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Markets calmer after vaccine-induced surge

By AFP

US pharma giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech on Monday revealed that their vaccine candidate was 90% effective in preventing COVID-19.

  • Stock market indicators

    Markets stagger towards end of worst year since financial crisis

    London and Paris wobbled in holiday-shortened trade on New Year's Eve - but nursed dizzying double-digit annual falls after an exceptionally volatile 2018.

    1320 days ago
  • A busy Tokyo suburb. Picture: Pixabay.com

    These capital cities have the greatest economic clout

    In the United States, Washington D.C. is the 20th largest city in terms of population.

    1393 days ago
  • FILE: The Wall Street sign near the New York Stock Exchange building in New York. Picture: AFP.

    What makes America the world’s most competitive economy?

    The United States, as one of the world’s great innovation powerhouses, is very well positioned in this new competitive landscape.

    1395 days ago
  • Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's. Picture: AFP

    What role did credit ratings play in the 2008 crisis?

    A common narrative for the start of the financial crisis suggests that credit agencies downplayed the riskiness of RMBS, drawing in lenders who did not appreciate their intrinsic risk.

    1455 days ago
  • Stock market indicators

    Ten years after crash, Americans still have not fallen back in love with stocks

    Americans have yet to embrace the US stock market with the same fervour as before, holding fewer individual stocks and putting less money into equities overall.

    1608 days ago
  • FILE: The European Union Commission headquarters in Brussels.  Picture: AFP

    The global economy in 2018, according to a Nobel laureate

    In the developed world, 2017 will likely be recalled as a period of stark contrast, with many economies experiencing growth acceleration, alongside political fragmentation.

    1712 days ago
  • FILE: A man walks past the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, DC. Picture: AFP.

    What the IMF thinks is happening to global growth

    As in our April forecast, the World Economic Outlook Update projects 3.5% growth in global output for this year and 3.6% for next.

    1843 days ago
  • US President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One before addressing a rally in Melbourne, Florida, on 18 February 2017. Picture: AFP.

    Record-setting stock rally faces test in Trump speech

    The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI this week marked its longest run of consecutive record-high closing prices in 30 years.

    1994 days ago
  • Donald Trump makes his first speech after being inaugurated as US president. Picture: AFP

    'Markets disappointed' with lack of detail from Trump

    Economic strategist Tumisho Grater says she was hoping for Trump's speech to provide more details on his policies.

    2030 days ago
  • South African rand. Picture: EWN

    Rand weakens as more forecasts predict Trump victory

    Markets fear that a Donald Trump win could cause global economic and trade turmoil.

    2103 days ago
  • Republican candidate Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

    Trump's surprise wins in crucial US states rattle world markets

    With investors worried a Trump victory could cause economic and global uncertainty, the US dollar sank.

    2103 days ago
  • American dollars. Picture: Facebook.

    Treasury: SA to borrow $6 bln from international markets

    Foreign loan debt would rise to 10.6% of gross domestic product in 2016/17 from 9.9% in 2015/16.

    2116 days ago
  • Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta. Picture: Facebook.com

    Kenya secures deal to keep duty-free access to EU market

    Kenya secured the continued free access to EU markets after it signed the deal with the EU.

    2143 days ago
  • Mosebenzi Zwane, South African Minister of Mineral Resources, addresses the first day of the Mining Indaba 2016 Conference on 8 February 2016, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in Cape Town. Picture:  AFP/RODGER BOSCH

    'Political undertones might send confusing statements to rating agencies'

    Economist Dawie Roodt says the contradicting messages from government show a lack of leadership.

    2169 days ago
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    Study: UBS retains position as world's biggest private bank

    UBS retained its highly-prized first place in 2015, staying nearly $300 billion ahead Bank of America.

    2220 days ago
  • A stock trader reflected in a market screen. Picture: AFP.

    Shares extend losses as China sows confusion

    MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan slid 1.8 percent to its lowest since late 2011.

    2406 days ago
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    JSE ends on good footing as markets close for Christmas

    The JSE closed on a good footing as most markets around the world only traded for half the day.

    2423 days ago
  • FILE: With Wall Street closing more than one percent lower after weak US retail sales figures, Asian and European share markets would have been expected to fall even without the Paris attacks. Picture: stock.xchng.

    Global markets brace for short-term hit after Paris attacks

    France has the largest number of tourists in the world and the sector accounts for almost 7.5 percent of GDP.

    2463 days ago
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