The wait to see how Carney voted on QE July 17, 2013 The Bank of England will today release its minutes from the Monetary Policy Committee held earlier this month. The meeting was new governor Mark Carney’s first, and the minutes will show whether or not he voted to extend quantitative easing. It will also be interesting to see if managed to persuade any other members to [...]
Before the open – 17/07 July 17, 2013 Chinese shares fell last night for the first time in three days as real estate developers like China Vanke and Poly Real Estate Group plummeted over concerns the government will extend property curbs. News that foreign direct investment in China rose by 20 per cent in June – exceeding analyst expectations of a 0.7 per [...]
BHP’s strong production figures a relief for struggling firm July 17, 2013 Resources company BHP Billiton has reported a strong year of production as Western Australia Iron Ore and Escondida exceeded production guidance and annual records were achieved across seven operations and five commodities. Western Australia Iron Ore set its 13th consevucitve annual production record for the year ended 30 June 2013, with production up seven per [...]