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China Fiscal Spending Jumps 26.1% in June
July 14th, 2014
China’s fiscal expenditure surged 26.1 percent in June from a year earlier to 1.65 trillion yuan (155.3 trillion pounds), reflecting government efforts to speed up spending to shore up the economy. Spending growth accelerated from a rise of 24.6 ...
Fischer opposes proposals to break up banks
July 11th, 2014
New Federal Reserve Bank Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer says financial reform in the U.S. “is making significant progress in strengthening the financial system,” and he casts doubt on proposals to break up the largest banks, according to a speech ...
European Stocks Rise After Two-Day Drop; Kingfisher Gains
April 9th, 2014
European stocks advanced, after the region’s equities posted their first back-to-back losses in more than three weeks. U.S. index futures were also little changed, while Asian shares outside Japan rose. Kingfisher Plc (KGF) added 1.5 percent as UBS AG ...
About £114m of cryptocurrency has been seized by UK police
June 25th, 2021
Police make UK’s biggest ever cryptocurrency seizure as they confiscate £114m. The Metropolitan Police did not say which cryptocurrencies it had taken, or when the operation took place. About £114m of cryptocurrency has been seized by UK police as ...
Why interest rate management fails
April 23rd, 2021
This article explains why attempting to achieve economic outcomes by managing interest rates fails. The basis of monetary interventionist theories ignores the discoveries of earlier free-market thinkers, particularly Say, Turgot and Böhm-Bawerk. It also ignores Gibson’s paradox, which ...
The global debt problem
April 15th, 2021
It has been recently estimated that global debts stand at $284 trillion equivalent, representing 355% of global GDP. Estimates such as these must be treated with caution, and they probably underestimate financial sector debt. Furthermore, no allowance in ...
Emerging market stocks began the second quarter with strong gains
April 2nd, 2021
Emerging market stocks began the second quarter with strong gains on Thursday as data signalled a steady global economic recovery from a coronavirus-driven recession, while currencies eased under pressure from a firmer dollar. A basket of emerging market equities ...
Inflation watch: Beware the ides of March
March 12th, 2021
President Biden has now had his $1.9 trillion stimulus package passed into law, and it will not be the last in the current fiscal year. Covid is not over and is sure to resurge with new variants next winter. ...
The dollar rose on Friday; Riskier currencies lost out
March 12th, 2021
The dollar rose on Friday, recovering its losses from the day before, as a spike in Treasury yields early in the European session triggered a risk-off move in global currency markets, with riskier currencies taking a hit. Market participants ...
EU’s tax irregularities attract international attention
February 25th, 2021
Le Monde’s recent “OpenLux” revelations show that Luxembourg fails to act fairly within the European Union by offering low tax rates to corporates – underscoring the flaw of an unharmonised EU system, according to Jay Sanghrajka, partner at Price ...
