Aug 22, 2018 11:41 am UTC| Commentary Digital Currency Market Roundups Economy
BTC/USD: Bitcoin prices touched a two-week high during late European session Wednesday, climbing to a high of $6,899 after a Short Squeeze on BitMex, a popular derivatives exchange forced investors to buy more to cover...
Global Geopolitical Series: Germany calls for payment systems independent of U.S.
Aug 22, 2018 10:39 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The global leaders are more becoming more vocal about ending the dollars hegemony in the global financial markets and about ending the United States dominance in global politics. German foreign minister, Heiko Mass has...
German bunds nearly flat ahead of August manufacturing PMI, ECB’s account of monetary policy meeting
Aug 22, 2018 09:46 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The German bunds remained nearly flat during European session Wednesday as investors wait to watch the countrys manufacturing PMI for the month of August, scheduled to be released on August 22, besides, the European...
Aug 22, 2018 08:35 am UTC| Commentary Economy
Yesterday, the U.S. Commerce Department concluded its preliminary investigations into imports of large diameter welded pipes from Canada, China, Greece, India, Korea, and Turkey and it has found that exporters of these...
Aug 22, 2018 07:43 am UTC| Commentary Economy
New Zealands retail sales for the second quarter of this year remained stronger than market expectations, presenting upside risk to ANZ researchs Q1 GDP estimate of 0.6 percent q/q growth, but there are many partial...
New Zealand bonds close higher after global dairy prices slump at latest auction
Aug 22, 2018 07:03 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The New Zealand bonds closed higher Wednesday after global dairy prices slumped at the overnight GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) price auction, shrugging off the higher-than-expected reading in the countrys retail sales for the...
Aug 22, 2018 05:29 am UTC| Commentary Economy
Japanese government bonds slid during late Asian session Wednesday as risk appetite improved despite United States President Donald Trumps suspected involvement in campaign finance crimes, as outlined by his lawyer,...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight