The results of the survey by XpertHR is likely to be of interest to the country’s central bank, which has repeatedly downgraded its forecasts for wage growth after pay growth failed to accelerate significantly. According to the results of a… Read More ›
Economy & Finance
Trump Pledges 25% Tax On EU Cars While His Administration Tries To Negotiate
The question of whether the Trump administration would impose high tariffs on the import of European cars into the United States is not clear yet. And two seemingly contradictory episodes that took place on Tuesday apparently increased the ambiguity of… Read More ›
Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera to modernize the country through tax reforms
The $26 billion plan aims to overhaul the country’s tax structure by placing taxes paid by conventional companies on par with their more modern peers. Digital companies which will be effected by the move include Uber and Netflix. Chilean President… Read More ›
Here is why wheat prices are set to rise globally
Several of the world’s leading wheat exporters, including Australia, the European Union, Argentina, Canada, the United States, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and Russia, are seeing their wheat crop suffer this year. The last time this happened there were food riots in Asia… Read More ›
A US-China Trade War Could Put Australia In A Very Tight Spot
Australia is a country that stand to lose a lot from a potential trade war between the United States and China. And the way the two largest economies of the world are threatening with tariffs and counter tariffs, there appears… Read More ›
Germany Will Again Report Largest Trade Surplus In The World This Year
According to reports published in the German media, despite the increasing international criticism of Germany’s growth model based on exports, the country is set to report the largest current account surplus in the world in 2018. The reports were based… Read More ›
Japan, China seek to restart FX swap lines in sign of warming ties – Kyodo
The currency swap deal will act as a safety net in case of financial turmoil by providing yuan to Japanese banks operating in China and yen to Chinese businesses. On Tuesday, Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported, Tokyo and Beijing are… Read More ›
Asian Development Bank to lend $1 billion to Indonesia
The $1 billion loan is separate from the June 2018 $1 billion in credit ADB had approved for Indonesia to support fiscal reforms and promote investments. On Tuesday, an official from Indonesia’s finance ministry stated, the Asian Development Bank (ADB)… Read More ›
Greece Finally Gets Out Of Eurozone Bailout Programme
Greece has finally successfully emerged from the last bailout program worth €61.9bn which was implemented over a period of three years. The debt had been provided by various parties in the Eurozone. The total bail out value was about €289bn… Read More ›
Central banks of Qatar and Turkey sign currency swap deal
H.E Sheikh Abdullah bin Saoud Al Thani, the Governor of Qatar’s Central Bank (QCB) has signed a currency swap agreement with Murat Cetinkaya, the Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, signaling greater economic cooperation between the… Read More ›