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WFE Publishes H1 2017 Market Highlights

August 14, 2017/WFE Click here to read the WFE H1 2017 Market Highlights report in full. The World Federation of Exchanges (“WFE”), which represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers including exchanges and CCPs, today published its H1 2017 Market Highlights report. ​Market performance in the first half of 2017 […]

Fitch: Good News Continues on the World Economy

7/8/2017/Fitch Ratings The recent flow of good news on the world economy has continued since our June Global Economic Outlook (GEO), with Fitch now revising up its 2017 and 2018 world GDP growth forecasts to 3.0% (from 2.9% in June) and 3.2% (from 3.1%), respectively. “The revisions are led by […]

IMF Says US in Longest Expansion since 167 Years, as Unemployment Rate Falls 4.4%

July 27, 2017 By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Global financial institution, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday that the United States (US) is in its longest expansion since 1850, as the unemployment rate falls 4.4 percent and job growth continues to be strong, according to its latest Article […]