Divided Fed proposes rule to ease capital requirements for big Wall Street banks
The New York Stock Exchange in lower Manhattan on Nov. 24, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt…
Everyday UK items that could go up in price after Donald Trump attack on Iran
Household energy bills couple triple and petrol prices could soar if Iran blocks the Straits of Hormuz amid…
Gold shines amid fiscal fog and geopolitical shadows – TDS
What if the largest threat to global markets is not an oil price shock, but a prolonged conflict leading to…
Banks Drop the Climate Pretense and Follow the Money
Forget betrayal. Forget backsliding. What global banks are doing right now isn’t a reversal of climate commitments—it’s a…
Under the spell of geopolitics – Commerzbank
The Brent Oil price has risen to a 5-month high of $79 per barrel due to a further…
EU devises scheme to squeeze more profit from Russian frozen assets – POLITICO
Supporters of the new investment fund argue that the EU has to generate more revenues from Russia’s sovereign…
Qatar pauses LNG shipments at Strait of Hormuz – ING
Tensions in the Middle East continued to disrupt energy logistics as Qatar instructed LNG vessels to delay entering…
UK inflation slowed less than expected in May – POLITICO
Consumer price inflation in the U.K. slowed only slightly in May, all but ensuring that the Bank of…
Natural Gas prices climb on fears of LNG disruption via Hormuz – ING
European natural Gas prices rose to their highest level since early April on Monday, after jumping by 4.8%…
EU resurrects banking practice that caused the 2008 financial crisis – POLITICO
In the pre-2008 lending boom, American banks sold their dodgiest “subprime” loans to investors around the world. When…
Are Closed-Loop Financial Instruments Stablecoins’ Future?
As the world of information goes digital, the world of money is taking things a bit slower. But…
Peak central bank action in Europe – ING
The eurozone’s dependence on energy price exports should put a curb on EUR/USD upside in our view, ING’s…