By Rafiq Raji, PhD
Twitter: @DrRafiqRaji
Global markets
- Bitcoin futures makes firm debut, swing above launch price
- Dollar near 1-month high against yen
- Fed expected to hike rates this week; BoE, ECB also meeting
Oil markets
- Oil prices fall in early Monday trading
- Latest rise in U.S. rig count a factor
Key African events or data releases this week
[Posts & comments at my Twitter handle @DrRafiqRaji]
- Kenya Supreme Court to release detailed judgement on presidential election re-run today
- Uganda interest rate decision (13 Dec)
- South Africa consumer inflation rate (Nov-17) (13 Dec)
- South Africa retail sales (Oct-17) (14 Dec)
- South Africa current account (Q3 2017) (14 Dec)
- South Africa producer inflation rate (Nov-17) (14 Dec)
Key African events or data releases over the weekend
[Posted & commented on some headlines below at my Twitter handle @DrRafiqRaji]
- Kenya opposition says postpones “swearing-in” of alternative president
- Egypt’s inflation falls to lowest this year
- Egypt’s core inflation falls to 25.54 pct yr/yr in Nov – c.bank
- Egypt to sign contracts for nuclear power plant during Putin’s visit
- Congo lower house adopts new mining code that increases taxes
- Average yields on rise on Egypts’ 3- and 9-month T-bill
- Sudan govt imposes temporary ban on 19 imports to support currency
- Egypt’s current account deficit narrows to $1.6 bln in Q1 2017/18
- Rwanda’s inflation declined to 2.2 pct in November
- African Development Bank to lend $100 mln to Guinea bauxite mine
- Libya political, oil and bank heads discuss funds to lift crude oil
- Kenya lecturers end strike, say deal reached with government
- Zimbabwe names diplomat Isaac Moyo as top spy
- Mauritius needs to clarify monetary policy – IMF
- IMF completes Ivory Coast review, will disburse $137 mln
- Moody’s changes Democratic Republic of Congo’s outlook to negative
- Ethiopia inflation surges to 13.6 pct in November
- South Africa court rules Zuma appointment of state prosecutor invalid
- Head of Zimbabwe election commission quits, source says
- Nigeria finance minister says gave no order to halt Oando inquiry
- New board of South Africa’s Eskom wins cabinet approval
- South Africa’s Zuma to appeal court ruling on state prosecutor
- Tanzania-Zambia railway authority resumes transportation of copper
- Fitch cuts Nigeria’s 2017 GDP growth forecast to 1 pct
- Tanzania’s inflation slips to 4.4 pct in November
- South Africa 3-month T-bill average yield falls to 7.64 pct
- Zimbabwe court postpones US citizen’s subversion case to January
- Mauritius turns to Saudi Arabia fuel cargoes after court bans India supplies
- Egypt signs $1.15 bln World Bank loan
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Full story of above headlines are available on Reuters
