World Trade Organisation gives Australia's plain tobacco packs the (draft) thumbs up
May 05, 2017 14:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has reportedly backed Australias laws on plain tobacco packaging implemented from December 2012. The apparent decision marks the end of the last of three cases brought against...
May 05, 2017 10:11 am UTC| Commentary Economy
EUR-CZK rose mildly following yesterdays CNB board meeting and the commentary. The slight weakening of CZK reflects the slight downward revision which CNB made to its inflation forecast. The central bank revised its GDP...
May 05, 2017 08:44 am UTC| Commentary Economy
Today April NFP report is to be published at 12:30 GMT from the US. What is NFP report? NFP or non-farm payroll report is the monthly statistics on labor condition in the US released by US department of labor...
May 05, 2017 08:38 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy
The Bank of Englands (BoE) Monetary policy Committee (MPC) is expected to keep policy unchanged at its May meeting, maintaining a neutral policy bias relative to a market path of interest rates that, compared with...
BRICS bank is offering more of the same rather than breaking the mould
May 05, 2017 08:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The New Development Bank recently held its second annual meeting in the Indian capital of New Delhi to discuss the sustainability of financing development projects in its member states. The multilateral bank was...
Indonesia Q1 GDP growth disappoints as private consumption, investment remains broadly unchanged
May 05, 2017 06:58 am UTC| Commentary Economy
Indonesias first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) disappointed markets with both private consumption and investment continuing to grow at the same pace as in the previous quarter. On the positive side, exports...
New Zealand bonds close lower following RBNZ’s upbeat inflation expectations
May 05, 2017 05:50 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The New Zealand bonds ended Fridays session on a weaker note after the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) remained upbeat in its inflation expectations, released early in the day. Further, weakness in global debt market...
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Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects