Central Banking Series

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,...

FX Hedging Strategy Series

FxWirePro: AUD/USD positive shift in 1m delta risk reversals with neutral IVs to stimulate OTM call and ITM put writers’ interests amid bullish dollar sentiments

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...

FxWirePro: WTI crude themes in narrow range as traders anxiously waiting OPEC, Shooting star occurs on weekly terms – Do nothing but wait with double touch

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...