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IMF Releases the 2016 Financial Access Survey, A Key Tool to Foster Financial Inclusion
October 3, 2016--The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released today the results of the seventh annual Financial Access Survey (FAS). The FAS is a key source of data on financial inclusion, providing insights on the availability and use of financial products such as deposit accounts, loans, and insurance policies by individuals and firms across the globe.
The information is based on administrative data that is collected from both traditional financial service providers like commercial banks, microfinance institutions, or other deposit-taking institutions, and providers of digital financial services such as mobile money.
Source: IMF
FTSE Russell announces results of FTSE Annual Country Classification Review
September 30, 2016--China A-shares remain on Watch List for future inclusion as a Secondary Emerging market
Argentina, Nigeria and Romania join Watch List for possible reclassification
FTSE Russell provides progress update on current Watch List countries Poland, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan & Mongolia
FTSE Russell, the global index and data provider, today announces the results of the FTSE Annual Country Classification Review for 2016.
Source: lseg.com
Your Female Clients Might Have More Risk Tolerance Than You Think
September 30, 2016--Today might be the day to stop assuming that women are risk-averse decision makers.
Research release this week from BMO Wealth Management has found that female business owners are actually quite comfortable making bold decisions--more comfortable than their male counterparts.
Source: fa-mag.com
DECPG Global Weekly-September 30, 2016
September 30, 2016--TAKING STOCK
U.S. Q2 GDP growth was revised upward; consumer confidence jumped in September
Euro Area composite PMI fell to its lowest level in 20 months
OPEC agreement on output cut sent oil prices higher
WTO cut 2016 trade growth forecast by more than a third
GDP growth in Ghana and Rwanda slowed in Q2
WEEKLY INSIGHT
What is the Current Balance of Risks to Global Growth?
Uncertainty surrounding global growth forecasts has increased since January 2016, and is above the historical median. Upside risks have decreased while downside risks have increased, suggesting that global growth outturns are likely to lie below the current forecast points in both 2016 and 2017.
Source: World Bank
IMF Launches New SDR Basket Including Chinese Renminbi, Determines New Currency Amounts
September 30, 2016--Today, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced the launch of the new Special Drawing Right (SDR) valuation basket including the Chinese renminbi (RMB), and the new currency amounts that will determine the value of the SDR during the new valuation period.
As approved by the Executive Board of the IMF on November 30, 2015, effective October 1, 2016, the RMB is determined to be a freely usable currency and will be included in the SDR basket as a fifth currency, along with the U.S. dollar, the euro, Japanese yen, and the British pound.
Source: IMF
Global investors eye China debt
September 29, 2016--Foreign fund managers plan to double their allocation to renminbi-denominated debt, survey suggests
Source: FT.com
FTSE Russell: China A shares won't be added to secondary emerging markets index
September 29, 2016--FTSE Russell announced Thursday that China A shares will not yet be included as a secondary emerging market, one of the results of its annual country classification review, a news release said.
The annual review is a formal process to determine country classifications within its FTSE Global Equity index: developed, advanced emerging, secondary emerging and frontier.
Source: pionline.com
Deutsche says hedge fund outflows 'typical' part of prime brokerage business
September 29, 2016--Deutsche Bank told CNBC on Thursday that it has seen outflows, but the prime brokerage business is "still very profitable" for the company.
Earlier on Thursday, U.S.-listed shares of Deutsche Bank hit a new all-time intraday low of $11.19 on the back of a report that a small number of hedge funds that do derivatives business with Deutsche have reduced their exposure.
Source: CNBC.com
IMF Working paper-U.S. Monetary Policy Normalization and Global Interest Rates
September 29, 2016--Summary: As the Federal Reserve continues to normalize its monetary policy, this paper studies the impact of U.S. interest rates on rates in other countries. We find a modest but nontrivial pass-through from U.S. to domestic short-term interest rates on average.
We show that, to a large extent, this comovement reflects synchronized business cycles. However, there is important heterogeneity across countries, and we find evidence of limited monetary autonomy in some cases. The co-movement of longer term interest rates is larger and more pervasive. We distinguish between U.S. interest rate movements that surprise markets versus those that are anticipated, and find that most countries receive greater spillovers from the former. We also distinguish between movements in the U.S. term premium and the expected path of risk-free rates, concluding that countries respond differently to these shocks. Finally, we explore the determinants of monetary autonomy and find strong evidence for the role of exchange rate flexibility, capital account openness, but also for other factors, such as dollarization of financial system liabilities, and the credibility of fiscal and monetary policy.
IMF-Monetary Policy Not Hurt by Rise of Nonbank Finance
September 29, 2016--Impact of monetary policy actions on economic activity has generally strengthened since 2000
Nonbank credit increases the effectiveness of monetary policy
Risk taking by banks, nonbanks responds to monetary policy
The growth in credit by financial institutions that are not banks has, if anything, strengthened the impact of monetary policy on the economy over the past 15 years, according to new research from the International Monetary Fund.
These so-called nonbanks include insurance companies, pension funds, and other financial institutions such as money market mutual funds, hedge funds, and finance companies.
view the Chapter 2: Monetary Policy and the Rise of Nonbank Finance
Source: IMF
