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Commodity prices likely to rise further in 2018: World Bank
November 1st, 2017
Oil prices are forecast to rise to $56 a barrel in 2018 from $53 this year as a result of steadily growing demand, agreed production cuts among oil exporters and stabilizing U.S. shale oil production, while the surge in ...
Europe and Central Asia Region Sees Stronger Growth – World Bank
October 20th, 2017
Economic growth for the Europe and Central Asia region will reach 2.2% in 2017, according to the World Bank’s latest Regional Economic Update, Migration and Mobility in Europe and Central Asia. This represents the strongest growth in the region ...
Here’s How the Euro Is Likely to Fare Against World Currencies
August 18th, 2017
Don’t get distracted by Thursday’s ECB-driven slump: the euro has been redrawing the global currency map on its journey to multi-year highs. No wonder policy makers are starting to fret. Even after today’s declines, Europe’s growth story and the ...
The Main Market Moves From Around The World
June 22nd, 2017
Yen Climbs With Gold on Oil Rout; Asia Stocks Rise Crude swings between gains, losses after entering bear market Australian shares rebound after biggest drop since November The yen strengthened and gold rose for a second day as oil ...
Coffee, tea and cocoa prices could fall by more than six per cent this year: World Bank
May 3rd, 2017
Coffee, tea and cocoa prices could fall by more than six per cent this year according to the World Bank’s Commodity Markets Outlook. The World Bank says the three beverages are forecast to fall in price in 2017 “due ...
PwC’s Takeover of ‘The World’s Best Tax Law Firm’
March 17th, 2017
In a move that illustrates how the professional services market is changing, about half of General Electric’s tax department — once described as as ‘the world’s best tax law firm’ — is moving to PwC in April. Under the deal, about ...
This Region Of The World Is Being Hit By The Worst Economic Collapse It Has Ever Experienced
March 9th, 2017
The ninth largest economy in the entire world is currently experiencing “its longest and deepest recession in recorded history”, and in a country right next door people are being encouraged to label their trash so that the thousands upon ...
World Bank is forecasting Industrial Commodities Prices to Surge in 2017
February 2nd, 2017
The World Bank is forecasting strong gains for industrial commodities such as energy and metals in 2017, due to tightening supply and strengthening demand. In its January 2017 Commodity Markets Outlook, the World Bank is holding steady its crude ...
World Gone Mad, Part 2: “Perpetual Preferred”
October 10th, 2016
Towards the end of a credit bubble, ideas that might have seemed crazy in more boring times are not just accepted but embraced by investors desperate to keep the high that comes from effortless bull-market profits. In the junk ...
Can You Imagine The Fed Raising Rates In This World? Bank Bail-In Edition
October 5th, 2016
I know it’s bad form to express sympathy for the people running the world’s central banks. But come on, they’re human beings in an impossible spot with no idea how to escape. The pain they feel is both intense ...
