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COVID-19:VAT relief for vaccines and testing kits
December 10th, 2020
The Commission has welcomed the adoption of important new measures which will enable Member States to relieve EU hospitals, medical practitioners and individuals of Value-Added Tax (VAT) when acquiring coronavirus vaccines and testing kits. The new rules, adopted unanimously ...
How much do Europeans spend on housing?
December 10th, 2020
In 2019, households in the EU spent over €1 700 bn (equivalent to 12.3% of EU GDP) on ‘Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels’. This represents nearly a quarter (23.5%) of their total consumption expenditure and is by ...
AUDUSD Expects to See More Upside Activity – Elliott wave analysis
November 26th, 2020
On the 4h chart of AUDUSD we can see market trading in a bullish price move, commonly named an impulse. An impulse is a five-wave move, that trades into the direction of the stronger trend (in our case to ...
The global reset scam
November 20th, 2020
This article takes a tilt at increasing speculation about statist global resets, and why plans such as those promoted by the World Economic Forum will fail. Central bank digital currencies will simply run out of time. Instead, the ...
Payment token derivatives: the risks behind the hype
November 19th, 2020
Compared to a direct investment in Bitcoin, for example, an investment in derivatives with payment tokens as underlying assets is more transparent but is by no means risk-free. Many of the risks associated with payment tokens have an impact ...
Pound climbs as UK business secretary talks Brexit trade deal ‘progress’
November 19th, 2020
The pound has continued to make a steady climb against the US dollar on Wednesday, after the UK business secretary Alok Sharma provided updates on the nation’s “progress” on sealing a Brexit trade deal with the European Union (EU). ...
Annual inflation stable at -0.3% in the euro area
November 18th, 2020
The euro area annual inflation rate was -0.3% in October 2020, stable compared to September. A year earlier, the rate was 0.7%. European Union annual inflation was 0.3% in October 2020, stable compared to September. A year earlier, the ...
Waiving VAT and customs duties on vital medical equipment
November 18th, 2020
The European Commission waives customs duties and VAT on the import of medical equipment from non-EU countries. The European Commission had already in April 2020 published a decision helping Member States affected by the coronavirus pandemic to temporarily suspend ...
Brexit: What’s happening and what comes next?
November 18th, 2020
It’s been a hectic year in news, with the coronavirus pandemic and the US presidential election dominating the headlines. Brexit deadlines have come and gone, but now it’s fair to say crunch time is fast approaching for the UK’s ...
The monetary logic for gold and silver
November 17th, 2020
A considered reflection of current events leads to only one conclusion, and that is accelerating inflation of the dollar’s money supply is firmly on the path to destroying the dollar’s purchasing power — completely. This article looks at ...
