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Trade disputes became the main theme of the year. Initially the White House introduced import tariffs on aluminum. Later, sanctions against Russian UC Rusal became an additional advantage for U.S. aluminum producers. With the help of negotiations and concessions, the.

The first blow was made from the US data: increasing salary growth caused tightening in the Fed’s tone. It became clear that FOMC is set to deliver 4 rate increases in 2018. Overvalued by many standards, American markets began to.

2018 became a tipping year during which a critical mass of negative factors was accumulated. At one point, there were so many of them, so markets cannot ignore them, and it led to a drastic change in trends. In our.

Earnings at China’s industrial firms in November dropped for the first time in nearly three years, as slackening external and domestic demand left businesses facing more strain in 2019 in a sign of rising risks to the world’s second-largest economy..

The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged more than 1,000 points for the first time on Wednesday, leading a broad Wall Street rebound after a report that holiday sales were the strongest in years helped mollify concerns about the health of.

Important upcoming events and publications for December, 27 (GMT): 12:00 ECB Economic Bulletin publishes 2 weeks after the rate decision. Often, the publication has a low impact on the #EUR, but amid reduced liquidity, it cannot ruled out volatility spikes..

This week, the Dow Jones recorded a steep sell-off from 23,970 points to 21,846 points, amidst global economic instability and uncertainty. Since achieving an all-time high at 26,828 points on October 3, the Dow Jones has fallen by 5,036 points.

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday that oil prices, which fell by more than a third this quarter, would become more stable in the first half of 2019. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and other.

While 2018 was the year trade wars broke out, 2019 will be the year the global economy feels the pain. Bloomberg’s Global Trade Tracker is softening amid a fading rush to front-load export orders ahead of threatened tariffs. And volumes.

The dollar fell to four-month lows against the yen on Tuesday as investors cut exposure to riskier assets as Washington struggled with a partial government shutdown and open confrontation between the White House and the central bank. The dollar fell.

A new report by research focused cryptocurrency company Clovr, has revealed a significant upsurge in the use of cryptocurrency in remittances across the globe. The study, which surveyed the responses of 707 people sought to delve into their remittance habits,.

Oil prices plunged more than 6 percent to the lowest in more than a year on Monday, pulling back sharply late in the session as fears of an economic slowdown rattled the market. U.S. crude futures CLc1 and global benchmark.