German ZEW economic sentiment index unchanged in September, economic situation to remain favorable

Sep 13, 2016 12:23 pm UTC| Commentary

The economic sentiment of Germany remained unchanged in September, close to the lowest level in nearly four years. The ZEW Centre of Economic Research stated that the economic sentiment index stayed at 0.5 in September, as...

Canadian bonds gain following weak crude oil prices, stocks to open lower

Sep 13, 2016 12:11 pm UTC| Commentary

The Canadian government bonds gained Tuesday as crude oil prices declined more than 1 percent after IEA in its monthly report highlighted sharp slowdown in global crude demand growth. The yield on the benchmark 10-year...

US Election Series

US Election Series: Hillary Clinton and the basket of deplorable

Sep 13, 2016 12:08 pm UTC| Commentary Politics

Lets directly go to the Hillary Clintons speech in question here, in quote, You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trumps supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right? The...

Fed Hike Aftermath Series

Fed Hike Aftermath Series: FOMC looks well divided for September meeting

Sep 13, 2016 12:06 pm UTC| Commentary Central Banks

Federal Reserves rate-setting committee, FOMC will be meeting next week on 20th and on 21st to decide upon their next move whether or not to raise rates at that meeting or not. Looking from the commentaries, it seems that...

UK Economic Review Since Referendum: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Sep 13, 2016 12:05 pm UTC| Commentary Economy

Lets directly get to the numbers, how the different segment of the UK economy have performed since the British referendum on June 23rd, where themajority of the Britons voted in favor of moving out of the European...

U.K. jobless rate seems to have remained at 4.9 pct in July

Sep 13, 2016 11:42 am UTC| Commentary

The U.K. labor market has till now defied the projections of an increase in unemployment in reaction to the Brexit uncertainty shock, said Societe Generale in a research note. This is possibly because the real economy has...

Italy’s final August HICP inflation likely at zero

Sep 13, 2016 11:39 am UTC| Commentary

Italys final HICP inflation likely to have remained the same as flash estimate in August. According to a Societe Generale research report, Italian final HICP inflation is expected to have confirmed the flash reading of 0...