Author: Alon Levitan

U.S. markets consolidated after testing the upside on Tuesday, as weaker than expected growth in Germany put a damper of European and U.S. bourses. The Nasdaq continued to buck the trend, however, moving higher for a 5th...

One of the few pillars of the global economy is China. Over the last two decades, China has slowly increased its output in multiple ways. By growing its GDP, trading activities, production capacity, and civilian prosperity,...

Mario Monti, the Italian Prime Minister, has urged the E.U.’s leadership to recognize the efforts that the Italian government has made, as well as the sacrifices made by the Italian citizens, to fight the debt crisis which...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is meeting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and other Chinese officials this week in an effort to narrow the trade gap with China and resolve disputes over the Yuan exchange rate. Geithner...

Yesterday, it was reported that Philipp Hildebrand, the Chairman of the Swiss National Bank, voluntarily resigned his position following allegations that his wife had engaged in a transaction which netted her a significant...

China reported that its trade surplus widened in December and beat analyst expectations. Exports remained strong despite a global financial slowdown and imports weakened. December trade surplus grew to $16.52 billion, coming in...

China reported that its trade surplus widened in December and beat analyst expectations. Exports remained strong despite a global financial slowdown and imports weakened. December trade surplus grew to $16.52 billion, coming in...

Australian Retail sales in November showed disappointing results when it was reported unchanged from the previous month. November sales were reported at a seasonally adjusted A$ 20.93 billion compared with A$ 20.92 billion in...

Following the U.K. government’s decision not to endorse a proposed E.U. Treaty amendment which would require stricter adherence to fiscal budgets, some analysts believed the decision to be a poor one. Critics commented...

The German Statistics office earlier reported that seasonally adjusted retail sales in November fell to -0.9% on a month over month basis, well off the consensus forecast of 0.2%. Data from October was also revised downward from...