30 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Trump Today: Trump Today: President targets 15% corporate tax rate, warns Congress not to make him angry
Trump Today: Trump Today: President targets 15% corporate tax rate, warns Congress not to make him angry
President Donald Trump on Wednesday used his tax-reform pitch in Missouri to make the case for a 15% corporate tax rate as he said he would help Texas recover from devastating floods.
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30 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Bond Report: Treasury yields tiptoe higher after subsiding geopolitical tensions, upbeat data
Bond Report: Treasury yields tiptoe higher after subsiding geopolitical tensions, upbeat data
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30 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Economic data due from Asia today, plus some BOJ and RBA
Economic data due from Asia today, plus some BOJ and RBA
A busy calendar coming up for the day, lets hope it translates into some forex movement
2200GMT – Australian Treasurer Morrison will be speaking
2301GMT – UK data – GfK Consumer Confidence for August and there will also be the Lloyds business barometer, August
30 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Market Extra: Failure to hike debt limit could be ‘more catastrophic’ than Lehman collapse, says S&P
Market Extra: Failure to hike debt limit could be ‘more catastrophic’ than Lehman collapse, says S&P
Economists from S&P Global Ratings warned that a failure to avert a government shutdown could trim 0.2% of fourth-quarter GDP growth with every week it continues
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30 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Judge sends Benchmark’s lawsuit against Travis Kalanick to arbitration
Judge sends Benchmark’s lawsuit against Travis Kalanick to arbitration
An explosive lawsuit between Travis Kalanick his investors will not play out publicly in the courtroom, Recode reports.
30 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Vice Index – Consumer Spending & Confidence Rolling Over
Vice Index – Consumer Spending & Confidence Rolling Over
By Andrew Zatlin – One of the important aspects of the US economy is that recent business cycles have been longer. But also shallower. I believe that the internet is playing a big role in this “lower-for-longer” phenomenon.
30 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Japan’s Economy Near Record Postwar Economic Expansion
Japan’s Economy Near Record Postwar Economic Expansion
By ValueWalk – As the developed world struggles with sluggish economic growth, inflation, and almost nonexistent wage growth, the one country that has defied all expectations is Japan, as Postwar economic expansion numbers are…