Economic News

Greece and the IIF said Saturday they were on the verge of a deal to write off €100 billion worth of the  debt, pending the outcome of separate talks on a new, multi-billion euro bailout for Athens.In separate statements, Greece and the creditors both stated that  progress in the talks

Chinese markets returned from a week-long Lunar New Year holiday as the  Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index fell 0.5%, while the Shanghai Composite Index dropped 0.7%/ There is an overall disappointment regarding  Chinese monetary and fiscal policy. The markets were expecting easing in China during the Chinese New Year which did not occurAsian

In the far east today, the markets were fairly quiet as Lunar New Year was still being celebrated in China, Taiwan and Vietnam,  although the FTSE Asia Pacific index rose 0.3 per cent, aided by a 0.3 per cent surge in Hong Kong as the just returned from the holiday.South

Asian exchanged posted followed US markets on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve pledged to keep interest rates low for another three years to nurture the country’s stubbornly slow economic recovery. The Fed had initially told the markets that they would hold low rates tell the end of 2012 but Wednesday, the

The greenback continued to drop against most major currencies today continuing losses after a two major U.S. economic reports showed jobless claims and durable-goods orders jumped. One positive and the other negative.The move downward spiral comes the day after the Federal Reserve said interest rates may remain at current levels

One of the first things you learn in business school is that when profits fall, you need to cut expenses and increase income. The ECB seems to have forgotten the second part of this lesson. You cannot simply cut expenses, as revenue will continue to fall, profits might climb for

As one of the most famous annual meeting of global political and business leaders, the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland takes place this year from Jan. 25 to 29.The World Economic Forum known as WEF is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based in Cologny,Geneva. It describes itself as an independent international organization committed to improving the

For months, the US has been pushing for embargo’s and punitive action against the Iranian Government trying to get them to abandon or at least slow their nuclear program and their quest for nuclear weapons.In a time that most governments around the world are reducing stockpiles and trying to rid the world

Yesterday, IMF director Christine Lagarde called for additional protections or using the newly popularized word, “firewalls” in Europe to stop the spread or “contagion” in the eurozone. (On a side note, let us see how many of this new financial jargon I can use in this article). To most of

This was a day that just kept you jumping. The morning opened quietly in the Asian markets, with the celebration of the Lunar New Years several markets in China and Korea were closed making it a day of low volume.As the day progressed, we kept hearing about a deal between

Asian markets moved very little during Monday’s trading session.  Australian share markets lost 0.1% to 4233.50 after gaining all year, Australia is actually up over 4% for the New Year, making quiet gains. Most of the markets just seemed to drift today. Many are closed for the Lunar New Year

Asian markets traded mostly higher, but Hong Kong and Shanghai saw their early gains reduced after data showed Chinese manufacturing activity remained in contraction. But the reading was very positive for things to come.The markets were reacting to US economic data that showed an unexpected drop in unemployment, and an

Hong Kong shares rose early today for a fourth straight day of gains. Yesterdays global economic news propped up the markets after successful debt auctions by European nations and an extended rally on Wall Street.  Including rumors on a negotiations agreement in Greece.The Hang Seng Index clawed back to  the psychologically important

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Fact or fiction, dreams or reality, rumors or news, which ever this is, it is the driving forces in the currency markets this afternoon. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is planning to expand its lending capacity to $1 trillion from the current $385 billion to protect the global economy from the negative

Investors seem to be the proverbial deer in the headlights. Just staring into the abyss while death and disaster strikes.The warning signs are there, hell, they are shouting from every roof top, but investors seem to be fixated.The team of Merkel and Sarkozy, referred to lately as Merkozy, have done

U.S. stocks turned cautious on financial sector earnings ahead of Citigroup Inc.  After climbing 151 points, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 12,482.22, up 60.16 points, or 0.5%. The S&P rose 4.57 points, to 1,293.66. The Nasdaq was up 17.41 points, or 0.6%, to 2,728.08. The biggest driver of the market

Asia markets surged this morning, after data showed the Chinese economy grew at a faster-than-expected pace in the fourth quarter of 2011. This was totally unexpected by the markets. Most were expecting data to come in at forecast or slightly below.China’s Shanghai Composite and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index each gained

Trading in the forex market though not an exact science takes a lot of patience and emotional control and requires gathering and listening to facts, while not trying to over explain or apply other data.A Psychiatrist, is a good listener, knows how to gleam important facts from lots of dialogue

European stock markets were quiet on Monday, as traders mulled the impact of rating downgrades for nine euro-zone nations and awaited a French debt sale.The French CAC-40 index dropped 0.1% to 3,193, pulled down by banks. Societe Generale S.A. dipped 1.4%, Credit Agricole S.A. plummetted 1.1%, while BNP Paribas S.A. lost 1.4%.The U.K.’s