global growth
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I am not sure if most banks in the west want to finance productivity, efficiency and sustainable economic growth. And why do I say that? Well, let’s see, a very large part of the banks’ balance sheet seems to be allocated towards financial market transactions. Be it growth in lending to private equity firms,
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The markets are abuzz about the possibility of a global recession. And based on the economic indicators especially the tools used by the market participants to gauge or predict a possible recession, you could see a strong case there. Having said that, if you are student of recession and also life in general then, your
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Our modern economic system is overload with all sorts of statistical data, all aimed at helping us better understand and interpret, the overall health and condition of the economy. And one of the top leading economic indicator to measure the health of an economy is the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), used by central bankers around
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During the recent G20 meeting, the Indian and the Japanese government announced to boost their bilateral currency SWAP agreement from US 15 billion to US 50 billion. This measure is most certainly a step in the right direction and not just because I have been talking about it for months but the arrangement sends all
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The OECD recently launched a scheme to combat tax avoidance and evasion related issues from both major multinational corporations and individuals. The initiative called base erosion and profit shifting ( BEPS ) plan was presented to G 20 finance ministers on the 20th of July this year on their request. In short, the BEPS report