Entries Categorized as 'World'

Vietnam Hikes Rates From 7% to 12%

Date March 8, 2011

WSJ reports that Vie HANOI—Vietnam’s central bank Tuesday raised two of its key policy rates on dong-denominated loans in another bid to tame inflation. The rediscount rate—the rate the central bank pays commercial banks on their surplus fu…

India Outperforms along with Korea

Date July 7, 2010

I just did a relative analysis of world indices for the last three months. The top two right now are India followed by Korea which are close to the same levels they were in April, with Shanghai dead last, losing some 25% in the same time. It’s …