This article talks about howe Sri Lanka has maintained its high ranking in human development. But the country's performance in terms of average annual human development index growth rate during 1990-2014 was lower than many other South Asian countries.

This article talks about the real gained as China stepped up efforts to buttress the yuan, improving the outlook for Brazilian exports, and after Brazil's government reiterated its commitment to meeting the fiscal target. China's central bank said it will impose reserve-requirement ratios on yuan deposited onshore by overseas financial institutions from Jan.

A 2017 implementation date set for creating a free-trade zone in Africa, a region with a combined economy worth more than $2 trillion, may be too optimistic, according to trade experts. Talks to establish a working free-trade zone will go beyond 2017 according to Experts from this article.

This article talks about the surprisingly high trade deficit that South Africa recorded in October. Against popular belief the deficit was bigger than expected due to sluggish world demand, thus more was imported than was exported. Leading to a deficit.

This article talks about the Japan trade Surplus which was present in October 2015. According to the Article because of further exports of cars and electronic devices and a reduction in the import of oil the nation is now facing a surplus in October, which is a positive.

This Article talks about the change in Bitcoin prices. The currency has more than doubled its value since January. And is reaching prices of 500 dollars for one bitcoin to which it was equivalent before. It is very interesting to look at the ways a virtual currency is not stable and becomes stronger or weaker.