14 February 2017 EU Nationals Avoiding London's Financial Jobs Marketplace

The UK’s financial services jobs market got off to a cautious start to 2017 as an 83% jump in the number of people seeking jobs deemed to be disappointing.

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10 February 2017 Chinese Economy Peking in 2017

Trade data from China released this morning showed a strong uptick in the trade surplus as exports (and imports) surged in January.

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09 February 2017 Greece Being Pushed to the Grexit Door

In addtion to juggling risks associated with Brexit, Trump and Le Pen, markets are now waking up to the fact that a more familiar theme must be contended with - the Greek debt crisis.

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08 February 2017 Boosting Birthrates in China, Thailand, Hong Kong and South Korea is not the Key to Future Economic Success

Asian-focused multinational bank Standard Chartered has suggested policy-makers in China, Hong Kong, Thailand and South Korea boost their populations to counter the negative effects of an ageing po…

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07 February 2017 Kristin Forbes: A Hawk Takes Wing at the Bank of England

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee will soon start splitting in their opinion on how appropriate current interest rate settings are for the UK economy.

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07 February 2017 Switzerland "Most at Risk of meeting US Treasury's Official Criteria of Currency Manipulation"

There are lots of reasons to buy Swiss: the five-letter prefix is a byword for caché, luxury, workmanship and class.

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03 February 2017 Virtual Reality Meets the Retail Trader

As technology moves ever closer to a matrix-style mental abstraction, online lender Swissquote have embraced the winds of change by developing an application which enables trading via a virtual rea…

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