Before Nobels: Gifts to and from rich patrons were early science's currency

Oct 05, 2016 11:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Science

While the Nobel Prizes are 115 years old, rewards for scientific achievement have been around much longer. As early as the 17th century, at the very origins of modern experimental science, promoters of science realized the...

Global Geopolitics Series

Colombia did not vote 'no' in its peace referendum – what the statistics reveal

Oct 05, 2016 11:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

The official line is that the no vote won the referendum in Colombia. The internationally lauded peace treaty with the FARC guerillas was rejected, and now nobody knows what the countrys fate will be. But did no...

Banks make millions in delaying interest rate cuts

Oct 05, 2016 11:27 am UTC| Insights & Views

When Australias central bank moves interest rates as part of its monetary policy, its not just politicians who stand to lose if banks dont follow suit. Retail lending markets form an integral part of the monetary policy...

Better livestock policies in Africa offer a pathway out of poverty

Oct 05, 2016 11:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

A majority of rural households in Africa keep different livestock species. But only a small proportion can afford to keep good quality livestock. This is mainly due to a combination of low government funding and the poor...

Solid PMI readings for September suggest neutral policy stance from BOE

Oct 05, 2016 10:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks Economy

Markit/CIPS composite PMI rises to 53.7 in September from 53.2 in August. UK service sector continued to recover from Julys EU referendum-induced shock, however, the rate of expansion slowed. Septembers services PMI saw...

FxWirePro: EUR/CNH bearish bets on Brexit, U.S. election uncertainty intensifies

Oct 05, 2016 09:13 am UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views

A rise in capital outflows would likely to drive further Chinese offshore currency depreciation. We hold the bias that the PBoC would let further weakness in CNY after the September G20 summit, as a policy reaction to the...

FxWirePro: EUR/CNH bearish bets on Brexit, U.S. election uncertainty intensifies

Oct 05, 2016 07:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks

In our recent write on Chinese currency regime, we have already stated that 2016 year-end forecast of USDCNY at 6.85 is firmly upheld. The prospects of a Fed hike before year-end and a rise in capital outflows would likely...