January 2020
Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting held on 18 December 2019
At the monetary policy meeting on 18 December 2019, the Executive Board of the Riksbank decided to raise the repo rate from –0.25 per cent to zero per cent.
Asian Indices Slump on Iran-U.S. Tensions
Asian indices ended sharply lower after Iran fired missiles at two U.S. bases in Iraq as a measured response to General Suleimani killing last week.
Equities Rebound as Middle Eastern Tensions Ease, Macro Data in Focus
Global equities rebound as Middle Eastern tensions ease over lack of fresh developments or any major retort or headlines from the US & Iran.
Asian Indices Rebound, Gold Consolidates as U.S.–Iran Tensions Ease
Asian indices ended higher as the traders digest the recent developments in USA-Iran tensions after the killing of General Soleimani in Baghdad.
Shaktikanta Das: $ 5 trillion economy – aspiration to action
Speech by Mr Shaktikanta Das, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, at the India Economic Conclave, Mumbai, 16 December 2019.
Global Equities Declines on US-Iran Face-Off, US PMI’s in Focus
As Middle Eastern tensions escalated and the price of crude oil shot up, risk aversion took hold taking the wind out of AUD bulls.
European Economist Says Global Markets Have Recently Avoided Crises
Chief Economist Sergei Guriev noted that the last three years have been relatively crisis-free for global markets, despite all sorts of drama.
Safe Haven Assets on Demand, Equities in The Red
Gold prices trade 1.73% higher at 1,579 close to seven-year highs. The outlook is clearly bullish now as investors flock to safe-haven assets.
Largest FDI came from Sweden and Estonia
Direct Investment came from sweden,estonia and Foreign Direct Investment In Q3 2019 (Joint Press Release by the Bank of Lithuania and Statistics Lithuania).
Also filing this week: Rick Steves, Karthik Subramanian and Abdelaziz Fathi.