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Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer At The Annual Meeting Of The American Economic Association, San Francisco, California, January 3, 2016, Monetary Policy, Financial Stability, And The Zero Lower Bound

Date 03/01/2016

Thank you. It is a great pleasure to be here today and to participate in this panel together with such a distinguished group.

Much has happened in the world of central banking in the past 10 years. The list of challenges we face is long and includes fundamental issues such as lender-of-last-resort policies in the modern financial system, the role of central banks in the supervision of the financial sector, and the appropriate role of forward guidance in monetary policy communications. Those are the topics I will not discuss today.

Performance Of The Amman Stock Exchange, 2015

Date 03/01/2016

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE), Mr. Nader Azar, said that the ASE witnessed a slight decline in performance during 2015.  The ASE price index weighted by free float shares decreased to reach (2136.3) point at the end of 2015 compared with (2165.5) point by the end of 2014; a decrease of (1.35%), despite this decline, the performance of the ASE is considered better than most Arab markets performance. The market capitalization of listed shares at the ASE decreased slightly to JD (18) billion; a decrease of (0.5%), compared with last year 2014 closing, constituting (70.7%) of the GDP.

The Saudi Stock Exchange Announces The Publication Of The Weekly Stock Market Ownership And Trading Activity Report (By Nationality And Investor Type)

Date 03/01/2016

The total value of shares traded for the week ending 31 December 2015 amounted to SAR 26.64 billion, increasing by 2.70% over the previous week; while total stock market capitalization reached SAR 1,579.06 billion at the end of this period, decreasing by 0.84% over the previous week. 

Nasdaq Dubai: 2015 Market Summary

Date 03/01/2016

2015 Market Summary

As the new year opens, this is an appropriate moment to reflect on the activities at Nasdaq Dubai during the past 12 months as well as prospects for the months to come.

Dubai Financial Market Performance, 2015

Date 03/01/2016

The Dubai Financial Market General Index decreased by 16.5% to 3151 points at the end of this year compared to 3774 points at the end of 2014. At the sectoral level, indexes of six out of the nine sectors represented on DFM ended the year in the red, with the Real Estate and Construction sector decreasing the most by 25.4%, followed by the Industrial sector and Financial & Investment Services sector by 22.7%, 19.1% respectively. In contrast the Consumer Staples and Discretionary sector increasing the most by 39.8%, followed by the Services sector by 6.3% and the Telecommunication sector by 1.2%.

Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) - Annual Statistical Report - 2015

Date 03/01/2016

At the end of the year 2015 Tadawul All Share Index (TASI) closed at a level of 6,911.76 points compared to 8,333.30 points for the previous year, lost 1,421.54 points (17.06%). The highest close level for the index (TASI) during the year was 9,834.49 points as on 30th of April.

Montréal Exchange Market Holiday

Date 01/01/2016

The Exchange's offices and markets are closed today, January 1, 2016 (New Year's Day). Furthermore, the Exchange's offices will be closed on January 4, 2016 (day following New Year's).

US Justice Department Announces Two Banks Reach Resolutions Under Swiss Bank Program

Date 31/12/2015

The Department of Justice announced today that Bank Lombard Odier & Co Ltd (Lombard Odier) and DZ Privatbank (Schweiz) AG (DZ Privatbank) reached resolutions under the department’s Swiss Bank Program.  These banks collectively will pay penalties of more than $107 million.

FIA Releases SEF Tracker Report For November

Date 31/12/2015

In the month of November, trading in interest rate, credit and foreign exchange products on swap execution facilities averaged $370.2 billion per day, down 13% from the previous month. Trading of interest rate swaps and other non-FRA products averaged $162.1 billion per day, down slightly from the previous month but up 30% from November 2014. Trading of credit default swaps dropped to $19.8 billion per day, the lowest level since May, but trading of foreign exchange products jumped to $37.4 billion per day, the highest level since March.

Athens Exchange Group: Price Fluctuation Limits For The Turnover Velocity Stocks For January 2016

Date 31/12/2015

The Executive Committee, during today's session, approved the application of price fluctuation limits of ±10%, for January2016, for the low turnover velocity Stocks of the Main Market (monthly average velocity of last month less or equal to 0.01%) presented in Table 1, according to the ATHEX Board Decision 22.