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China’s economy is holding up despite the recent crash in the stock market, which has fallen 27% from its peak on 8th June. Q2 real GDP growth was released on July 15th at 7.0%, above consensus...

Last week we posed the question whether the Fed should raise interest rates and concluded that the current levels of US unemployment and inflation warrant at least one, if not two hikes this year...

The likely date of the first interest rate hike by the US Federal Reserve (Fed) draws ever nearer. Janet Yellen, the chair of the Fed, reiterated recently that it would be appropriate to start the...

The last two weeks saw the release of important economic data in the US: an estimate of real GDP growth for the first quarter of 2015; international trade data which are important in predicting...

In its recently-published World Economic Outlook, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects global growth to pick up only marginally in 2015 to 3.5% from an estimated 3.4% in 2014. Global growth...

The Qatar Central Bank last Tuesday celebrated the official opening of the first Renminbi Clearance Centre (RCC) in the MENA region, to be located in Doha. The RCC will allow for claims denominated in...

The US economy added a mere 126k jobs in March 2015, compared with a monthly average of 281k over the previous six months. The news missed market expectations by the largest margin since December...