In an interview to German newspaper Handelsblatt, Isabel Schnabel, a board member on the European Central Bank said, the ECB may have to raise interest rates as early as July to stop “extremely high” inflation from getting entrenched. In March,… Read More ›
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Risk of default by big US banks high: Wall Street
In a significant development, fears over the Federal Reserve’s aggressive moves to tame inflation might tip the economy into recession have pushed up costs to insure bonds of Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup, which have hit a two-year high. Following… Read More ›
Russia halts LNG supplies to Poland and Bulgaria
On Wednesday, in a significant development, Russia halted gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria after both countries rejected Moscow’s demand to pay for Russian gas in Rubles. The development comes in the wake of massive sanctions by Western countries against… Read More ›
Verizon Communications raises minimum wages to $20 per hour
In a statement, Verizon Communications Inc said, it would raise the minimum wages for its existing and new customer service, retail and inside sales employees to $20 an hour following a tightening of the labor market and rising inflation. In recent… Read More ›
Euro weighed down by potential sanctions on Russia, ban on cheap LNG
Talks of European banning Russian gas placed a lid on the rise of the Euro even as the US dollar firmed up with expectations of a rise in U.S. interest rates. The euro has been weighed down by worries of… Read More ›
Biden bans oil and other energy imports from Russia
In a statement U.S. President Joe Biden said, the United States would ban the import of Russian crude oil as well as other energy imports in retaliation to its invasion of Ukraine. “We’re banning all imports of Russian oil and… Read More ›
UK, South Korea seek to sign trade deal boosting supply chain resilience
On Monday, South Korea and Britain are scheduled to sign an agreement to reinforce supply chains for key products which have been hammered by the Coronavirus pandemic. British trade minister Anne Marie Trevelyan is scheduled to host her counterpart Yeo… Read More ›
Greece raises minimum wages to tame rising inflation
In a statement Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said, Athens will raise minimum wage for a second time this year following a rise in inflation levels which has taken a toll on consumers’ income. The government increased monthly gross minimum… Read More ›
Meltdown of Turkish Lira leaves country in catastrophe
The slump of the Turkish Lira by 15% on Tuesday against the US dollar left Turks struggling to keep up with the depreciation of the currency leaving the country in a state of darkest “catastrophe”. The Lira’s meltdown on Tuesday,… Read More ›
COVID-19’s Delta variant slammed breaks on US third quarter growth
During the third quarter, it is likely that the U.S. economy grew at its slowest pace in more than a year with the Delta variant of COVID-19 acting as a drag against the economy. The US Commerce Department’s advance gross… Read More ›