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IFRS publishes the global financial reporting language

11/05/2016(0)
The 2016 edition of the Pocket Guide to IFRS® Standards: the global financial reporting languagewas published today by the IFRS Foundation. Put together by ex-Board member Paul Pacter, the analysis outlined ... Read More
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Lifting sanctions on Iran opens up business opportunities

09/05/2016(0)
Economic sanctions have cost Iran an estimated $120 billion (€105 billion) since 2012, primarily in lost oil and gas revenues. That equates to about 30 per cent of the ... Read More
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IMF lowers Gulf economic growth forecast with ‘substantial measures needed’

25/04/2016(0)
Growth in the Arabian Gulf will slow to 1.8 per cent this year as low oil prices take their toll on budgets, which will lose $140 billion in export ... Read More
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Greece’s Path to New IMF Loan Grows Even Rockier Following Leak

05/04/2016(0)
IMF officials discussed smaller surplus target, WikiLeaks says Fund has been pushing euro-area nations to offer debt relief Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras may be alienating the International Monetary ... Read More
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UK economic growth revised higher in fourth quarter of 2015

31/03/2016(0)
The UK economy expanded in line with expectations in the fourth quarter, figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Thursday (31 March) showed. According to the ... Read More
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Economic Takeaways From Japan’s Retail Sales, Spending Data

29/03/2016(0)
What you need to know about Tuesday’s data released in Japan: The numbers for February paint a mixed-to-negative picture of the Japanese economy, maintaining pressure on Shinzo Abe’s government ... Read More
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HSBC reports on Oil prices scenarios

24/03/2016(0)
Despite hopes that lower oil prices will stabilise global growth, experience suggests otherwise. Growth was disappointing in 2015 even though the oil price had plunged in 2014. While developed-world ... Read More
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These Eight EU Countries Are in the Budget Danger Zone

21/03/2016(0)
When it comes to fiscal discipline in the European Union, three is the magic number. That’s a deficit limit of 3 percent of GDP, and five EU states will make ... Read More
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Sugar tax surprise in Budget – but growth forecasts cut

17/03/2016(0)
George Osborne has unveiled a tax on sugary drinks in a wide ranging Budget dominated by gloomier growth forecasts. The chancellor blamed the slowdown on a “dangerous cocktail” of ... Read More
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GDP up by 0.3% in the euro area and by 0.4% in the EU28

09/03/2016(0)
Seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 0.3% in the euro area (EA19) and by 0.4% in the EU28 during the fourth quarter of 2015, compared with the previous quarter, according ... Read More
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