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The Federal Reserve has been unwinding or reducing its balance sheet. The Federal Reserve’s balance sheet swelled from $900 billion at the start of 2008 to a peak of $4.5 trillion in 2017.
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High fuel prices and stretched balance sheets but more people than ever are flying. Here are some insights into the current and future economic state of airlines.
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What a month October 2018 has been for the global equity markets. The U.S. Equity market had its worst month since the financial crisis, with the S & P 500 falling most in a single month since February 2009 and the Nasdaq 100 falling most in a single month since October 2008.
A decade after the beginning of the great recession of 2008, how has the United Kingdom economy recovered?
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Seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 0.2% in the Eurozone or Euro Area and by 0.3% in the European Union (EU) during the third quarter of 2018, compared with the previous quarter, according to a preliminary flash estimate published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In the second quarter of 2018, GDP had grown by 0.4% in the euro area and by 0.5% the European Union.
Real gross domestic product (GDP) for the United States increased at an annual rate of 3.5% in the third quarter (Q3) of 2018 according to the advance estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Amazon declared its Q3 results on Thursday, Net sales increased 29% to $56.6 billion in the third quarter, compared with $43.7 billion in the third quarter of 2017. Excluding the unfavourable impact of foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter, net sales increased 30% compared with third quarter 2017.
Operating income increased to $3.7 billion in the third quarter, compared with operating income of $347 million in the third quarter of 2017.
Amazon’s share price has soared 500% in the past four years despite the recent 20% fall in the share price.
At the end of the second quarter of 2018, the government debt to GDP ratio in the Euro area (EA19) or Eurozone stood at 86.3% and in the European Union (EU28) the ratio stood at 81%.
Three-month U.S. Dollar London interbank offered rate (LIBOR) that serves as the basis for trillions of dollars in loans and floating-rate securities globally hit a 10-year high of 2.45%, the highest level since November 2008.
