Here's how to raise a child to be sympathetic

Sep 22, 2016 12:39 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

Parents and teachers might often wonder how to teach children caring toward others more so when the world feels full of disagreement, conflict, and aggression. As development psychologists, we know that children start...

Why the Japanese economy is stuck in a holding pattern

Sep 22, 2016 11:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

The Bank of Japan is pulling yet another new monetary policy out of its bag of tricks in a bid to combat deflation, this time its yield-curve control. This is the latest in a history of unusual monetary policy, such as...

U.S. presidential election may provide the Fed excuse to hold off rate hike at Nov meeting

Sep 22, 2016 11:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks

The FOMC left the Fed Funds Rate unchanged at 0.25-0.50 percent as widely expected by markets. The committee voted 7-3 in favour of the decision. It was the first time since September 2011 that so many members opposed the...

FxWirePro: Sentiments shift lures USD/TWD longs on attractive carry and China exposure

Sep 22, 2016 07:19 am UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views

Taiwanese currency appears to be rate sensitive: The sentiment toward EM currencies could be in the process of shifting and we prefer to focus on regional low yielders in expressing a bullish dollar view. The slew of...

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FxWirePro: NZD/USD call writers eye on massive shrink in 1w IVs as RBNZ in MPS acknowledger’s Kiwi dollar appreciation

Sep 22, 2016 05:25 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views

You can observe ATM implied volatilities of NZDUSD of 1w expiries have massively collapsed from 14.53% to the current 9.82% (just within two days) as this morning the RBNZ stays pat in its monetary policy, leaving the OCR...

More at-risk young people are turning to private VET providers

Sep 22, 2016 02:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

New research shows that the most at-risk young people including those who are homeless and have mental health issues are increasingly being enrolled by private Vocational Education and Training (VET) providers to...

ASEAN goal to eradicate drugs in the region leads to disregard for human life

Sep 22, 2016 02:10 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Life

Four years ago member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations adopted the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration. Yet today the region is seeing a worrying backward trend in human rights protection in the name of a...