An international finance and strategy professional, Niko serves on the Current Developments Team with a focus on global business and policy trends in order to understand the key drivers of international investment. Niko's specific interests are in energy, emerging and frontier markets, and trade policy; he contributes regularly to the Daily Brief
South Africa’s Statistics Agency will today publish the country’s official third quarter unemployment rate. South Africa has faced chronically high
READ MOREAfter last month’s surprise 2% increase, the Central Bank of Turkey is today expected to raise interest rates again. Before
READ MOREPresident Donald Trump and former US vice president Joe Biden will face off in their second and final debate tonight
READ MOREThe Chinese National Bureau of Statistics will release September’s inflation data today. Chinese inflation has been dropping throughout 2020 from
READ MOREThe United States Department of Labour will today release inflation data for September, expected to show a rate drop to
READ MOREBusiness and political leaders will meet virtually and in Athens today for the 2020 Invest in Greece Forum, an event
READ MOREA delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected to arrive in Buenos Aires today to negotiate repayment terms
READ MOREIn today’s Leaders in Construction KSA Summit in Riyadh, representatives of Saudi Arabia’s “Vision 2030” are to give public updates
READ MOREThe Central Bank of Turkey is expected to announce today that interest rates will remain at 8.25%. The central bank
READ MOREThailand’s Trade Negotiations Department will host a public forum today for comments on a proposed EU-Thai Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
READ MOREToday is the likely US deadline for the Chinese company ByteDance to sell the US operations of its wildly popular
READ MOREToday marks the start of the 20th Brussels Economic Forum, an annual event hosted by the European Commission to deliberate
READ MOREAfter a week’s delay, the French government will today present a 10-year, $117.89 billion economic recovery plan. The French economy
READ MOREThe Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is expected to announce today that it will maintain the country’s interest rate at
READ MORESouth Korean President Moon Jae-in will today appoint Bank of Korea (BoK) deputy governor Lee Seung-heon as the central bank’s
READ MOREToday marks the fourth and final day of the 2020 US Democratic National Convention (DNC). Over the past four days,
READ MOREAt today’s rate policy meeting, the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) is expected to leave unchanged the country’s 0.5% benchmark interest
READ MOREStarting today, US federal contractors will be prohibited from purchasing equipment or services from the Chinese technology firms Huawei, ZTE,
READ MOREAfter a weaker than expected first quarter, today the Russian Federal State Statistics Service is expected to announce a second
READ MOREAfter a series of rate cuts, the Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is expected to announce another rate
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