Amidst the slowing global business environment, and the uncertainty surrounding the trade wars between the United States and China and the scheduled departure of the United Kingdom form the European Union, growth in the South Korean economy remained sluggish because… Read More ›
Regulations & Legal
The Major EU Goods Targeted By US Tariffs After WTO Airbus Ruling
Price of many products exported to the United States from the European Union have increased because of the tariffs imposed by Washington. Following the ruling by World Trade Organization in favor of the US earlier this month, Washington imposed tariffs… Read More ›
Concern Over Its Negative Rate Policy Of ECB Voiced By Some Of Its Members
The current negative rate policy of the European Central Bank (ECB) could result in “unintended consequences” on the financial system of the region, said two members of the ECB while expressing concerns about the current interest rate regimen. The policy… Read More ›
DUP’s Sammy Wilson calls on rebel lawmakers to torpedo Boris Johnson’s deal
Saturday’s extraordinary parliamentary sessions is promising to be an extraordinary thriller. Sammy Wilson, a lawmaker for the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) stated, voting down British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal will open up better opportunities for the government and… Read More ›
Bank of England to push result of 2019 Bank Stress Test on Dec. 10
The test was to see whether banks have enough capital to take on stressful economic conditions. On Friday, UK’s central bank, the Bank of England said, it would publish the results of its annual assessment of banks’ readiness for financial… Read More ›
‘Limited Ammunition’ To Fight Recession Left With Central Banks, Warns IMF
The International Monetary Fund has warned that policy blunders of the central banks of the world have pushed the global economy to its weakest point since the global financial crisis of 2008 and the central banks are now wasting scarce… Read More ›
China’s Huawei Not Completely Banned From Bidding In Germany’s 5G Network Building
Germany has effectively not banned Huawei, the Chinese tech giant and the largest manufacturer of telecommunications equipment in the world, from participating in the construction of 5G mobile networks in the country according to a draft proposal prepared by the… Read More ›
No-Deal Brexit Could Force Nissan To Write Off $740m
In the eventuality of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union without any deal which would be a worst case scenario, Japanese auto major Nissan Motor will stand to lose more than 80 billion yen or $737 million in asset… Read More ›
‘Tremendous Damage’ To Global Economy Can Be Done By ‘Addiction’ To Cheap Money
“Tremendous damage” will be done to the global economy in the long run because of the affinity of many central banks towards zero or negative interest rates, warned analysts and added that central banks all around the world are going… Read More ›
Britain clinches Brexit agreement
The keys to the deal lies with the DUP, which provides critical support to Johnson’s government. On Thursday, in a historic development, at the very last minute, Britain has managed to clinch a Brexit deal with the EU. However, British… Read More ›