13 April, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on This Is JPMorgan Chase’s "Binding Constraint," Says CEO
This Is JPMorgan Chase’s "Binding Constraint," Says CEO
An interesting tidbit from Jamie Dimon’s latest letter to shareholders.
13 April, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on PBOC sets USD/CNY central rate at 6.4891 (vs. yesterday at 6.4591)
PBOC sets USD/CNY central rate at 6.4891 (vs. yesterday at 6.4591)
OMOs: People’s Bank of China injects 40bn yuan via 7-day reverse repos today
Anyone else do a double-take on that?
I sure did
Huge drop for the CNY at the ‘fix’ today
13 April, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on More: "Singapore’s central bank eased its monetary stance"
More: "Singapore’s central bank eased its monetary stance"
, and more on the Monetary Authority of Singapore moving to a neutral policy stance on the SGD
Headlines are here from earlier
– Singapore’s central bank eased its monetary stance
13 April, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Australia infrastructure boost announced today
Australia infrastructure boost announced today
This might be of only local interest, but here it is anyway
– Victoria’s state budget will set aside $1.46 billion over four years to complete the project to connect the West Gate freeway to Citylink
13 April, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Moodys: Climb in Australian government debt would be credit negative
Moodys: Climb in Australian government debt would be credit negative
Moody’s comments crossing the wires
– Australian federal spending cuts may be modest
– Climb in Australian government debt would be credit negative
– Moody’s sees Australian government debt-to-GDP to rise to around 38% for the 2018 fiscal year (from 35.1% in F2015)
Headlines via Bloomberg
13 April, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Non-OPEC oil production falling more sharply than expected
The Wall Street Journal: Non-OPEC oil production falling more sharply than expected
OPEC said global oil production outside the cartel is falling more sharply than expected, as producers continue to retrench almost two years after crude prices started what has been its sharp descent.
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13 April, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The wages of fear
The wages of fear
Not from the Onion:
LA unions call for exemption from $15 minimum wage they fought for
Los Angeles city council will hear a proposal on Tuesday to exempt union members from a $15 an hour minimum wage that the unions themselves have spent years fighting for.