Xyz: IT’S DONE … Iranian banks reconnected to global payments networkhttp://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-banks-swift-idUSKCN0VQ1FD “SWIFT has completed the on-boarding process for these banks and can confirm that they have now been reconnected to SWIFT,”
Xyz: Iraq says it is open to oil output freeze, but Iran rejects efforthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/iran-rejects-effort-to -freeze-oil-output/2016/02/17/214079e8-d589-11e5-9823-02b905009f99_sto ry.html Russia and Saudi Arabia proposed freeze to address a glut of crude that’s driven down prices
SassyD: hummm…. looks like preparations are being made AGAIN for something much like what took place for a week back in April 2015……https://www.alkafeel.net/live/index.php?live=5&lang=ar
SassyD: Fed sees more ‘downside risks’ to U.S. economy — February 17, 2016 – Plunging global stock markets, rocky oil prices and major losses for U.S. stocks had Fed officials worried as early as January. “The risks to the forecast for real GDP growth were viewed as tilted a little to the downside,” according to minutes from the Fed’s two-day meeting on January 27-28. http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/17/news/economy/fed-minutes-january-economy-rate-hike/index.html
