repression deepens as the economy collapses
Executions: silencing dissent through terror A North Korea-style lockdown Economic ruin and the bread riots The cost of…
In defence of the informal economy – Pakistan
OFFICIALS often describe Pakistan as an underperforming country plagued by low tax obedience and high informality. A country…
Indonesia has 44 million youths. It’s struggling to get them jobs | Business and Economy News
Medan, Indonesia – After graduating from university with a law degree two years ago, Andreas Hutapea assumed he…
Horror on High Street as half of independent stores mull closure: Retail chiefs sound alarm over yet more painful tax rises – This is Money
Horror on High Street as half of independent stores mull closure: Retail chiefs sound alarm over yet more…
Coke’s shift to cane sugar would be expensive, hurt US farmers
By Marcelo Teixeira, Karl Plume and Renee Hickman NEW YORK (Reuters) -A possible move by Coca-Cola , and…
Buy now, pay later: Stricter checks will block some shoppers
Charities have made repeated demands for extra protection, after seeing increasing numbers of people get into financial trouble.…
Japan June 2025 CPI remains well above the Bank of Japan target rate, still
All three of the main inflation measures in Japan remain well above the 2% Bank of Japan target…
Fed’s Daly: We still have some work to do on inflation
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Russia’s Largest Banks Exploring Bailouts as Bad Loans Grow – Bloomberg
At least three of Russia’s largest banks are quietly preparing to ask the Central Bank for a bailout…
‘Worse than Covid’: hospitality bosses blame Reeves’ budget for UK downturn | Hospitality industry
“From a financial point of view, last year’s budget was worse for hospitality than Covid,” says Philip Thorley,…