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Read the original: Mayor of Barcelona Prepares New Digital Local Currency
Those expecting more monetary madness were rewarded today when the ECB Opens the Door to December Stimulus as expected. The European Central Bank signalled it would expand its €1.1tn quantitative easing programme in December and cut its deposit rate should the slowdown in emerging markets threaten the eurozone’s economic recovery. The euro plunged 1.67 per cent against the dollar to $1.116 after Mario Draghi, the ECB’s president, said policymakers’ measures would need to be “re-examined†in December
Existing Home Sales Up 4.7% Following Last Month’s 5% Decline; Home Price Weakness Existing home sales bounced this month, coming in just above the high end of Econoday Economists’ Estimates . Existing home sales bounced back very strongly in September, up 4.7 percent to nearly reverse the prior month’s revised decline of 5.0 percent, a decline that now looks like an outlier. The month’s annual sales rate, at 5.55 million, is just beyond Econoday’s top-end forecast and the second best reading of the recovery.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu now says Turkey Should Not Become ‘Concentration Camp’ for Migrants . Turkey wants fresh funding from the European Union in exchange for stopping migrants streaming to Europe but should not be expected to turn itself into a "concentration camp" for refugees, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Monday
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147-22 Yes, month over month, states lost 22,000 jobs.
Why Russia is Serious About Fighting Terrorism and the US Isn’t Russia achieved more in days than the US has in years. October 21, 2015 ( Maram Susli – NEO ) - Russia in the few days it has been of fighting terrorism in Syria has achieved far more than the US coalition
One relative bright spot is Amazon Hiring More than Penney’s, Walmart Combined . Leaving one widely watched holiday hiring forecast in the dust, Amazon (AMZN) said Tuesday that it will add 25 percent more seasonal workers this year, outpacing many of its bricks-and-mortar competitors who plan to keep hiring flat.