Little Trick: How China's response to Trump's Taiwan call got lost in translation
Dec 08, 2016 11:02 am UTC| Insights & Views
Unpredictable US President-elect Donald Trump again shocked the international relations establishment when he talked with Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen on the phone, as soon as the call was brought to the limelight by...
These four cities are cracking down on diesel vehicles to improve air quality – here's how
Dec 08, 2016 10:43 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Four of the worlds biggest cities are to ban diesel cars from their city centres by 2025, in order to improve air quality. The mayors of Paris, Madrid, Athens and Mexico City announced the plans at the C40 Mayors Summit on...
America's role in the world 75 years after Pearl Harbor
Dec 08, 2016 10:25 am UTC| Insights & Views
The bombing of Pearl Harbor was a pivotal moment in U.S. and world history. The attack thrust the U.S. into World War II and set in motion a series of events that would transform the country into a global superpower and...
Dec 08, 2016 09:17 am UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
The Reserve Bank of India unexpectedly left its benchmark repo rate unchanged at a six-year low of 6.25 pct during the meeting held on December 7th despite wide expectations of a rate cut, following a severe cash crisis....
Uncertainty over US-China relations under President Trump may be made clearer at Davos
Dec 07, 2016 23:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views
In a week when a Chinese slow burn over a phone call between president Donald Trump and Taiwans President Tsai Ing-wen foreshadowed a difficult relationship between Washington and Beijing, China quietly let it be known...
Dec 07, 2016 12:48 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The prices of the platinum and palladium have recently diverged considerably, with platinum prices having plummeted while palladium prices have risen. The palladiums prolonged outperformance is projected and recommending...
Weak Australian Q3 GDP data keeps possibility of RBA interest rate cut alive
Dec 07, 2016 12:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks Economy
At its eleventh and final monetary policy meeting of 2016, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left interest rates on hold at a historic low of 1.5 percent as widely expected. The statement that followed had only few minor...
Canadians are feeling increasingly powerless amid economic struggles and rising inequality