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Economic Review for the Last Week

The European Central Bank took strong measures and dropped interest rates even more when they received growth and inflation rates that were weaker than their expectations. They decreased their deposit rate to -0.20% and interest rate to 0.05% and declared two new programs through which they will buy asset backed securities and bonds. The news…

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Global Equity markets at their best in August, after five months

The trading for the month of August ended on Friday the 29th, witnessing a rise in the global equity markets, reaching their peak in five months, since February. The rise was attributed to the strong U.S. data and German bond yields rising up from their record lows, amid expectations that the European Central Bank (ECB)…

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Bumpy Economic Outlook for the Last Week

The economic outlook for the last week saw a cyclic pattern. The week started off positively with the economy recovering from losses from the last week. However, by the midweek the markets had started declining once again. The reasons responsible for this decline were the deteriorating situation in Ukraine and Libya, the Gaza-Israel conflict and…

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209,000 jobs added by US economy in July

July witnessed an addition of 209,000 jobs by US, showing that the US is on its course of economic recovery. The manufacturing and professional business services sector witnessed the biggest job gains. There has also been a slight increase in the US labour market, which will encourage workers who have given up job hunt to…

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The economic recovery of the United Kingdom during the first half of 2014

The economic growth of a country comprises of a large number of different factors and a combined effect of all the factors makes the final impact. Similarly, in order to understand the economic growth of United Kingdom, it is important to identify the performance of various factors regarding the economy such as unemployment, investments, gross…

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Dow Jones Industrial Average Crosses Above 17,000 for The First Time Just Before The American Independence Day

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which is a stock index comprising of some of the biggest global companies has crossed the 17,000 mark for the first time Thursday’s trading showed shares rapidly rising up, as a result of high investor confidence, which was largely due to the positive job report which showed that US economy…

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