U.S. labor market conditions continue to tighten
Sep 23, 2016 06:26 am UTC| Commentary Economy
In the week ending 17 September, the U.S. initial jobless claims dropped sharply to 252,000. It was lower than consensus expectations. The initial claims number matches to the survey week for the employment report. The...
Eurozone consumer confidence improves in Sep, likely to strengthen further on ECB’s policy stance
Sep 23, 2016 05:31 am UTC| Commentary Economy
Consumer confidence in the eurozone improved slightly during the month of September, remaining well above the long-run average. Also, given recent trends in employment and a very accommodative policy by the European...
Japan’s manufacturing conditions improve for the first time in 7 months
Sep 23, 2016 04:38 am UTC| Commentary Economy
Manufacturing conditions in Japan improved for the first time in seven months, with the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rising above the 50-point mark that separates expansion from contraction. Japans flash...
FxWirePro: The Day Ahead- 23rd September, 2016
Sep 23, 2016 04:30 am UTC| Commentary Economy
Not many economic dockets scheduled for release today and all with low to medium risks associated. Data released so far: Japan: Nikkei flash manufacturing PMI came at 50.3 Upcoming: France: Second...
Lowe makes the case for 'good' government debt
Sep 22, 2016 22:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks
Vital Signs is a weekly economic wrap from UNSW economics professor and Harvard PhD Richard Holden (@profholden). Vital Signs aims to contextualise weekly economic events and cut through the noise of the data impacting...
Chart of the Day: Men out of work
Sep 22, 2016 16:12 pm UTC| Commentary Economy
This chart shared by zerohedge.comclearly shows how misleading the unemployment rate has been. In one of our article, we argued if the participation rate, which has steadily fallen throughout the recovery, been at the...
The world economy in 2016 is in a fragile state - UNCTAD
Sep 22, 2016 13:34 pm UTC| Commentary Economy
The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released its Trade and Development Report 2016 earlier on Thursday. UNCTAD said that the world economy in 2016 is in a fragile state, and added that Neither financial...
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