Canada’s small businesses mitigate sluggishness in labor market

Oct 21, 2016 10:30 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Business confidence and hiring in Canada are continued to be weighed on due to persistent sluggish pace of Canadas post-recession rebound and increased uncertainty in global economy. Canadas employment, since its 2009...

National Bank of Poland’s MPC sees stable policy rates despite concerns over economic growth

Oct 21, 2016 10:25 am UTC| Central Banks Commentary Economy

The National Bank of Polands (NBP) monetary policy committee (MPC) still sees stable rates as the most likely scenario in the recently released minutes of the latest monetary policy meeting. This is despite the fact that...

US Presidential Election Series: Green Party’s Jill Stein prefers Trump over Hillary

Oct 21, 2016 10:18 am UTC| Commentary

US Presidential election has moved to the final stage of the process; all the Presidential debates are over and it is now 18 days to the election on November 8th. By many measures, this years election has been one of the...

UK gilts trade narrowly mixed in thin trade; next week’s Q3 GDP in focus

Oct 21, 2016 10:16 am UTC| Commentary

The UK gilts traded narrowly mixed Friday as investors remain sidelined in any big deal ahead of the third quarter gross domestic product (GDP) data, which is scheduled to be released on October 27. The yield on the...

Greece’s current account surplus narrows in August as services surplus declines

Oct 21, 2016 09:58 am UTC| Commentary

Greeces current account surplus narrowed in August on an annual basis. According to the Bank of Greece, the countrys current account surplus dropped by EUR 379 million year-on-year. The narrowing in the surplus is mainly...

Bank Negara likely to ease in November, inflation likely to soften in coming months

Oct 21, 2016 09:50 am UTC| Central Banks Commentary Economy

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is expected to ease its key interest rate at the monetary policy meeting in November with inflation likely to soften in the next 2-3 months and as growth concern intensifies. Rising inflation...

German 10-year bund yields fall below zero pct mark for first time in two weeks

Oct 21, 2016 09:08 am UTC| Commentary

The German 10-year bund yields fell below zero percent mark Friday for the first time in last two weeks after the ECB in its new survey of professional forecasters trimmed inflation estimate to 0.2 percent for 2016. The...