Weekly digest Oct 26-30. Fed's hawkish tone: will they really hike in December?

Weekly digest compiles the latest news from the world of stocks and finance, currency and commodity news, as well as interesting informative articles for traders.

News of the week: At its October meeting, the Fed took an unexpectedly hawkish tone pointing to a possible rate increase in December. However, a number of economists doubt the hike will come.

• Kitco News: What The Fed Knows That You Don’t And Why It Matters For December And Beyond
• Bloomberg: Will Fed Spike Rates in December?
• Bloomberg: Watch for These Six Things Ahead of the Fed's December Meeting
• Bloomberg: Three Charts That Show Why the UK Needs to Raise Rates
• Wall Street Journal: The Fed's Big December Rates Problem
• Wall Street Journal: Economists React to the Fed’s October Interest Rate Decision: ‘December Is in Play’
• Reuters: For Fed, a risky countdown to December and little help from overseas

China's one child policy scrapped:

• Washington Post: One chart captures why China’s letting families have more kids
• New York Times: Experts Weigh Likely Impacts of China’s ‘One Child’ Reversal
• New York Times: Costs, Not Just Law, Deterred Chinese Couples From Another Child
• CNBC: Baby boom boost: These Asia stocks are up on China ruling

What's new in the world: events, economic indicators and policies

• New York Times: Is the Economy Really in Trouble?
• Guardian: US Senate passes budget deal to fund federal government for two years
  
• CNN Money: Record levels of cash flocking to the U.S.
• Bloomberg: Britons Are Getting Worried About the Economic Outlook
• BBC News: No UK growth without services
• MQL5 Blogs: Another European central bank expands QE after ECB remarks
• Guardian: We pay, but have no say: that’s the reality of Norway’s relationship with the EU
• CNBC: PM Modi's monthly fight to revive stalled projects
• CNN Money: China wants to double its economy by 2020
• MQL5 Blogs: World Bank raises ranking of China, Russia in 'Doing Business' report
• Bloomberg View: The World Bank's Distorted Rankings
• MQL5 Blogs: Goldman: Drought threatens to press Australia's growth to weakest in 24 years

Currency market news:

• Investing.com: Major Currency Pairs : October 30, 2015
• MQL5 Blogs: Trading recommendation for EUR/USD by UBS
• MQL5 Blogs: USD/JPY fundamental and technical outlook by Morgan Stanley
• MQL5 Blogs: Westpac Forecasts for EUR/USD: ranging bearish up to December 2016
• Pound Sterling Live: Euro to Pound: The Strategists Speak
• Pound Sterling Live: Pound to Dollar: Is the Selling Pressure Over?
• MQL5 Blogs: Westpac Forecasts for AUD/NZD: ranging on the bearish/bullish reversal
• MQL5 Blogs: Westpac Forecasts for USD/JPY: ranging up to Q2 Jun'16
• MQL5 Blogs: Why Swedish krona is to surge vs euro by March

Commodity market news:

• Kitco News: Spot Gold Has 'Ominous Reversal Of Fortune' Post-Fed; Looks Good in EUR/Yen – Gartman
• MQL5 Blogs: Analyst: We are heading to something similar to Lehman event, stay bullish on gold - Video
• Bloomberg: Gold Bulls Left Disappointed as Fed Mulls December Rate Increase
• MQL5 Blogs: UBS: Gold softness "a good buying opportunity"
• MQL5 Blogs: Barclays reiterates gold forecasts for Q4 and 2016
• MQL5 Blogs: GOLD (XAU/USD) Technical Analysis 2015, 25.10 - 01.11: ranging bullish
• Investing.com: Gold, October 30,2015
• MQL5 Blogs: Forecast for Tomorrow - levels for SILVER (XAG/USD)
• Investing.com: Oil, October 30,2015
• MarketWatch: Why oil is up despite 5 weeks of rising supplies

Stock market news:

• New York Times: World Stocks on Course for Best Month in Four Years
• MQL5 Blogs: "Fear & Greed" Index is back into "Greed" zone
• Investing.com: Is Nasdaq Starting New Trend?
• CNBC: Stocks could fade after best month in four years
• MarketWatch: Here comes the market’s biggest melt-up since 1998
• Bloomberg View: Ignore China's Bears
• Bloomberg: Xi’s Dream for a High-Tech China Is Becoming a Reality in Stocks
• MarketWatch: Strong buys: These 3 big stocks stand out for their earnings power

Company news:

• MQL5 Blogs: Volkswagen logs €3.48bn operating loss amid emissions scandal
• Guardian: VW must consider compensating motorists for emissions scandal, transport secretary says
• CNBC: VW excess emissions linked to 60 US deaths: Study
• MQL5 blogs: JPMorgan launches Apple Pay rival
• MQL5 Blogs: Deutsche Bank to cut 35,000 jobs, close operations in 10 countries
• Guardian: Google parent Alphabet may do business in China despite past disputes
• Bloomberg: Glencore Crisis Hurts Most Those Who Have the Least
• MarketWatch: 10 brands that you can expect to disappear in 2016
• Wall Street Journal: Apple Sales, Profit Surge in China
• MarketWatch: If PayPal is to beat Apple, it’ll need your help