Fed likely to maintain target range at 1.75-2.00 pct at today’s meeting, says Danske Bank
Aug 01, 2018 07:27 am UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks
The Federal Reserve is expected to maintain the target range at 1.75-2.00 percent at its upcoming monetary policy meeting, scheduled for later in the day, according to the latest research report from Danske Bank. No new...
Aug 01, 2018 06:25 am UTC| Commentary Economy
New Zealand bonds ended Wednesdays session on a choppy note as investors have started to shift away from safe-haven assets towards riskier counterparts, like oil and equities, following rise of slight optimism from the...
FxWirePro: Latest ‘GDPNow’ suggests U.S. economic out-performance to continue in third quarter
Aug 01, 2018 06:14 am UTC| Commentary Economy
Last weeks GDP report showed that the U.S. economy grew by 4.1 percent in the second quarter on an annualized basis, which was the highest pace of growth since 2014. The GDP growth beat the GDPNow forecast that predicted a...
JGBs slump on improvement in investors’ risk appetite as U.S.-China trade war fears ease
Aug 01, 2018 05:09 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The Japanese government bonds slumped during Asian session Wednesday after investors risk sentiments improved, following an ease in global trade tensions between the United States and China, on deemed possibility of a...
Australia 10-year bond yield rises to 1-week high ahead of FOMC policy decision
Aug 01, 2018 03:52 am UTC| Commentary Economy
Australian government bonds slumped across the board on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Open Market Committees (FOMC) monetary policy decision, where the central bank is widely expected to keep its fed funds rate unchanged...
Jul 31, 2018 15:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
On todays episode of the podcast, were talking about what one of Australias biggest longitudinal surveys and richest data sets, released today, says about how the nation is changing. And some of the trends may surprise...
The future of the Canada-European trade deal
Jul 31, 2018 15:32 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
One of the provisions of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union, known as CETA, was a mechanism to handle disputes between governments and investors. The International Court...
Gabon: post-coup dialogue has mapped out path to democracy – now military leaders must act
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