PwC published a forecast of the world’s most powerful economies until 2030. The report is called "The long view: How will the global economic order change by 2050?". The paper includes 32 countries and projects GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP). PPP is a measure used to determine economic...

Greece should meet the fiscal surplus target preferred by most IMF directors which will help its economy to grow by just under 1.0 percent in the long run given the constraints of its bailout program, the International Monetary Fund said on Monday while talking about the future of this European...

While asking the Romanian government to increase transparency, both European Union officials and investors have raised concerns over corruption in the country.   This followed the government scrapping the constitutional changes to make null and void government's plans to tinker with the...

Analysts see an opportunity for double-digit growth of AMD's stock price in the current year, according to Barron's. Over the past year papers of the producer of chips and graphics solutions have risen fivefold. This year, AMD's position may strengthen significantly. This statement relates not only...

As a regulatory clampdown and restrictions on foreign exchange caused 30 acquisitions with European and US groups to fall through, the Financial Times reports that Chinese overseas deals worth almost $75bn were cancelled last year.   A waning appetite for global dealmaking by the world’s...

The suddenly limp U.S. dollar is something that stock investors could have at least one less worry in the next earnings period.   A sharp reversal since the start of the year has been witnessed in the greenback, whose strong rally after the Nov. 8 U.S. election hit profits at many U.S....

A strategist at BofA Merrill Lynch is of the view that the complete impact of the U.K. and European Union (EU) failing to reach a trade agreement and the subsequent influence on sterling are being underestimated by investors.   Thanos Vamvakidis, head of European G10 FX strategy at...

Vice-President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Vitor Constancio urged to create a plan of action to support banks in dealing with a backlog of bad debts of about 1 trillion euros, which appeared as a result of the financial crisis. According to Constancio, the European operating companies are...

In an attempt to provide stable finance market following Brexit, ESMA asks for disclosure on trade records. The “credit rating agencies” along with their bodies were asked by the “securities watchdog” of the European Union to disclose the records of “derivative trades” revealing “how they would”...