Markets & Industries
ECB finds out banks and economists are disappointed in QE - 04/28/2017
The European Central Bank (ECB) published a survey of 95 central banks over 100 leading academic macroeconomists. The paper is dedicated to changing the policy of central banks following the crisis. The most interesting moment is the respondents’ attitude towards the idea of quantitative easing (QE). The central banks’ managers tend to doubt the QE’s effectiveness, and about 20% of them believe...
World Bank: Non-edible commodities prices will bounce up - 04/27/2017
The World Bank expects a rise in prices for all types of industrial raw materials, while prices for agricultural products will remain stable, says the organization’s quarterly forecast for development of commodity markets. The bank hasn’t changed the January forecast of $ 55 per barrel for oil prices in 2017. In 2018, bank experts forecast an increase in prices to $ 60 per barrel against the...
China to inspire competition among local automakers - 04/26/2017
The Chinese authorities intend to weaken the rule of 50/50, now regulates activities of joint ventures of local auto companies with foreigners. In the next few years, the government can allow foreigners to own large shares in associated undertakings. Thus, the government wants to encourage local producers to more actively develop their own car brands. The Chinese government’s plans to liberalize...
India's steel industry keeps booming - 04/25/2017
JSW Steel Ltd. Has become the largest steel company in India this year, significantly increasing production, reports Bloomberg. The company from Mumbai intends to build two plants with a capacity of 10 million tons each in the resource-rich states of Odishi and Jharkhand to increase capacity more than twice to 40 million tons by 2030, said Managing Director of JSW Steel Ltd. Seshagiri Rao. To...
European banks expected to deliver weak results in Q1 2017 - 04/25/2017
European investment banks are expected to give way to competitors from the US in trading stocks and bonds. This will be reflected in the financial results for the first quarter, to be published this week, reports Bloomberg. Barclays Plc, Deutsche Bank AG and UBS Group AG are expected to report a smaller increase in bond income than the five largest US investment banks, which rose their total...
Venezuela: Unobvious influencer of the oil market - 04/25/2017
When it comes to oil prices, one should not disregard Venezuela. Aggravation of the economic and political crisis in the country can seriously affect the market. The country with the world's largest oil reserves is experiencing economic collapse and, as a result, mass protests against the government of President Nicolas Maduro. MarketWatch quotes James Williams, an energy economist at WTRG...
Brexit announcement hits hedge funds - 04/24/2017
Hedge funds suffered losses after British Prime Minister Theresa May shocked the markets last Tuesday by announcing early elections to be held on June 8. At that, funds headed by people were outwitted by those headed by artificial intelligence, writes Reuters. This proved that computer-minded funds, which showed themselves well after the British vote on Brexit last June, failed the first serious...
Europe looking through Italy’s banking crisis - 04/21/2017
Italy is about to start a bailout programme to save the banking sector. Otherwise, the Italian banks will cease to exist in principle. All this can provoke a full-scale crisis in the country, and consequently collapse the entire banking system of Europe. However, the whole information background is clogged with reports about Brexit, as a result of which the crisis in the EU can start...
New competitors to Silicon Valley - 04/18/2017
The European startup market remains the third in the world after the US and China in terms of the volume of investments attracted by start-ups. In 2016, the region’s companies received around $ 12 billion, according to the annual report of French investment bank Clipperton and WhoGotFunded, quoted by TechCrunch. Total investment remained at the same level as in 2015. In total, European start-ups...
Asia conquers the world's travel market - 04/17/2017
In 2016, the sector of tourism and travel contributed 10.2% to the world’s GDP. Besides, the industry created one out of ten new jobs, according to the recent "Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report" by the World Economic Forum in Davos. The European countries remained the most attractive for tourists, yet developing economies showed a significant growth in popularity as well. The latest...
