Yellen warns loud against FED oversight bill
Nov 18, 2015 08:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
Federal Reserve Chair, Janet Yellen warned against a bill, which is being considered on the floor of House of Representatives, known as FED oversight bill. According to her, the bill if becomes law would severely damage US...
Wage growth in Australia lowest in 17 years
Nov 18, 2015 07:09 am UTC| Insights & Views
To add to the concern of Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is the latest wage report, which showed wage growth is at lowest level since 1998. In October, unemployment rate dropped by 0.3% to 5.9% and employment rose by...
Guide to today’s important data and events
Nov 18, 2015 05:33 am UTC| Insights & Views
Not many economic dockets scheduled for today and all with low to medium risks associated. Focus is on FOMC minutes Data released so far - Australia - Wages grew by 0.6% in third quarter, up 2.3% from a year...
An Islamic reformation is not the solution to stop extremism
Nov 18, 2015 01:02 am UTC| Insights & Views
Milad Milani, Lecturer, History and Political Thought, Western Sydney University There is a push to reform Islam, by arguably Western standards. But if Islamic reform is achieved, it will still not spell the end of...
Declaring war will not rid Europe of terror
Nov 18, 2015 00:49 am UTC| Insights & Views
Aurelien Mondon, Lecturer in French and Comparative Politics, University of Bath Francois Hollande has confirmed that the French government will take a hard stance in response to the attacks which took place in Paris on...
Nov 17, 2015 15:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Energy pack is up today over escalating violence in Middle East. Weekly performance at a glance in chart table. Oil (WTI) - WTI is giving up lot of its yesterdays gains as risk aversion over Middle East proved to...
Commodities snapshot (precious & industrial)
Nov 17, 2015 15:47 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Metal pack is down, in todays trading. Performance this week at a glance in chart table - Gold - Gold is in decline as risk aversion faded further. Todays range $1085-1074 Gold is currently trading at $1092/troy...
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