14 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Japan April-June GDP flat on-quarter, missing forecasts for 0.2 pct growth
Japan April-June GDP flat on-quarter, missing forecasts for 0.2 pct growth
Japan’s economy failed to grow on a quarterly basis during the April-June period, with gross domestic period coming in flat.
14 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Donald Trump blames media for falling poll numbers
The Wall Street Journal: Donald Trump blames media for falling poll numbers
Beset by sagging poll numbers, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is stepping up his attacks on news organizations, suggesting that biased coverage is turning the election against him.
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14 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Scottish Financial Enterprise Targets Fintech Growth
Scottish Financial Enterprise Targets Fintech Growth
Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) is targeting the Fintech sector for future growth. SFE is the representative group for Scotland’s financial services industry. Members are not just big banks but also smaller financial firms. Financial services account for one in every ten jobs in Scotland so… Read More
14 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Japan Q2 GDP (prelim.): 0.0% q/q (expected +0.2%)
Japan Q2 GDP (prelim.): 0.0% q/q (expected +0.2%)
Japanese GDP for the April – June quarter, this is the preliminary data
GDP (seasonally adjusted) for Q2, preliminary, q/q: 0.0% (yep, zero) MISS
– expected 0.2%, prior 0.5%
GDP Annualized (seasonally adjusted) for Q2, preliminary y/y: 0.2% MISS
14 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on This week we start to get the official UK economic data for post-Brexit vote
This week we start to get the official UK economic data for post-Brexit vote
We’ve been getting plenty of data from non-official sources, BRC, Rightmove, various surveys etc.
But this week we start to get the first trickle of official, that is Office for National Statistics data (the )
14 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Bank of Japan Will Be The Top Shareholder Of 55 Companies By The End Of 2017
The Bank of Japan Will Be The Top Shareholder Of 55 Companies By The End Of 2017
In the aftermath of the BOJ’s announcement that it would almost double its ETF purchases to ¥6 trillion, or $58 billion, up from the current ¥3.3 trillion, we put this number in context. Over the next year, BoJ is scheduled to purchase ¥6t ($58b) in ETFs, and $116b over the next two years. By June of 2018, BoJ is likely to hold ¥20.5t ($200b) in ETFs.
Three ways to put BoJ’s purchases in perspective:
14 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Weighing the Week Ahead: Have Stock and Oil Prices Decoupled?
Weighing the Week Ahead: Have Stock and Oil Prices Decoupled?
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