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Venezuela
El miedo a la recesión y la guerra comercial meten al petróleo en un mercado bajista
El petróleo Brent, de referencia en Europa, ha caído más de un 13% en menos de un mes. Las escalada de tensión en la guerra comercial y el deterioro de los fundamentales económicos (que antes o después podría convertirse en recesión) a nivel global amenazan el crecimiento de la demanda ...
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Spagna
El empleo a tiempo parcial se duplica en España en la dos últimas décadas
Desde 1998 a esta parte, el empleo a tiempo parcial ha pasado de representar el 7,4% de todos los ocupados a rozar el 15%. La tendencia del mercado laboral muestra que este tipo de empleo (considerado como subempleo en muchos casos) lo tiene todo para seguir ganando fuerza a medida ...
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Uruguay
La formación profesional es "clave" ante los cambios en el futuro del trabajo, dice la OIT
Montevideo, 7 ago (EFE).- La formación profesional es "una clave importante" frente a los cambios tecnológicos, demográficos y ambientales que afectan el futuro del mercado laboral, considera el director del Centro Interamericano para el Desarrollo del Conocimiento en la Formación Profesional (Cinterfor) de la Organización Internacional de Trabajo (OIT), Enrique ...
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Cina USA Giappone
Japan firms' sentiment in Thailand turns negative
Business sentiment among Japanese companies operating in Thailand has plummeted over the US-China trade war, with a diffusion index for the January-June period going negative for the first time since the second half of 2015.
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Turchia Thailandia Pakistan
Minister vows to speed up FTA talks
Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit has pledged to speed up talks on pending free trade agreements (FTAs), both on a regional and bilateral basis, including the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), Thai-EU FTA and the talks with Turkey, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Britain.
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USA
MPC votes for surprise rate cut
The Bank of Thailand’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted to cut the policy interest rate by 25 basis points to 1.5%, an unexpected to move to shore up Thailand’s economic growth momentum amid intensifying Sino-US trade tensions.
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Nigeria
Nigeria: Wood - Private Sector Investment Critical for Nigeria's Growth
[This Day] The Head of Business Development for Jersey Finance, Allan Wood, was recently in Nigeria with a delegation from the Government of Jersey for a presentation and dinner reception in partnership with the Commonwealth Enterprise & Investment Council (CWEIC). The event was organised to strengthen evolving relationship with Africa ...
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Cina
DealBook Briefing: China vs. U.S. Could Be a Long, Slow Grind
Its economy struggling, China may try to inflict maximum political damage, even hoping that a prolonged trade war could derail President Trump’s re-election campaign.
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Brasile
“Who Will Invade Brazil to Save the Amazon?”, Asks U.S. Magazine Foreign Policy
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, which has already lost over 3,445 square kilometers in 2019, was the focus of the U.S. magazine Foreign Policy, which prints the headline “Who will invade Brazil to save the Amazon?” on Tuesday, August 6th. According to the article, ...
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Brasile
Amazon Deforestation Sees Steep Increase in July
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Deforestation in the Amazon in July of this year experienced a 278 percent increase over the same month last year. The data are from DETER (Real-Time Deforestation Detection), a system run by INPE (National Institute for Space Research) that is designed to help IBAMA fight ...