Job gains are fantastic, where is the pay?
Mar 09, 2015 10:57 am UTC| Insights & Views
There is no question that growth prospect in US is improving along with the job market specially in pay roll numbers that last week showed an impressive gain by 295,000. Moreover initial jobless claims hovering around...
Greek government shows referendum card
Mar 09, 2015 10:12 am UTC| Insights & Views
Euro group ministers would hold a meeting to negotiate over Greek bailout. Probable start time is around 12:30 GMT. Latest updates - Greek government continued to express their difficulty over the repayment of loans....
ECB increased Euro’s appeal as funding currency
Mar 09, 2015 08:44 am UTC| Insights & Views
European Central Banks (ECB) actions of quantitative easing of 60 billion per month and a deposit rate at -0.20% has fuelled rallies in European bonds, pushing the yields lower across the board. This has also increased...
Japan suffers with continued lackluster growth
Mar 09, 2015 08:10 am UTC| Insights & Views
Preliminary release last month showed that Japan will be out of recession (consecutive contraction in 2 quarters) and the economy is expected to grow at 0.6%. This was slashed over the weekend release of the GDP...
Guide to today’s important data & events
Mar 09, 2015 07:33 am UTC| Insights & Views
Today the event risk is moderate across board. Focus is on Euro group meeting and FED speakers view. Data released so far - Japan - GDP data released over the weekend show, growth in the fourth quarter slowed to 0.4%...
Lessons from last rate hike by FED
Mar 06, 2015 16:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Federal Reserve (FED) is about to hike rates this year after almost 9 years since the last rise. Current rate is maintained close to zero percent. The most probable next hike would be to bring the Fed funds rate to range...
Mar 06, 2015 15:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Energy segment continues the sideways trade grossly unmoved by economic dockets.Weekly performance at a glance in chart table - Oil (WTI) - WTI failed to gain decisively above $50 and return to the level after making a...
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