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Gender inequality is holding back US economy, Yellen warns
May 5, 2017--Fed chair says policies to promote work-life balance would add to GDP.
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Source: FT.com
CBO-The 2017 Budget and Economic Outlook
May 5, 2017--In fiscal year 2016, for the first time since 2009, the federal budget deficit increased in relation to the nation's economic output.
The Congressional Budget Office projects that over the next decade, if current laws remained generally unchanged, budget deficits would eventually follow an upward trajectory-the result of strong growth in spending for retirement and health care programs targeted to older people and rising interest payments on the government's debt, accompanied by only modest growth in revenue collections. Those accumulating deficits would drive debt held by the public from its already high level up to its highest percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) since shortly after World War II.
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Source: Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
CBO-Monthly Budget Review for April 2017
May 5, 2017--The federal budget deficit was $348 billion for the first seven months of fiscal year 2017, the Congressional Budget Office estimates-$5 billion less than the shortfall recorded during the same span last year.
But that result was affected by shifts in the timing of certain payments that otherwise would have been due on a weekend. If not for those shifts, the deficit for the first seven months of fiscal year 2017 would have been $77 billion larger than the one recorded for the same period last year.
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Source: Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
U.S. Productivity Falls by Most in a Year; Labor Costs Climb
May 4, 2017--U.S. worker productivity declined in the first quarter by the most in a year as growth in the world's largest economy weakened, a Labor Department report showed Thursday.
Key Points
The measure of employee output per hour decreased at a 0.6 percent annual rate (forecast was a 0.1 percent decline) after a revised 1.8 percent gain in the prior three months.
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Source: Bloomberg
IMF-Brazil : Fiscal Transparency Evaluation
May 3, 2017--Despite the development of fiscal responsibility legislation, several weaknesses in fiscal transparency have had adverse effects on the quality of fiscal policy-many of which are being addressed.
Brazil has made significant progress over recent decades in providing regular information on the budget and its implementation at all levels of government, partly driven by the 2000 Fiscal Responsibility Law (FRL).
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Source: IMF
The Mystery of the Stubbornly-Low Volatility Index Is Deepening
May 3, 2017--VIX ETPs have created flood of liquidity in the futures market
'Roll forward" built into ETP structure could suppress prices
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Source: Bloomberg
Direxion Launches Five 3X Leveraged ETFs
May 3, 2017--New ETFs Provide Exposure to Areas Affected by Changing Economic and Trade Policies
Direxion has launched five leveraged ETFs, further expanding its existing lineup of over 75 leveraged and inverse ETFs.
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Source: Direxion
U.S. SEC approves request to list quadruple-leveraged ETFs
May 2, 2017-- The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday approved a request to trade quadruple-leveraged exchange-traded funds, marking a first for the growing market for such products in the United States.
The request to list ForceShares Daily 4X US Market Futures Long Fund, under the ticker UP, and ForceShares Daily 4X US Market Futures Short Fund, under the ticker DOWN, was filed by Intercontinental Exchange Inc's NYSE Arca exchange.
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Source: Reuters
ETF Managers Group Launches New FINRA-Registered Broker Dealer
May 2, 2017--ETF Managers Group LLC (ETFMG), the leading private
label issuer of exchange traded funds (ETFs), today announced that it has launched its own FINRA-registered broker dealer, ETFMG Financial LLC, to provide distribution services to its
growing family of ETFs.
The ETF Managers Group funds utilizing the new broker dealer are: the PureFunds family of ETFs (HACK, BIGD, FINQ, GAMR, IFLY, IMED, IPAY and SILJ); Etho Climate Leadership U.S. ETF (ETHO); Sit Rising Rate ETF (RISE); Spirited Funds/ETFMG Whiskey & Spirits ETF (WSKY);...
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Source: ETF Managers Group (ETFMG)
State Street Global Advisors Strengthens Global SPDR Business with Product and Marketing Appointments
May 2, 2017--State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), the asset management business of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) today announced two new appointments: Noel Archard has been named head of global SPDR product, and Seth Morrison has been named head of global SPDR marketing.
Both will be based in Boston. SSGA is a global leader in exchange traded funds, with $558 billion in ETF assets under management.1
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Source: State Street Global Advisors
