Search Results for: European countries
Oil, the petrodollar, and the next emerging market crisis
June 21st, 2018
Oil prices are up over the past year, which is bad if you’re, say, a developing country that imports a lot of the stuff. But the US dollar (aka the petrodollar) is also up, which compounds the problem because ...
Asia business sentiment slips from seven-year high on trade worries
June 20th, 2018
Business confidence among Asian companies slipped for the first time in three quarters, on mounting worries that U.S. President Donald Trump’s protectionist policies would trigger tit-for-tat reprisals and undermine the global trading system. The Thomson Reuters/INSEAD Asian Business Sentiment ...
EU leaders to urge progress on digital tax despite concerns, draft says
June 20th, 2018
European Union leaders are expected to call for progress on new rules to tax companies’ digital revenues at a summit next week in Brussels, according to draft conclusions of the meeting. The text, which is still subject to change, ...
Asian stocks fell, gold rose, Aussie dollar declined; Key events to watch for this week
June 19th, 2018
Asian stocks fell alongside U.S. equity futures and the yen spiked as the U.S. and China engaged in a new round of trade threats. Gold and Treasuries climbed. The steepest slides were seen in Hong Kong and China — ...
Is the EU ready for a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base?
June 12th, 2018
In 2011, an ambitious Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) directive was proposed by the European Commission. It sought to harmonise the 28 different corporate tax codes of the Member States into one set of rules while retaining the ...
The dollar edged up to a three-week high against the yen
June 12th, 2018
The dollar edged up to a three-week high against the yen on Tuesday amid hopes that the closely-watched U.S.-North Korea summit can pave the way towards a reduction in tensions between the two old foes. U.S. President Donald Trump ...
Asian shares edged higher on Monday; Investors kept an eye on trade tensions
June 11th, 2018
Asian shares edge higher amid trade tensions and ahead of central bank meetings. Markets in the region edged higher on Monday, shrugging off the cautious mood seen earlier as investors focused on a mix of trade tensions and a ...
The Gently Rotting Debt-Ridden EU
June 8th, 2018
The EU as a political construction is in a state of terminal decay. We know this for one reason and one reason alone: its core principal is the state is superior to its people. A system of government ...
Scandinavians split Europe on digital tax plan
June 6th, 2018
“A digital services tax deviates from fundamental principles of income taxation by applying the tax on gross income, i.e. without regard to whether the taxpayer is making a profit or not,” Swedish Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson, and the finance ...
Gold’s Monetary Rehabilitation
June 4th, 2018
There is a quiet revolution taking place in the monetary vacuum that’s developing on the back of the erosion of the dollar’s hegemony. It is perhaps too early to call what’s happening to the dollar the beginning of ...
