RBA policy decision next week likely to be a close call, odds of cut rise post CPI data
Apr 27, 2016 11:09 am UTC| Insights & Views
Data released earlier today showed Australias Q1 headline CPI figures came in at -0.2% q/q versus +0.2% expected and +0.4% previous. More concerning was that the key core inflation measures, Trimmed Mean CPI and Weighted...
Why Libya's collapse into chaos is not an argument against intervention
Apr 27, 2016 09:50 am UTC| Insights & Views
Libya is mired in crisis a shit show according to President Obama. Many have declared that the 2011 intervention shouldnt have been launched , and that the Libya campaign is reason enough to put an end to the practice of...
The effect racist rhetoric has on young Latinos, and why all Americans should care
Apr 27, 2016 09:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Luis is an upper-middle-class American-born Latino. When I interviewed him in 2008, he told me he had spent long hours, and a substantial amount of money, restoring a classic Chevy truck. One day, clad in grease-stained...
How Gulf states are coping with the new normal of low oil prices
Apr 27, 2016 08:23 am UTC| Insights & Views
The falling price of oil is beginning to have a real impact on the energy-fuelled economies of the Gulf. In 2014, after almost a decade of record highs, the price of a barrel of Brent crude began to collapse from a peak of...
Apr 27, 2016 08:14 am UTC| Insights & Views
Theresa May has surprised nobody by calling for the UK to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The Home Secretary isnt fond of the convention or the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights. Her...
What could cause Fed to be more dovish again?
Apr 27, 2016 08:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Commentary Central Banks
Preparation is everything. That also applies for the Feds normalisation course, but no change is expected from the Fed this week. The Fed will need to start prepping the market more actively if a hike in June is a viable...
Steel is just another tipping point for Britain's unbalanced economy
Apr 27, 2016 02:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The British government might be taking the first steps towards what many considered unthinkable, the part-nationalisation of a manufacturing industry in the interests of the nation; specifically, Tatas UK steel...
Gabon: post-coup dialogue has mapped out path to democracy – now military leaders must act
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects