USA: the IMF has revised downwards their growth forecast to 2.1% for 2017 and 2018 due to US fiscal policy not as ‘expansionary’ as they thought in April.
Japan: Prime Minister Shinzo A...
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US: Retail sales in the US dropped in May by their largest amount for 16 months.
China: GDP grew 6.9% in Q2 YoY, defying expectations from economists. The Government target for the year...
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The IMF has revised upwards its forecast for world growth in 2017 to 3.5% vs 3.4% in January. 2018’s outlook remains unchanged at 3.6%.
The IMF has given its US growth outlo...
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China: average wages are catching up with those in Portugal and Greece, and have exceeded those in Brazil and Mexico as China’s decade of massive growth have helped triple pay packets. H...
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German factory orders rose by 5.2% which was the largest incline since July 2014.
The German economy grew by 0.4% for Q4 2016.
Investor sentiment in Eastern Europe has dropped with a reading for F...
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President Donal Trump’s inauguration took place in January. The media were quick to point out that attendance figures were well below that of previous Presidential inaugurations, and thi...
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