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IMF and China’s State Administration of Taxation Strengthen Technical Cooperation on Tax Policy and Administration Reform in China
March 28th, 2016
China’s State Administration of Taxation (SAT) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) signed today in Washington a Letter of Understanding (LOU) on a technical cooperation project on advancing tax policy and administration reform in China. IMF Deputy Managing Director ...
Greece Economic Crisis Enters Year 9
March 28th, 2016
Greece’s fledgling economy fell back into recession in the fourth quarter of 2015, as the combination of sky-high unemployment, weak inflation and a shaky financial sector ended a turbulent year defined by political crisis and uncertainty. Gross domestic product ...
Why Latin American economies are turning to bitcoin
March 17th, 2016
The economic prospects for Latin America in 2016 are grim. With political instability in some of the region’s largest economies, as well as a general slump in prices in oil and other commodities, businesses and consumers are facing a depression and, in the ...
Morgan Stanley sees 30% risk of world recession
March 15th, 2016
Morgan Stanley has hiked the probability of a recession hitting the global economy within the next year to 30 percent from 20 percent. The U.S. bank also cut its baseline forecast for world economic growth to 3.0 percent in ...
China Drafts Rules for Tobin Tax on Currency Transactions
March 15th, 2016
Initial rate of levy may be kept at zero, people familiar said The rules still need central government approval, they said China’s central bank has drafted rules for a tax on foreign-exchange transactions that would help curb currency speculation, according ...
China to ease commercial banks’ bad debt burden via equity swaps
March 10th, 2016
China’s central bank is preparing regulations that would allow commercial lenders to swap non-performing loans of companies for stakes in those firms, two people with direct knowledge of the new policy told Reuters. The new rules would reduce commercial ...
Saudi Arabia seeks $8bn loan to plug fiscal deficit caused by low oil prices
March 10th, 2016
Saudi Arabia is looking to raise as much as $8bn (£5.6bn; €7.3bn) from international lenders to help plug a record budget deficit caused by low oil prices. Citing sources, the Wall Street Journal said the kingdom is also considering ...
IMF urges action as risks to the world economy rise
March 9th, 2016
Collective action is needed to boost the global economy, with volatile financial markets and low commodity prices creating fresh concerns about its health, the first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday. In a ...
Saudi Arabia to hold out bond mandate prospect to banks
March 8th, 2016
Banks were briefed that the largest lenders on the loan, which may be as much as $10 billion, will also probably be appointed to arrange the bond Dubai: Saudi Arabia is holding out the prospect of a role in ...
Cyprus to Exit From Bailout Program
March 8th, 2016
Country follows Ireland, Spain and Portugal, despite not completing a final task Cyprus will successfully exit from its bailout program this month despite not completing one final task required by its creditors, eurozone finance ministers said Monday. The island-state’s exit ...
