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Asia Roundup: Antipodeans slump, while dollar gains on growing Fed rate hike expectations, oil prices near 1-year highs - Tuesday, October 11th, 2016

Oct 11, 2016 06:36 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Chicago Fed Evans (in Sydney) Benefits to overshooting inflation target, uncertainty over measures of full employment enormous, December rate hike would not surprise, recent jobs report pretty good...

Americas Roundup: Dollar gains vs euro after Clinton seen as winner of second debate, oil surges as Russia signals it will join output cap, US stocks rise-October 11th, 2016

Oct 10, 2016 21:36 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup US Employment trends 128.5 v 128 previous. Bank of Italys Visco: Negative rates while challenging are becoming normal. USD rises broadly; cable falls on weak UK outlook; MXN strengthens after...

Europe Roundup: Sterling index hits Jan 2009 lows on persisting Brexit worries, dollar gains across board following Trump-Clinton debate, crude oil rises on Novak's comments - Monday, October 10th, 2016

Oct 10, 2016 12:25 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup GBP/USD -0.15%, EUR/USD -0.3%, USD/JPY +0.35% David Tory Brexit Minister may address MPs later Monday DXY +0.2%, DAX +0.5%, Brent -0.12%, Iron +1.23% Switzerland Sep Unemployment u/adj...

Asia Roundup: Yuan hits 6-year low, dollar steadies as Hillary Clinton seen winning U.S. second presidential debate, Asian shares gain amid holiday-thinned trading - Monday, October 10th, 2016

Oct 10, 2016 06:41 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Tokyo holiday BOJs Kuroda vows to cut rates, buy more assets to fight shocks - Reuters News Caixin Sept Services PMI eases slightly to 52 from 52.1 in Aug Trump vows to jail Clinton over...

Americas Roundup: Dollar softens after weaker-than-forecast U.S. payroll reading, oil ends down 1 pct, snapping week-long OPEC-fueled rally-October 8th, 2016

Oct 07, 2016 23:21 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Computer-driven funds likely winners from sterling flash crash. US nonfarm payrolls miss expectations: +156k vs forecast 175k. Revisions on balance negative but jobless rate and participation...

Europe Roundup: Sterling retreats after declining to 31-year low, gold set for second consecutive weekly loss, investors’ eye U.S. non-farm payroll report- Friday, October 7th, 2016

Oct 07, 2016 12:18 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup GBP/USD -2.6%, EUR/USD -0.25%, USD/JPY -0.13% DXY +0.12%, FTSE +0.9%, Brent +0.3%, DAX -0.02% GBP/USD fell around 9% from 1.2610 to a revised low of 1.1491 Big cable option structures...

Asia Roundup: Dollar edges down from a 4-week high against yen on risk-off sentiment, sterling slumps below 1.2000, Asian shares tumble - Friday, October 7th, 2016

Oct 07, 2016 06:29 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Japan MoF Asakawa G20 debated global risks, impact of ultra-easy monetary policy, agreed on risks, need to do more Reuters. BoJ Gov Kuroda calls for quick solution to EZ banking woes, BoJ policy...

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Economy

The US is one of the least trade-oriented countries in the world – despite laying the groundwork for today’s globalized system

Given the spate of news about international trade lately, Americans might be surprised to learn that the U.S. isnt very dependent on it. Indeed, looking at trade as a percentage of gross domestic product a metric...

Beyond the spin, beyond the handouts, here’s how to get a handle on what’s really happening on budget night

Three weeks from now, some of us will be presented with a mountain of budget papers, and just about all of us will get to hear about them on radio, TV or news websites on budget night. The quickest way to find out what...

Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility

Ivan Vladislavić is Johannesburgs literary linkman. He tells us, in the first pages of his new book, The Near North, that before cities were lit, first by gaslight and later electricity, people of means paid torchbearers...

Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget

With Jim Chalmerss third budget on May 14, Australians will be looking for some more cost-of-living relief beyond the tax cuts although they have been warned extra measures will be modest. As this weeks consumer price...

Inflation is slowly falling, while student debt is climbing: 6 graphs that explain today’s CPI

Australias inflation rate has fallen for the fifth successive quarter, and its now less than half of what it was back in late 2022. The annual rate peaked at 7.8% in the December quarter of 2022 and is now just 3.6%, in...

Politics

US Urges China, Russia to Reject AI Control in Nuclear Arms, Align with Global Norms

Paul Dean, a senior U.S. arms control official, emphasized the critical need for China and Russia to join the U.S. in declaring that humans will always decide on the deployment of nuclear weapons, not artificial...

South Africa’s youth are a generation lost under democracy – study

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa recently painted a rosy picture in which the countrys youth democracys children had enormous opportunities for advancement, all thanks to successive post-apartheid governments led...

Sadiq Khan on track for third term as London mayor – but nearly half of Londoners dissatisfied with performance

Polls have consistently shown that the incumbent mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, appears to be on track to win a third term in office at the upcoming mayoral elections on May 2. One poll we commissioned as part of our...

Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’

Most American workers are hired at will: Employers owe their employees nothing in the relationship except earned wages, and employees are at liberty to quit at their option. As the rule is generally stated, either party...

Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board

To say that the Labour party is flying high in the polls is something of an understatement. But despite its consistent lead against the Tories, the opposition finds itself in a rather odd position: on the cusp of power but...

Science

IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these relic neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they cant harm you. In fact, only one of them is...

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this...

A Nasa rover has reached a promising place to search for fossilised life on Mars

While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking for fossils. Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, Nasas Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to...

The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth – and governments are on the hook

A piece of space junk recently crashed through the roof and floor of a mans home in Florida. Nasa later confirmed that the object had come from unwanted hardware released from the international space station. The 700g,...

Peter Higgs was one of the greats of particle physics. He transformed what we know about the building blocks of the universe

Peter Higgs, who gave his name to the subatomic particle known as the Higgs boson, has died aged 94. He was always a modest man, especially when considering that he was one of the greats of particle physics the area of...

Technology

Tesla Drivers Get $4k Off 2024 Chevy Blazer EV in Quirky Deal

Tesla owners rejoice as Chevrolet rolls out an unprecedented $4,000 discount on the 2024 Blazer EV, open to Tesla drivers and a quirky list of EV owners. The electric vehicle market got more enticing with incentives...

Tesla Granted South Korean Emission Credit Trading Rights by Environmental Ministry

Ministry of Environments green light for Tesla to trade emission credits in South Korea marks a significant milestone, enabling the electric car giant to tap into a potentially lucrative market. With estimated credits...

US Lawmakers Push SEC for Bitcoin Options Trading Approval

In a bipartisan effort, US Representatives Mike Flood and Wiley Nickel have penned a letter to SEC Chair Gary Gensler, urging swift action in approving options trading for Bitcoin exchange-traded products (ETPs). Amid...

Solana's Future Anchored in Four Key Pillars, Developer Outlines Strategy

Vibhu Norby, CEO of Drip Haus, has outlined four essential pillars to define Solanas path forward amid a dynamic period of growth and challenges in the blockchain space. Key Strategies for Solanas Scaling and User...

Shiba Inu Magazine Details Upcoming Shibarium Hard Fork Enhancements

Shiba Inu (SHIB) lovers will get a full description of the highly anticipated Shibarium hard fork in the most recent issue of The Shib magazine. On International Workers Day, the magazine begins with a rallying cry for the...