By Tyler Durden of ZeroHedge After it was the west backing down from further unnecessary escalation with Iran two weeks ago, when Israel and the US delayed indefinitely joint naval operations in the Arabian Gulf, it is now...
Read MoreBy Frank Holmes My debate this week with Gordon Chang on China’s future at the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference was a stimulating, intellectual exercise. A healthy market needs a compromise between the bid and ask,...
Read MoreBy Central Bank News This report provides an update on where inflation is tracking in countries where the central bank has an inflation target. Central Bank News has compiled a table of countries/central banks that have publicly...
Read MoreBy Ashraf Laidi at ashraflaidi.com It is not a new development for US GDP growth to be largely driven by a build- up inventories (+1.9% contribution is highest since Q1 2010) in contrast to weak contribution from real final...
Read MoreBy Economy Watch Goldman Sachs is the bank everyone loves to hate. In the first of our two-part investigation into the bank, we ask why they emerged as the biggest winners in the financial crisis. We also look at how they...
Read MoreBy Charles Rotblut Earlier this week, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted to keep its interest rate target unchanged through at least late 2014. Just last month, the FOMC listed mid-2013 as the possible date for the...
Read MoreBy Central Bank News The past week in monetary policy saw 2 central banks cutting interest rates (Israel -25bps to 2.50%, and Thailand -25bps to 3.00%), and 1 bank cutting its reserve ratio (India cut CRR 50bps to 5.50%)....
Read MoreBy Commodities Now Bloomberg New Energy Finance launched its report “Moving towards a next-generation ethanol economy” at the World Economic Forum. Commissioned by Novozymes, the world leader in bio innovation and...
Read MoreBy Olivier Blanchard After the speech by the IMF’s Managing Director in Berlin yesterday, my main messages on the global outlookwill not surprise you. Starting with the bad news-the…***This is a preview. Please...
Read MoreBy Roberto De Primis The next European Council on January the 30th 2012 will focus its attention on two main issues ; 1) The intergovernmental Treaty about the fiscal union, 2) The economic growth and the creation of jobs across...
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