Entries by Christine van Graan

May Economics

As per usual, May was the volatile month that we have come to expect it to be and probably nowhere else was this truer than among cryptocurrencies.

Less and more accommodation

Talk about reducing the extent of accommodative monetary policy in the United States (US) is becoming increasingly common; a weary sign to cash-hungry US and global markets.

Less accommodative and more good news

In the first week of May, the United States (US) posted some disappointing job figures. A survey of economists expected the US to create upwards of 1 million new jobs in April, up from March’s 770,000 figure.