Could a recession be just around the corner?
Dec 08, 2018 17:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The U.S. economy is growing at the fastest pace in five years, American companies are earning record profits and unemployment is at the lowest level in almost half a century. So why are Wall Street and some economists...
U.S. under Trump Series: China widens surplus with U.S. as clock runs on temporary truce
Dec 07, 2018 12:32 pm UTC| Commentary Economy
President Trumps harsh rhetoric to reign on Chinas massive trade surplus with the United States has so far born little fruit than to make China cautious and reluctantly agreeing to discuss ways to resolve the trade...
Dec 07, 2018 11:48 am UTC| Commentary Digital Currency Economy Market Roundups
BTC/USD: Bitcoin prices continues to be in the bearish zone, plunging to a 14-month low during late European session Friday, with crypto markets crashing to their lowest this year today. According to a report from NewsBTC,...
U.S. under Trump Series: Trump fails to reign on U.S. trade deficit
Dec 07, 2018 11:06 am UTC| Commentary Economy
Despite all his harshest of rhetoric and actions towards ballooning U.S. trade deficit, President Trump seems to have failed to reign on it. Since his inauguration, President Trump and his team have taken actions to reign...
Dec 07, 2018 10:43 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The German bunds slumped during European session Friday despite a fall in the countrys industrial production for the month of October and Eurozones lower-than-expected gross domestic product (GDP) for the third quarter of...
USD/RUB likely to rise towards 70.0 mark over coming quarter, says Commerzbank
Dec 07, 2018 09:18 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The USD/RUB currency pair is expected to rise towards the 70.00 mark over the coming quarter, with further likelihood of a 25 basis points hike from the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) at its December meeting, but this could...
Federal Reserve likely to raise rates in December, to adopt three more in 2019: DNB Markets
Dec 07, 2018 07:58 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy
The Federal Reserve is expected to raise rates again at its monetary policy meeting scheduled on December 19, along with three more rate hikes in 2019, according to a recent research report from DNB Markets. In a speech...
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Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
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