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UK Inflation At 13-Month Low

UK inflation continued to slow to reach a 13-month low in April, driven by air fares, adding doubts about the timing of the next rate hike by the Bank of England. Consumer prices climbed 2.4 percent year-on-year in April, slightly Read More →

Eurozone Private Sector Expands At Slowest Pace In 18 Months

Eurozone private sector grew at the weakest pace in one-and-a-half years in May with the rate of expansion slowing for the fourth consecutive month, flash survey data from IHS Markit showed Wednesday. The composite output index dropped to an 18-month Read More →

Crypto Lexicon – ALTCOIN

Altcoin means alternative coin and it is any cryptocurrency other than Bitcoin. Bitcoin is the first cryptocurrency and altcoins followed. Some are built on the same distributed ledger technology as Bitcoin, while others are created on new platforms such as Read More →

U.S. New Home Sales Pull Back By 1.5% In April

A report released by the Commerce Department on Wednesday showed a pullback in new home sales in the U.S. in the month of April. The report said new home sales fell by 1.5 percent to an annual rate of 662,000 Read More →

Robert Shiller Says Cryptos Could Be Just Another Failed Currency Project

Robert Shiller, a Nobel laureate, said cryptocurrencies could turn out to be just another failed currency experiment. "As in the past, the public's fascination with cryptocurrencies is tied to a sort of mystery, like the mystery of the value of Read More →

Gold rises as N.Korea Summit gets cancelled; N.Korea however say they are still open to talks

Sentiment in Asia looked mostly biased towards the negative as much of the major equity inidces in Asia slipped into negative territory. The Japanese Nikkei however was one exception with the index making into the positive. US equities also closed Read More →