Bonds Yield and Interest Rates as Economic Indicators

If you’d read the news frequently, economist often use key words such as “Bond yields” and “interest rates” as an economic indicator. At first glance, it could be hard to comprehend why these indicators are used to gauge the performance of the economy. In this article I will endeavor to explain the intricacies of such…

Is Europe heading for a recession?

A glance at Europe’s economy and you might tell that it isn’t exactly doing very well. The European Union (EU) recorded a trade deficit of 8900 EUR million in August 2014 compared to a trade surplus of 1600 EUR million in July 2014. At different parts of Europe, Germany industrial production has decreased, while Italy…