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150 years of bank credit expansion is near its end
November 22nd, 2019
The legal formalisation of the creation of bank credit commenced with England’s 1844 Bank Charter Act. It has led to a regular cycle of expansion and collapse of outstanding bank credit. Erroneously attributed to business, the origin of ...
UPDATE: US stock futures advanced; Asian stocks closed mixed; Stocks advanced in Europe
October 15th, 2019
US stock futures advanced, while Asian stocks closed mixed on Tuesday as markets tried to balance fading optimism over the latest US-China trade agreement with the likelihood of a Brexit deal by Thursday’s European Union summit. In South Korea, ...
US set to impose tariffs on $7.5bn of EU exports; Is there an economic impact?
October 4th, 2019
The US has been given the go-ahead to impose tariffs on $7.5bn (£6.1bn) of goods it imports from the EU. It is the latest chapter in a 15-year battle between the US and the EU over illegal subsidies for ...
An Inflationary Depression
October 4th, 2019
Financial markets are ignoring bearish developments in international trade, which coincide with the end of a long expansionary phase for credit. Both empirical evidence from the one occasion these conditions existed in the past and reasoned theory suggest ...
How bread and cereals prices vary across the EU
September 19th, 2019
In 2018, the price of bread and cereals across the European Union (EU) was more than three times as high in the most expensive Member State than in the cheapest one. When price levels in countries are compared with ...
U.S. stocks advanced; Shares in Hong Kong leaped the most since 2018; Euro to Dollar gained
September 4th, 2019
U.S. stocks advanced as a broad easing of risks across the globe gave investors a reprieve. Treasuries and the dollar declined. The S&P 500 rebounded from Tuesday’s losses along with European and Asian shares as political tensions appeared to ...
iSignthis concluded Visa Principal Licensing
August 9th, 2019
iSignthis has issued an announcement to inform that has concluded Principal Membership Agreement with Visa Regional Head Office Singapore, for the Australian market. The license is granted under the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) regulatory regime, and provides the ...
Casting off the EU millstone
August 7th, 2019
In this article, we look at the implications of the new Johnson government: its strategy, the likely outcome of EU negotiations, and the golden opportunities to reform trade, tax and monetary policies to secure a better future based ...
General Data Protection Regulation shows results, but work needs to continue
July 25th, 2019
Just over one year after the entry into application of the General Data Protection Regulation, the European Commission has published a report looking at the impact of the EU data protection rules, and how implementation can be improved further. ...
New EU-wide tax system to offer more tax certainty in double taxation issues
July 4th, 2019
The European Commission has announced that new EU rules come into force as from the 1st of July to ensure quicker and more effective resolution of tax disputes between Member States, making life easier and offering much more tax certainty for ...
