Done right, fiscal policy can act as a channel to direct monetary stimulus into the real economy, not asset prices October 11, 2016 It's scarcely possible to read about global economic policy these days without hearing that central banks have run out of ammunition and a call to open the fiscal floodgates. But is fiscal policy really the answer to whatever is ailing the global economy? And has the great monetary experiment really reached the end of the road? [...]
InnovaDerma predicts maiden profit on Dragons’ Den-backed Skinny Tan October 10, 2016 Shares in InnovaDerma soared today after the beauty company said it is on track to book a maiden profit this year. The firm expects to report revenues of around £4.2m in the year to 30 June, up more than 800 per cent from just £0.5m a year ago. Strong top line growth should enable it to announce a maiden net [...]
Brent crude oil price hits one year high of $53.50 boosted by Opec production cut deal optimism October 10, 2016 The price of Brent crude oil hit a one-year high this afternoon, rising to $53.50 a barrel. Brent crude oil price over the past 12 months (Source: Bloomberg) The price of US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was also trading up, rising by 2.6 per cent to $51.11 a barrel this afternoon – a four month high. [...]
IEA says world more energy efficient despite really cheap oil October 10, 2016 The International Energy Agency (IEA) said today that the world's economies used less energy to grow last year despite low oil and natural gas prices. Energy intensity — the amount of energy used per unit of gross domestic product — rose by 1.8 per cent last year, according to a new report by the IEA. This beat a gain of [...]
People’s Bank of China sets renminbi fix at weakest in six years October 10, 2016 The People's Bank of China (PBoC) has set the midpoint about which the currency can trade higher than 6.7 renminbi for the first time since 2010. Following the announcement, both the onshore renminbi CNY and the offshore renminbi CNH (which trades mainly in Hong Kong) came close to the six-year lows that they came to a [...]
New oil discovery in Alaska could reverse three decades of decline October 10, 2016 A minor oil firm just announced that it has made a “world-class” discovery in Alaska, which could be the largest find in the state in years. Caelus Energy LLC, a small company backed by private equity, says that it has discovered oil on Alaska’s northern coast. The field could hold as much as 6 billion barrels [...]
BP chief executive Bob Dudley says oil market “pretty much in balance” October 10, 2016 BP's chief executive has said that the global oil market is "pretty much in balance", despite industry expectations for it to remain oversupplied well into next year. Speaking to CNBC at the World Energy Conference in Istanbul, Bob Dudley said: "We look at it on a daily basis and it is pretty much in balance. It is [...]
Here we go again: Sterling drops against the dollar October 10, 2016 A bad start to the week for currency traders, as the pound dropped against the dollar and the euro, adding to drastic losses at the end of last week. Sterling was up-and-down in morning trading, before an afternoon sell-off gripped the currency, taking it down 0.5 per cent against the greenback to $1.2371. Against the [...]
SolGold shares jump 13 per cent as it knocks back BHP Billiton offer October 10, 2016 Aim-listed miner SolGold said today it is recommending shareholders vote against an offer from BHP Billiton – causing its share price to rocket 12.6 per cent. The group revealed BHP offered $30m (£24m) for a 10 per cent stake in SolGold, implying a value of $0.22 per share. The stock is currently at $0.1869. BHP [...]
Chin up: How Twitter reacted to today’s sterling free fall October 7, 2016 It’s fair to say the pound has had quite a day. The currency regained some of its losses in afternoon trading, but spent most of this morning in free fall, after an overnight flash crash. Widely thought to be a case of either a "fat finger" or an algorithm picking up on negative Brexit stories overnight, at one point the [...]