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Netherlands Urged To Reform Indirect Tax System
April 5th, 2017
The Netherlands should focus its future tax reform efforts on improving efficiency, reducing the debt bias, and shifting the tax burden from labor toward consumption and property, the International Monetary Fund has said. The IMF said that while the ...
Why the US Dollar Fell
March 16th, 2017
The US Dollar exchange rate complex came under pressure following the US Federal Reserve’sdecision to raise interest rates 0.25% ensuring their upper band on interest rates sits at 1.0%. However, this was expected and cannot be said to be ...
Arabian Gulf states are looking at ways to diversify their economies
March 13th, 2017
Push for UAE trade with Asia and Africa The UAE wants to expand trade ties with fast-growing nations in Asia and Africa, a senior official said on Sunday. Arabian Gulf states are looking at ways to diversify their economies, ...
China unseats eurozone as world’s largest banking system
March 6th, 2017
New analysis by the Financial Times shows China’s banking system has overtaken the eurozone to become the world’s biggest by assets. The status reflects the country’s increasing global influence and its reliance on growth driven by debt. According to ...
Central banks and gold
March 5th, 2017
The very near future is likely to see a sea-change in central bankers’ attitude to the gold allocation in their reserves. The failure of G20 monetary policy since the financial crisis is causing a general rethink, which may eventually ...
Venezuela running out of cash
March 4th, 2017
The Central Bank of Venezuela says the country is down to just $10.5 billion in foreign reserves. At the same time, Caracas has to meet debt obligations of $7.2 billion this year. The country had nearly $30 billion in ...
Russian economy to grow 2% this year – economic development minister
February 28th, 2017
Russia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is due to return to sustainable growth in 2017, according to Economic Development Minister Maksim Oreshkin. “The recent data about freight turnover, electricity consumption and other things which we see at the beginning of ...
What will help the UAE economy adjust to lower oil price
February 16th, 2017
The International Monetary Fund has issued a press release to make publish a Statement by IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde at the Conclusion of Her Visit to UAE. It is key to develop a medium-term strategy to generate government ...
CySec announced an administrative penalty to an AIFM
February 7th, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a press release to inform investors that, at its meeting held on December 19, 2016, decided to impose a total administrative fine of €5.000 on the AIFM ‘Fortified Capital Ltd’ (the ...
Grexit is back? Greece faces critical few weeks
February 6th, 2017
In the week of Groundhog Day it seemed entirely appropriate: Greek farmers, many on tractors, have once again been blockading roads and border posts amid mounting signs that the country long at the centre of Europe’s debt woes is ...
