Jan 03, 2020 06:23 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The United States non-farm payrolls is expected to have risen by 150,000 in December and, with the incoming survey data improving again, jobs growth looks set to remain solid throughout 2020 as well, according to the...
Australian bonds jump tracking U.S. Treasuries amid thin tracking towards start of 2020
Jan 03, 2020 02:59 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The Australian bonds jumped during Asian session on Friday tracking a similar movement in the United States Treasuries amid thin trading day as markets are scheduled to witness data of little economic significance towards...
3 big ways that the US will change over the next decade
Jan 03, 2020 02:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The U.S. has just entered the new decade of the 2020s. What does our country look like today, and what will it look like 10 years from now, on Jan. 1, 2030? Which demographic groups in the U.S. will grow the most, and...
Why the outlook for fixing Nigeria's energy crisis isn't good
Jan 02, 2020 18:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Nigeria returned to democracy in 1999. But it took another 16 years for power to change hands, with the All Progressive Congress clinching the office of the presidency in 2015. Led by President Muhammadu Buhari, the new...
German bunds flat after returning from year-end holidays; December manufacturing PMI rises
Jan 02, 2020 11:18 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The German bunds remained flat during early European session Wednesday after returning from a long year-end holiday, following Christmas and New Year, while the countrys manufacturing PMI for the month of December, edged...
Jan 02, 2020 10:36 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The jump in Indias manufacturing PMI in December suggests that the manufacturing sector has recovered from its weakness last year and supports the view that the recent economic slowdown has run its course. And given the...
Jan 02, 2020 09:50 am UTC| Commentary Economy
Advance estimates show that Singapores economy expanded at a modest pace with the GDP increasing 0.8 percent y/y (0.1 percent q/q saar) in Q4, after narrowly avoiding a technical recession the previous quarter. The service...
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects