Bloomberg The Dutch government is working on a plan to introduce a maximum salary threshold for expatriates who want to take advantage of a tax break, according to two people familiar with the matter. The government is planning to allow only individuals earning less than 216,000 euros ($224,000) a year to apply for a benefit that exempts 30% of an ...
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Inflation storm to cost average UK household $2,900 this year
Bloomberg Surging inflation will pile £2,370 ($2,900) on to the bills of the average UK household this year, according to a new study, raising fresh pressure on the Bank of England (BOE) and government to step up their response to the cost of living crunch. With wages falling behind price gains and the government raising taxes, the report from ...
Read More »Norway’s quarterly GDP shrinks
Bloomberg Norway’s economy contracted as expected at the beginning of the year, while a rebound after removal of virus-related measures bolstered the outlook for quarterly interest rate hikes by Norges Bank. Mainland gross domestic product, which adjusts for the nation’s offshore industry, shrank 0.6 percent in the first quarter from the previous three months, dented by the last pandemic ...
Read More »Venezuelan telecom rallies on Maduro plan to list state assets
Bloomberg Shares in Venezuela’s state-owned telecommunications company soared this week in Caracas as the government announced plans to offer stakes in public companies, boosting expectations for a revival in the local market. Cia. Anonima Nacional Telefonos de Venezuela SA, or CANTV, surged 41% in two days, according to Caracas Stock Exchange data, after President Nicolas Maduro said his government ...
Read More »Euro is on the verge of US dollar parity for first time in 20 years
Bloomberg The euro is on the verge of US dollar parity for the first time in two decades. Europe’s common currency has already slumped to a five-year low near $1.03, buckling from a rush into the greenback as a haven from market turmoil and on the war in Ukraine. That’s led the likes of HSBC Holdings Plc and RBC ...
Read More »China’s central bank keeps key interest rate unchanged
Bloomberg China’s central bank refrained from cutting interest rates despite mounting evidence of a sharp slowdown in economic growth, suggesting policy makers may be concerned about the currency’s depreciation and capital outflows. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) kept the rate on its one-year medium-term lending facility at 2.85% on Monday. Economists had been split on the decision, with ...
Read More »Goldman allows senior staff to take unlimited vacation
Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc will allow senior staff to take an unlimited number of vacation days, the latest move by a Wall Street bank to retain talent in a heated job market. Partners and managing directors at the New York investment bank can take time off when needed “without a fixed vacation day entitlement,†according to a company ...
Read More »Nigeria issues crypto asset rules
Bloomberg Nigeria released new rules for digital assets, offering more clarity on trading in the cryptocurrencies in Africa’s most populous nation. The Securities and Exchange Commission published “rules on issuance, offering platforms and custody of digital assets†for virtual technologies, it said. It classifies the assets as securities regulated by the SEC. The rules may help boost trading by ...
Read More »African central banks likely to hold interest rates
Bloomberg Central banks in five of eight major African nations will likely hold interest rates in the next two weeks to shore up their sickly economies, even as the inflation pressures build. Surging food and fuel prices from the war in Ukraine, renewed virus lockdowns in China and the US unwinding coronavirus stimulus have clouded the outlook for the ...
Read More »Sheikh Khalifa: A vision for sustainable development
Abu Dhabi / WAM Since its founding in 1971, the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) has received special attention from the late Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who carried the legacy of the Founding Father, the late Sheikh Zayed, in promoting the UAE globally as a unique model of tolerance and giving. His unlimited support had a considerable ...
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