25 January, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on WSJ on China: Yuan’s fall is just ‘Noise’ amid deeper China woes
WSJ on China: Yuan’s fall is just ‘Noise’ amid deeper China woes
A late in the evening (US evening that is) piece from the WSJ
They compare the fall of GBP in 1992, helped along by speculators such as George Soros, but point out the bright side (bolding mine):
25 January, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: $681 million in Malaysia PM’s bank account was Saudi ‘donation’
The Wall Street Journal: $681 million in Malaysia PM’s bank account was Saudi ‘donation’
Malaysia’s Attorney General on Tuesday said the $681 million transferred to Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s personal bank account was a “personal donation” from the Saudi royal family.
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25 January, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Asia Markets: Asian stocks slide again on oil weakness
Asia Markets: Asian stocks slide again on oil weakness
Investors in Asia were back to selling Tuesday, as falling oil prices delivered a further blow to the region’s energy stocks.
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25 January, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Adviser to Japan PM, Hamada says BOJ easing still needed
Adviser to Japan PM, Hamada says BOJ easing still needed
Comments from Koichi Hamada crossing the Bloomberg
– Says BOJ easing still needed
Hamada is an adviser to Japan’s PM Abe
25 January, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on ESM head says decision on Greek debt to be made after reform review complete
ESM head says decision on Greek debt to be made after reform review complete
Greece? Is that still around?
(Attention Greeks – apologies for that. I know, not funny. Greece has been around a lot longer than my place. Happy Australia day! :-D)
25 January, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Here’s how the HK dollar’s slide will hurt
Here’s how the HK dollar’s slide will hurt
From the economy to property stocks, here’s how Morgan Stanley thinks ructions in currency markets will impact Hong Kong.
25 January, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Despite comments to the contrary from China, analysts still expect RRR cuts
Despite comments to the contrary from China, analysts still expect RRR cuts
The latest in the series of ‘there isn’t an RRR cut coming’ comments from China was just today
I posted on it earlier too, tongue-in-cheek:
“Dear John” letter from China president Xi Jingping … RRR cut … its over 🙁
The shows that they’re still expecting cuts (I must admit, me too). What the ‘consensus’ is looking for: