The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business
Teaser: For several years now, the Philippines has been one of the countries with the highest GDP growth in the world and the government is pushing for the story to continue, but right now there is a backlash.
Points of View & Perspectives
September, 2018
August, 2018
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27 August
US central bank on track in Jackson Hole
Teaser: During the weekend, many of the world’s important central bankers met in Jackson Hole, where the opening speech was awaited with much excitement in the financial markets.
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15 August
Wall Street believes in a ”Goldilocks” scenario
There is one economic situation that any investor always dreams of, it is named after the American adventurous figure “Goldilocks” – in the financial markets, it means that stocks are rising, bond yields and inflation are low, and all investors go unworried to bed every night – that’s the feeling on Wall Street right now.
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6 August
Central banks around the globe on hard work
The U.S.–China trade war, inflation, and increased public spending are influencing economies around the globe- which forces central banks to act, though in different ways.
July, 2018
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29 July
Revisiting China’s healthcare sector
China’s healthcare sector was one of the sectors that was significantly reformed last year, which is positive- though lately, it seems to be going through a scandal of its own.
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23 July
Italy – A European struggle
It has been quiet for a couple of months now in Italy, but scratching the surface discloses that the best bet is that turmoil returns in one way or the other.
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15 July
China strikes back at US with…. tax cuts
When US President Trump was heading across the Atlantic to the NATO top summit this week, he did not forget China, so he announced a further escalation of the trade war.
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8 July
A world with economic A and B nations
It is obvious that the world has become accustomed to globalisation of production. But there is more into it than a globalised production line of goods. During the past 30 years the monetary policy has also been globalised though that might reverse now which will disclose stress in some economies. This will challenge investors and actually also governments.
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1 July
Germany slows down Europe’s economy
Germany and Chancellor Angela Merkel is back in the centre of the storm, and this time, it affects the financial markets.
June, 2018
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24 June
India also caught in Trump’s storm
On the 3rd June, the governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Urjit Patel, had a chronicle in the Financial Times that was particularly interesting. It is already old news, but the very special fact that a central bank governor writes such a chronicle still deserves some attention. In addition, it is from the central bank of Asia’s third largest …