The People’s Bank of China has begun issuing reverse repurchase agreements after suspending them for six trading days. In a move to ease funding conditions, the bank has offered reverse repo loans to commercial banks […]
Japan GDP rose an annualized 1% in the fourth quarter, supported by a weak yen that helped exporters. Domestic demand was also weak. Source: Reuters (12 Feb 2017) Read more about Financial & Economic News […]
Equity analysts, including Valerie Bogard of TABB Group, say that algorithms are rapidly taking over. It is the driving force behind the US stock market. With Bogard saying they may now be used in as […]
Greece: EU and Greek negotiators said they are “close to common ground” on how to end a standoff over the next phase of the Greek bailout and release funds the country needs to make bond […]
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) may face penalties after disclosing that it may have violated American law by selling goods covered by U.S. sanctions. “We determined that, between January 2012 and December 2016, we processed and delivered orders […]
According to a filing last week by Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy pay their top executives well but also retain a tight grip on voting rights and therefore […]
As gold prices and bond yields continue to rise at the same time, a new report suggests trouble for equities. A study by Bank of America Merrill Lynch says conditions in the gold and bond […]
The consumer inflation rate in China reached 2.5% in January. It is the highest level since May 2014, on the back of a global manufacturing recovery and price hikes in crude oil and other basic […]
The European Commission issued a cautiously optimistic economic outlook. It is raising its 2017 eurozone growth forecast to 1.6% from 1.5%. At the same time, Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said Europe must be prepared […]
Gary Cohn, who resigned as president of Goldman Sachs to work for the Trump administration, is emerging as a powerful voice on economic policy in the White House. At a time when most of the […]
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