West Texas Intermediate crude headed
for the biggest weekly advance since December and Brent gained
as escalating violence in Iraq threatened supplies from OPEC’s
second-largest oil producer. SEE MORE A year
ago, European policymakers and central bankers were dismissive when the
blog suggested deflation was a far bigger threat than inflation – when
it was speaking at the world’s major conference for bond investors.
Later this month, the blog expects a different response when returning
to speak at the same conference. SEE MORE This morning, Vietnam gold edged up by VND50,000/tael versus last
weekend close to VND36.32 million per tael. World gold eased in Asia
trade this morning but still held above $1,252/ounce. SEE MORE While the government has stated that it does not intend to lower
economic growth targets, economists have warned that the public should
be prepared for an unsatisfactory economic performance in 2014. SEE MORE Reducing the time businesses have to spend on completing tax and
customs procedures by a month will help add dozens of billions dollars
to Vietnam’s gross domestic production, SEE MORE