Trump follies should make Britain count its Brexit blessings October 10, 2016 Investors can breathe a sigh of relief that the biggest Black Swan is treading water. Thanks to one lewd recording – dating back a decade – Donald J Trump’s race to the White House could be in serious jeopardy. The diminishing chances of a Trump presidency have put Europe back in the market’s crosshairs, as [...]
Bonds losing appeal as inflation set to pounce October 10, 2016 Yields on UK government debt have hit their highest level since the EU referendum as inflation fears grow and the pound remains under pressure. The benchmark 10-year bond now comes with a yield of more than one per cent in the UK, after hitting a record low of 0.52 per cent over the summer as [...]
Brent crude oil price hits one year high of $53.50 boosted by Opec production cut deal optimism October 10, 2016 The price of Brent crude oil hit a one-year high this afternoon, rising to $53.50 a barrel. Brent crude oil price over the past 12 months (Source: Bloomberg) The price of US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was also trading up, rising by 2.6 per cent to $51.11 a barrel this afternoon – a four month high. [...]
IEA says world more energy efficient despite really cheap oil October 10, 2016 The International Energy Agency (IEA) said today that the world's economies used less energy to grow last year despite low oil and natural gas prices. Energy intensity — the amount of energy used per unit of gross domestic product — rose by 1.8 per cent last year, according to a new report by the IEA. This beat a gain of [...]
People’s Bank of China sets renminbi fix at weakest in six years October 10, 2016 The People's Bank of China (PBoC) has set the midpoint about which the currency can trade higher than 6.7 renminbi for the first time since 2010. Following the announcement, both the onshore renminbi CNY and the offshore renminbi CNH (which trades mainly in Hong Kong) came close to the six-year lows that they came to a [...]
Brexit vote sparks surge in overseas job searches October 10, 2016 The number of Brits searching for a career abroad has jumped in the months after the EU referendum, according to an analysis of online job adverts. Recruiters Indeed found searches for jobs outside the UK had jumped 20 per cent since the 23 June vote, with Ireland, Australia and Canada the top prospective destinations. Analysts [...]
New oil discovery in Alaska could reverse three decades of decline October 10, 2016 A minor oil firm just announced that it has made a “world-class” discovery in Alaska, which could be the largest find in the state in years. Caelus Energy LLC, a small company backed by private equity, says that it has discovered oil on Alaska’s northern coast. The field could hold as much as 6 billion barrels [...]
OECD finds UK growth will be stable but slow October 10, 2016 The UK will grow at a stable but slower pace for the forseeable future as a result of uncertainty over its future relationship with the European Union, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) declared today. On an index which compiles economic indicators to assess how the world's top economies are performing compared to the recent [...]
BP chief executive Bob Dudley says oil market “pretty much in balance” October 10, 2016 BP's chief executive has said that the global oil market is "pretty much in balance", despite industry expectations for it to remain oversupplied well into next year. Speaking to CNBC at the World Energy Conference in Istanbul, Bob Dudley said: "We look at it on a daily basis and it is pretty much in balance. It is [...]
Nobel Prize for Economics awarded to Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom for innovations in contract theory October 10, 2016 British professor Oliver Hart is one of the two laureates of this year's Nobel Prize for Economics, which has been awarded for innovation in contracts theory. Hart, who is based at Harvard University, and Finnish Bengt Holmstrom, based at MIT, have created valuable new theoretical tools that have helped to "[understand] real-life contracts and institutions, as [...]
