China continues to free up currency restrictions
China is continuing to develop the renminbi as a world currency by gradually relaxing rules limiting exchange and investment. The latest move came from the
Euro plunges deeper against Sterling and the US dollar
The euro is taking another pounding as currency markets expressed doubts that recent promises to shore up the failing currency will come to fruition. Sterling
India looks to foreign help to boost flagging rupee
India has switched the tap on for foreign investment to boost the rupee, after the currency has tumbled 25% against the US dollar in a
Time for investors to look at the bigger economic picture
With everyone looking at the micro moves of foreign currency exchange, it’s time to zoom out and shift the focus to a bigger picture. The
Sun about to rise for Japan and the yen
The Japanese Yen is holding up well after the Bank of Japan left interest rates and quantitative easing unchanged for another month. Markets feared increasing
Spanish bonds hit record high as bail out fails to impress
Currency speculators are really betting on the fate of the Euro, not the delaying tactics of bail outs and loans governments are using to buy
More single currency bonding may solve euro woes
A single currency banking union for the eurozone is the strategy that might just offer much needed financial stability in Europe. The problem that underlies
Burgernomics cooks up currency valuation clues
Currency experts at The Economist magazine have cooked up a way of checking out if a currency is under or over valued by comparing the
Euro confusion triggers China’s rate cuts
The phrase ‘laissez faire’ was coined in Europe – and it seems to be the economic policy that works best for the euro. As the
Euro slips again as bond yields red line for Italy and Spain
Currency markets are thrashing about in reaction to every new rumour as economists and politicians forecast no end is in sight for the Euro debt
How currency rates affect property deals for expats
London comes firs tin the global property hotspots for wealthy Asian families looking to invest in student housing, according to international property firm Jones Lang
It’s time for Plan B if you have cash stashed in euro accounts
Expats with savings and investments held in Euro accounts need to put contingency plans in place to protect their cash. The problem with the euro
The end is near as Eurozone runs out of time and money
The euro is about to reap the result of months of dithering by leaders who lacked the moral strength and political will to deal with
Euro clatters to four-month low against US dollar
The euro has hit a four month low and is likely to collapse even more as squabbling politicians in Greece face another election after failing
