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Greed and fear in the global stock market

by Matein Khalid | Nov 21, 2017 | The Macro View

US and global equities surged on news that the US House of Representatives passed the tax reform bill, Cisco and Walmart posted blowout earnings and a potential bidding war emerged for Fox’s media assets. The rally on Thursday followed a week of carnage in the US high...

Banks need to be on their best behaviour

by Adrian Pepper | Oct 25, 2017 | Political Insider

It is no great revelation that the Cabinet is split on Brexit but the most fundamental split is not one that the mainstream press spends much time analysing. The big divide is between those Cabinet members who want a Canada-style free trade agreement and those who...

Beware the unannounced interest rate increase

by Peter Warburton | Aug 30, 2017 | The Economist

Central banks do not set interest rates. To be specific, central banks in large western democracies with open capital markets and flexible exchange rates do not set interest rates, other than for overnight money. That’s right! If policymakers went on strike – as...