Standard & Poor’s warned Britain to keep their feet on the ground after the recent positive data on the economy across the Channel because the recovery could be short-lived after the Brexit.
"All the celebrations about the economic rebound in August and that in the end life is back to ‘business as usual’ could turn out to be just a mirage in the long term," the ratings agency said, as reported by the Financial Times online.
The high value of the franc is the key for Switzerland to become richer: Reiner Eichenberger, professor of economics at the University of Fribourg, is convinced. "The strong franc creates disadvantages as a production location, but even greater advantages for the consumer: we import more cheaply, so costs go down", explains the specialist in an interview published by the financial portal Cash.
Greece will fail to achieve the goal of revenues from privatization this year. The target of € 3.7 billion is a mirage, it will be a success if the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund will bring in cash an amount of between 1.5 bln to 1.7 bln euro despite the acceleration of certain divestments in recent months . Yet the privatization plan is one of the cornerstones of the Athens bailout program, after three plans agreed with the EU and IMF 250 billion.
The Kiwi surged mid-Tuesday against the US Dollar, as the currency exchanged rate traded at 0.7295 by 11:15 GMT, compared the opening rate of 0.7212. The rate is most likely to continue to surge at least 40 pips in the near future, as it faces only the upper Bollinger band at 0.7312 until it would reach the 0.7337 level, where the weekly R1 is located at. In addition, the surge was and still is supported by the daily and weekly aggregate technical indicators. Moreover, the pair is still in an ascending channel pattern, as it rebounded against the lower trend line on July 25 at 0.6997.
In Switzerland, one in four people between those entitled to social support, resigns. This was revealed by a study of the High Bernese specialized school reported in the Rsi. The phenomenon, which also affects the Ticino, does not necessarily translate into savings for cantonal cashes.
The EU Council will not give any sanction to Spain and Portugal for failure to meet the deficit. The Community body preferred to deal with the situation by giving more space to the two Iberian countries, which will still have to take corrective measures and present a new budget plan by October 2017.
The operations to be implemented in the fall will have to be aimed at reducing the budget deficit from 4.4% at end 2015 to 2.5% by the end of this year to Lisbon, and Madrid will have until 2018 to reach the target of 3% from 5.1% last year. Greater flexibility, and, for Spain, which will bring the 4.6% in December, 3.1% in 2017 and 2.2% by 2018, in the light of a more uncertain political situation given the lack of a permanent government by the end of 2015.
The Swiss National Bank could return to action in the foreign exchange market. This was stated by President Thomas Jordan during a conference on the Indonesian island of Bali who added that the institute, although the situation is difficult, has a certain room for maneuver.
Jordan has referred in particular to a negative inflation rates and an overvalued franc. The SNB wants to prevent the national currency will further strengthen against the euro, as this occasion "poison" for the country’s economy. Moreover, the Swiss currency "suffering" particularly of its status as a safe haven in times of severe turbulence.
Swiss economy can look at the future in a positive way. The Swiss KOF business sentiment index increased slightly to 102.7 for July from a revised 102.6 in June from the original 102.4 and was significantly above the consensus forecast of 101.6. The National Bank will be relived that competitiveness concerns have eased slightly with no additional pressure for measures to weaken the currency.
