13 March, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on NZIER quarterly consensus economic forecasts – lower inflation, faster growth
NZIER quarterly consensus economic forecasts – lower inflation, faster growth
Quarterly forecasts via the New Zealand Institute for Economic Research
Their summary:
The latest NZIER Consensus Forecasts shows forecasters have revised up expectations of growth and employment through to 2019. Despite the more favourable growth outlook, expectations for inflation and wage growth have been lowered.
13 March, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on "X-Rated" Markets Expose A Gaggle Of Fantasy-Enablers
"X-Rated" Markets Expose A Gaggle Of Fantasy-Enablers
13 March, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: HP Enterprise hope to woo developers with new cloud service
The Wall Street Journal: HP Enterprise hope to woo developers with new cloud service
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., having backed away from a key portion of the cloud computing-on-demand market, is expanding into cloud services to help companies analyze data such as photos, audio clips and comments on social media.
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13 March, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Explosion in Turkey: Ankara car bomb kills at least 32
Explosion in Turkey: Ankara car bomb kills at least 32
Terrible news from Turkey today – a car bomb has exploded inAnkara, killing 32 people and wounding more than 100
BBC has more
13 March, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Margin: 2016 NCAA Tournament: Here are your 68 teams
The Margin: 2016 NCAA Tournament: Here are your 68 teams
Kansas is the top overall seed in this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament, it was announced Sunday, followed by North Carolina, Virginia and Oregon.
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13 March, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Here’s part 2 of the Goldman Sachs Federal Reserve FOMC preview
Here’s part 2 of the Goldman Sachs Federal Reserve FOMC preview
More accurately, here is the second completely separate March Federal Reserve FOMC meeting preview from Goldman Sachs.
I posted a preview from economists Zach Pandl and Jan Hatzius here.
This is a separate piece from chief US equity strategist David Kostin. Its not just a preview of the FOMC, but it does have a strong focus on the meeting (announcement and press conference is Wednesday, 16 March)
13 March, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Goldman Sachs Federal Reserve FOMC preview (part 1, of 2)
Goldman Sachs Federal Reserve FOMC preview (part 1, of 2)
Goldman Sachs economists Zach Pandl and Jan Hatzius March FOMC Preview
In very brief, Hatzius and Pandl do not expect the FOMC to hike next week.
But, from their note (in brief, bolding is mine):