The Bank of Japan did not change the parameters of monetary policy at the final meeting in 2017. The regulator has retained unprecedented incentives, expecting the growth of steadily low inflation, Bloomberg reports. As analysts had expected, the interest rate on deposits of commercial banks in the...

Excessive subsidiaries received by the Chinese e-bike manufacturers push the EBMA to lodge complaint, whereby adding yet another investigation in the list of investigations carried out by the EU towards Chinese exports. Trade between Beijing and Brussels hit an increased tension note, as on...

The British pound is the most reliable indicator of sentiment towards Brexit. If the news headlines shout about a "hard" exit of the UK from the EU (the creation of trade barriers with Europe), the UK’s national currency declines. Once the information about the "soft" Brexit (what is close to...

The head of the Bank of Italy, Ignazio Visco, said that the deep recession and EU rules led to recent problems in the banking sector of the country. However, he denies the fact that insufficient supervision played a role in the collapse of several banks that needed € 13 billion in aid, writes the...

Canada's oil sector is in distress. Oil from the oil sands of this country is sold at a discount of $ 27 in relation to the American WTI, and this is the biggest difference in price over the past 4 years. Contracts for Western Canada Select (WCS), which is a benchmark for the Alberta oil sands,...

There is no evidence of an increase in the share of "zombie companies" in Germany, despite the low cost of loans. The loans reduce incentives for banks to stop lending to customers who are already in arrears, the Bundesbank said. The German central bank has long opposed the ultra-soft policy of the...

There would be far reaching consequences for the entire industry from a set of new rules for the financial sector that are to be imposed by the EU in in January.   The time and manner of asset trading is being attempted to be more transparent by the reforms. The new standards would impact...

The trading volumes in the crypto-currency market seem to be on the rise, yet the analysts continue to draw our attention to its volatile nature and the underlying “unregulated” cash market. Nevertheless, the bitcoin futures are growing in numbers and are likely to bring in the “big institutional...

JPMorgan Chase & Co. expects that the "bullish" phase of the market will continue next year. But the growth will relate to the technology sector, writes Bloomberg. JPMorgan Chase & Co. joined Oppenheimer and Evercore ISI, and became the third major bank that predicts that the S&P 500...