Hints and tips:
Related Special Reports
...“Take, for example, the Red Sea scenario, or sources of fragmentation of global supply chains: how would that affect the specific corporate customers, the sectors to which the bank is exposed?”...
...government responded: “No”....
...This is an area where government cutting (or at least revising) red tape would make a difference. Lawrence Guthrie Ingham, Norfolk, UK...
...We are always conscious about red tape and making sure businesses aren’t burdened by red tape.”...
...Chicken run: The EU’s development bank is funding a surge in Ukraine’s poultry production, just as EU farmers protest against Ukrainian imports....
...“There does currently seem to be a red carpet running from Whitehall to the Bank of England, and that is not ideal from a governance perspective given the BoE is supposed to be independent from the Treasury...
...Demand is soaring for moving goods from Asia to Europe by train via Russia following the Red Sea crisis, boosting the finances of the country’s state-owned rail monopoly....
...The chief executive of French waste and water group Veolia has urged European governments to do more to cut red tape on permits to speed up renewable energy projects....
...The government in Beijing has also said it will rein in expansion of its electric vehicle sector....
...The action was ordered by US President Joe Biden after “unprecedented” attacks by the Yemen-based militants on commercial ships in the Red Sea....
...In the second phase of the deal, Egypt would co-ordinate talks between Palestinian factions to create a single government over Gaza and the West Bank, a total ceasefire and the completion of the hostage...
...A 34.5 per cent surge in mortgages was the primary reason for the jump in bank earnings, driven by a generous government stimulus programme designed to galvanise consumer demand....
...“I would argue that diesel markets and governments in the OECD are well prepared,” he said....
...The central bank chief also said discussions were continuing with South Africa’s treasury on whether and how to tap a government gold and foreign exchange account held at the bank that has swelled to about...
...Brazil’s central bank also announces its latest monetary policy decision and the Bank of Canada releases minutes from its March 6 policy meeting....
...At the moment, the central bank is engaged in “quantitative tightening”, or shrinking its holdings of government bonds....
...Additional reporting by Nikou Asgari Letter in response to this article: Bank valuations would benefit from cuts in red tape / From Lawrence Guthrie, Ingham, Norfolk, UK...
...This option would see Germany abandon its attachment to a “black zero” balanced budget and dip into the red to fund a fiscal stimulus programme to retool the economy....
...She does not like demand management, thinks governments can just improve supply, wants zero interest rates and says inflation has come down in spite of the Fed rather than helped by it....
...Economic data: The government releases its employment report for February. We also get monthly employment figures from Canada....
...Science round-up The World Meteorological Organization sounded a “red alert” on the impact of climate change after 2023 was affirmed as the hottest year on record....
...A third important use case arises from central banks’ delicate relationship with governments....
...This is likely to worry European Central Bank officials about the risk of persistent inflation that is making them wary of cutting borrowing costs too soon....
...Unfortunately we have a gloomy start, with the news that global banks cut more than 60,000 jobs this year....
...“The next Labour government will unashamedly champion the UK’s financial services sector,” she added....
International Edition