22 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Beatles are coming to Apple Music and Spotify
The Beatles are coming to Apple Music and Spotify
The world’s most famous band will finally be available on streaming music services, starting this Thursday, Christmas Eve, Re/code reports.
22 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Something Just Snapped In China
Something Just Snapped In China
While Sweden is over-flowing with excess cash on bank balance sheets, it appears that banks in Hong Kong are desperate to borrow Yuan (or scared to lend) as overnight HIBOR just exploded higher to 9.45% – a record for the interbank offered rate. The HKD and CNY/CNH FX markets remain relatively stable (with Yuan fixed marginally higher again for the 3rd day).
From sub-2% a week ago (before The Fed hiked rates) to 9.45%, the overnight rates has exploded…
22 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Christmas 2015: Will Syria & Iraq Become Washington’s Stalingrad?
Christmas 2015: Will Syria & Iraq Become Washington’s Stalingrad?
22 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on How Would World Markets Respond To 4% Chinese GDP Growth? UBS Explains "The Dragon’s Tail"
How Would World Markets Respond To 4% Chinese GDP Growth? UBS Explains "The Dragon’s Tail"
When it comes to explaining why the post-crisis world has been defined by lackluster aggregate demand and a deceleration in global trade, all roads lead to China.
Indeed, the country’s attempt to mark a difficult transition from an investment-led, smokestack economy to a consumption and services-led model has contributed mightily to an epic downturn in commodities which has in turn conspired with an expected Fed tightening cycle and a laundry list of country-specific political risk factors to push EM to the brink of disaster.
22 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on US data agency says personal consumption early release was inadvertent
US data agency says personal consumption early release was inadvertent
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) in the US released data about 12 hours early:
Reuters reports that:
The BEA is part of the US Commerce Department. The chief ass-kicker there should be busy tomorrow.
22 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Caixin reports China’s banking regulator halts Private Equity arms of 17 banks
Caixin reports China’s banking regulator halts Private Equity arms of 17 banks
Caixin media in China (via Reuters) reports the banking regulator has suspended the
private-equity arms of 17 commercial lenders
Nothing further at this stage
22 December, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Donald Trump Explains What "Schlonged" Really Means
Donald Trump Explains What "Schlonged" Really Means
“She got schlonged!”
That’s what GOP frontrunner Donald Trump had to say about Hillary Clinton’s primary loss to now President Barack Obama in 2008.
“She lost. I mean, she lost,” Trump added, just in case anyone was confused about the meaning of the term “schlonged.”