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Emerging markets are on the rise for the first time since 2013 - 02/21/2018

In the last year, emerging markets registered a net inflow of capital for the first time since 2013. The figure amounted to $ 3 billion with the volume of incoming investments of $ 1.2 trillion, the Institute of International Finance (IIF) calculated. Despite the expected tightening of monetary policy in the US, the inflow of capital into emerging markets this year may exceed last year's figure,...

The German court to decide the fate of the diesel ban - 02/19/2018

The German court will have to determine whether German cities have an authority to impose a ban on diesel cars, potentially leading to multi-million losses in the country's automobile market, Reuters reports. The DUH environmental group filed lawsuits over EU air pollution levels after the scandal with the falsification of data on exhaust emissions in Volkswagen vehicles was revealed. The...

Atlantico: The energy policy of Europe is a fiasco - 02/19/2018

Energy takes a special place among the most notorious fiasco of European politics. While large energy companies paired with financiers are racking their brains over how to limit their production to its current structural deficit, those who rely on renewable energy proudly prance ahead, gaining good profits without a hint of risk thanks to taxpayer money. Once national reconstruction was at the...

Analysts: Accelerated inflation in the US crashed the American stock markets - 02/16/2018

Inflation in the US in January exceeded expectations of economists and triggered a new fall in the stock markets. On the eve of the publication of data by the US Department of Labor, the indices showed moderate growth: Stoxx Europe 600 - 0.8%, futures at Dow Jones and S&P 500 - 0.5%. After the appearance of information, American futures quickly fell by 1%, the pan-European index reduced growth to...

China gains control over global supplies of cobalt - 02/16/2018

China is gradually gaining control over the entire production chain of electric vehicles - from extracting cobalt in Congo to the production of batteries and the final assembly of electric cars. This may lead to the dependence of the global electric transport market on Chinese companies, writes the Wall Street Journal. Congo produces 54% of the world's cobalt, the metal, which is used in the...

Americans owe $ 13 trillion in loans - 02/14/2018

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRB) said that the total debt of American households reached a record level of $ 13.15 trillion. More than half ($ 8.9 trillion) of this amount was mortgage debt. Despite the growth of total debt, the share of overdue loans decreased. On Tuesday evening, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York published data on the current state of the debt of American...

IEA: Oil production may outrun the growing demand - 02/14/2018

The fulfillment of the agreement on limitation of OPEC + oil production is now at a record high level, the International Energy Agency (IEA) points out in its February review. At the same time, it notes that the additional supply in the oil market, especially in the US, may exceed the expected increase in demand. Deliveries of OPEC countries in January did not change compared to December,...

Central Asian banks cannot solve the demography riddle - 02/13/2018

Demography has become the most serious problem for the central banks of Asian countries, and they have few opportunities to change the situation, writes Bloomberg. The elderly population, as a rule, means less labor force. At that, the number of taxpayers and consumers of non-pension age is less. The potential rate of economic growth is declining, and impulses of inflation are weakening as the...

U.S. shale oil production is predicted to grow during 20 years - 02/12/2018

The volume of oil production in the US in January increased by 100 thousand barrels per day compared with December - up to 10.2 million barrels per day (bpd), according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The average production in 2017 was 9.3 million bpd. Now the agency forecasts a significant increase in supply: up to 10.6 million bpd in this year and up to 11.2 million bpd in...

Why big banks are afraid of fintech - 02/07/2018

Large financiers fear that IT giants will take control of the banking system and take away the tastiest pieces from them. They demand that watchdogs take urgent measures. IT-giants hitting on the finance sphere threaten financial stability, the Financial Times writes. Officials of the EU's financial authorities believe that the largest American and Chinese high-tech groups should work under the...
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