Anticipating a yawning divergence of monetary policy between your world's largest central banks, market participants continued to drive... Read More →
Category: Economics
Is Seven Your Lucky Number?
The week ahead is among the most important of the year. Rarely is there this type of confluence... Read More →
EMU Inflation Data Likely Ups the...
The anticipation is nearly over. The actual softer than expected original EMU inflation figures encourages expectations for the... Read More →
The Big Market News Week Lives Up to...
China joined the SDR, with a fat that puts it in third place behind the actual dollar and... Read More →
One Belt, One Road, Big Ambition
China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative is an incredibly ambitious undertaking — and perhaps Beijing is only... Read More →
China's Rise Entails New Regional...
Recent tensions over maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea have highlighted the lack of consensus over... Read More →
Yes a Rate Hike is Likely, but Wait,...
After much hemming and hawing since mid-year, the Federal Reserve is finally poised to raise rates for the... Read More →
How Long Can Interest Rates Stay Low?
When a central bank lifts interest rate targets by Zero.5% it expects households and firms to respond. In... Read More →
The Dollar Recovering Post-ECB Slide
The dollar rose against virtually all of the currencies over the past week. The actual divergence meme we... Read More →
Regional Differences Undermine Abe and...
During the second week of Dec 2015, Japan and India held one of their more productive yearly summit... Read More →
A Plea for Macroeconomic Cooperation
It looks already as if 2016 will be a pivotal year for the world economy. RBS has advised... Read More →
Brazil May Want to Rethink Using IMF...
Brazilian central bank President Tombini said hello would take into account the IMF’s revised forecasts for a deeper... Read More →