EU-Switzerland relations under pressure
A political dispute between the European Union and Switzerland threatens to disrupt their economic relations. On June 24, the Swiss government said it was ready to ban EU stock exchanges […]
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Inflation is coming
Last week’s moves by the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank to set the path for easier monetary policy going forward helped bolster expectations for increased inflation despite global […]
The message of negative rate bonds sends to the market
If reading financial markets is usually as inscrutable as reading tea leaves, bond investors have decided now is the time to send a message in big, bold letters. They want […]
The evolution of ECB after Draghi
A fresh war of words has erupted between the US president and the head of the European Central Bank (ECB) over whether the Eurozone’s efforts to help itself are unfair […]
SNB drops Libor
Switzerland’s central bank said Thursday it was dropping Libor as a reference in setting interest rates in another blow to the scandal-plagued benchmark. The Swiss National Bank, following a regular […]
Deutsche Bank: know your customer
Deutsche Bank AG has given around 1,000 investment-banking clients a month or less to hand over company-ownership information and other documentation in the bank’s protracted effort to close compliance gaps, […]
Mitsubishi looks at FCA-Renault merger
Long-suffering Mitsubishi dealers, who are just starting to see benefits from the brand’s two-year membership in the alliance with Renault and Nissan, now worry that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ proposed merger […]
US-China Trade War: the risk of a global downturn
Earlier this month, United States President Donald Trump threatened to raise tariffs on all Chinese imports to the U.S. to 25%. On May 10, the U.S. raised tariff rates from […]