By Ben Aris in Berlin Moscow has been quietly pursuing a two-pronged strategy to finance its escalating war costs. In ...
While the globally accepted standard is for governments to collect the majority of their revenue through direct taxes like income tax, Bangladesh continues to rely heavily on indirect taxes. These tax ...
financial and exchange rate policies of its members in order to ensure the effective operation of the international monetary system. The IMF’s appraisal of such policies involves a comprehensive ...
The Federal Reserve has welcomed the New Year by more of the same. As government spending continues to explode, the Fed ...
Trump hasn’t even been sworn into office yet and he’s already locking horns with Fed chair Jerome Powell on interest rates.
Emerging-market central banks are becoming the first line of defense to shield local currencies pummeled by speculative ...
Wall Street's positive outlook for 2025 has been disrupted by a robust jobs report. The unexpected data has triggered a ...
United States Federal Reserve officials said that the strong economy toward the end of 2024 and inflation staying above its ...
Inflation remains stubbornly above the Federal Reserve’s 2 percent target. Yet, instead of maintaining a firm stance at its ...
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Susan Collins said Thursday that significant uncertainty over the outlook calls for ...
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker remains confident in inflation’s meandering path toward a 2% ...
Strategic autonomy is about reducing the EU’s dependence on others, for example for critical materials and technologies, food, infrastructure and security. It is also an opportunity to develop markets ...