Tag: Global

Wall Street extends losses as oil slides further

Tue Feb 23, 2016/Reuters By Abhiram Nandakumar Wall Street slipped on Tuesday, in tandem with a renewed slide in oil prices, as yet another rally failed to take off in what has been a turbulent year so far for markets. Saudi Oil Minister Ali Al-Naimi told global energy executives on […]

Post-U.S QE Market Review How soothing is the relief?

Before last week’s FOMC meeting Financial markets across the globe, particularly the emerging market counterparts were thrown off-balance between June and mid-September after the U.S Fed signalled in its FOMC meeting that it will scale back on the US$85 billion monthly bond purchases contingent upon positive economic data. Following the […]

Policy Steps Toward a Full-Speed Global Economy

By Christine Lagarde Managing Director, International Monetary Fund   Brookings Institution, Washington DC, June 4, 2013   Introduction   Good afternoon. It is always a pleasure to come to Brookings, one of the most influential research institutions in this country. Let me thank the members of the Board and the […]