2016 presidential advertising focused on character attacks
Nov 17, 2016 23:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The general election ads from the 2016 presidential campaign represented a referendum on each candidates character. And in this ad race, there were no winners. Both the Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump campaigns...
Election rage shows why America needs a new social contract to ensure the economy works for all
Nov 17, 2016 23:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The recent U.S. election exposed two major intersecting fault lines in America that, if left unchecked, could soon produce an era of social and economic upheaval unlike any in our history. First, it revealed deep...
Why Europe's 'fortress' approach to migration crisis won't work
Nov 17, 2016 23:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Between January and November 2015, approximately 1.5 million migrants reached the European Union through the Mediterranean Sea. This high level of migration continued in 2016. Several European countries that previously...
Nov 17, 2016 12:48 pm UTC| Technicals Insights & Views
The pair surged to 1.0711, Wednesdays 11-month trough of 1.06651 as dollar losing traction today, however, remained closer to the multi-year highs. Snap rallies to deploy shorts as no traces of indications of...
Downside risks remain high for New Zealand's economy
Nov 17, 2016 12:39 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The Reserve Bank of New Zealands (RBNZ) expansionary monetary has helped New Zealands economy develop well over the past year. The nations real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose by 0.8-0.9 percent q/q over the past four...
Nov 17, 2016 12:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views
PLN: Cutting the retirement age is a populist measure, which goes against the grain of what most of Europe has had to embrace since the debt crisis - but, a measure with wide public support in Poland. This was one of the...
Nov 17, 2016 10:32 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Mexican Peso has been edgy on the lingering expectations from analysts for Banxico to hike today and again once before the end of the year, and a 50bp rate increase next week seems more likely than waiting until...
Canadians are feeling increasingly powerless amid economic struggles and rising inequality
Another election, another round of Nigel Farage hype, with no lessons learned