Search Results for: US economy
Russia seeks to boost trade with UAE and strengthen Iran industrial links
December 7th, 2015
Russia wants to boost trade ties with the UAE at the same time as it pursues closer links with Iran. The Russian trade minister Denis Manturov told The National that he wanted to grow the US$2 billion in trade ...
EU Commission to boost sustainable economic growth and generate new jobs
December 3rd, 2015
The Commission adopted an ambitious new Circular Economy Package to stimulate Europe’s transition towards a circular economy which will boost global competitiveness, foster sustainable economic growth and generate new jobs. The European Commission adopted an ambitious new Circular Economy ...
Draghi’s dilemma: ECB’s five options to boost the eurozone economy
December 3rd, 2015
The European Central Bank president is poised to take action to tackle inflation in the single currency bloc. Here are some of his options After October’s meeting of the European Central Bank’s governing council, the bank’s president, Mario Draghi, ...
Russia’s Central Bank adds yuan to reserve currency basket
December 1st, 2015
According to the sources, the share of Russian reserves in yuan in the near future will remain small and symbolic Russia’s Central Bank has added the Chinese yuan to the foreign exchange reserve basket, two sources close to the ...
Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)
November 30th, 2015
In the aftermath of the Cyprus economic crisis, one sector that has been suffering for some time now is the real estate and construction industry. One could argue though that a major reason for the crisis is the overexpansion ...
What Will It Mean If the Yuan Gets Reserve-Currency Status?
November 30th, 2015
At least $1 trillion of global reserves may migrate to yuan Successful bid would boost Xi’s economic reform efforts International Monetary Fund representatives have given China strong signals that the yuan is likely to soon join the fund’s basket of reserve ...
Germany gives Greece names of 10,000 citizens suspected of dodging taxes
November 26th, 2015
Inventory includes accounts invested in Swiss banks worth €3.6bn as Alexis Tsipras pledges to tackle tax dodging to pull country out of economic meltdown Germany has handed Athens the names of more than 10,000 of its citizens suspected of ...
Blockchain Consortium focused on the Commodity Markets
November 25th, 2015
Kynetix, a global leader in Commodity post trade technology platforms, today announced it is launching a Commodity-focused blockchain consortium. An inaugural dinner will take place in London this Wednesday with 15 participants representing major commodity exchanges, investment banks, clearing ...
The U.S. Dollar Has Already Caused A Global Recession And Now The Fed Is Going To Make It Worse
November 24th, 2015
The 7th largest economy on the entire planet, Brazil, has been gripped by a horrifying recession, as has much of the rest of South America. But it isn’t just South America that is experiencing a very serious economic downturn. ...
Piraeus Bank fails to get needed private funding
November 23rd, 2015
Greece’s second largest lender by assets Piraeus Bank SA announced on Saturday that it didn’t manage to raise all the funds needed from private investors, after capital shortfalls outlined by the European Central Bank in October. This means that ...
