. That is, its pretty obvious that its good in some ways and bad in others. But we need to be mindful of both as we tumble...
Jun 14, 2016 13:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Just a couple months ago, some were declaring the old oil order dead after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) failed to agree on coordinated action at its April meeting in Doha. That meeting...
FxWirePro: Driving forces of BRICS currencies and hedging perspectives (Part 2)
Jun 14, 2016 12:48 pm UTC| Insights & Views
CNY: A newspaper report this morning states that Chinas central bank has sold USD473bn in foreign reserves to support its currency since August 2015, which roughly matches the reported drop in FX reserves (USD460bn). As...
FxWirePro: Driving forces of BRICS currencies and hedging perspectives (Part 1)
Jun 14, 2016 12:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views
BRL: Latin American GDP will contract by 1.1% in 2016, badly hampered by Brazil, which will again show a significant (3%). The Brazilian economy shrank 0.3% over the Q1 of 2016, following a downwardly revised 1.3%...
Yen’s resurgence adds pressure, but BOJ likely on hold until after the June 23 referendum
Jun 14, 2016 12:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Policy outcome expectations from the BOJs two-day rate review meeting ending on Thursday are a little mixed. Expectations for this meeting are divided on whether the central bank will move or not. Underlying price dynamics...
Jun 14, 2016 11:06 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Central Banks
The G10 FX markets have been wary as the Fed, BoJ, BoE, and SNB are lined up to hold their monetary policy meetings this week. Even though none expects the US rate hike at tomorrows FOMC meeting but the focus will be on...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects