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Interest on public debt could reach €30 bn next year, says German finance minister
Finance Minister Christian Lindner warned that interest charges on Germany's public debt could reach 30 billion euros next year due to rising interest rates and growing debt levels, adding that he would resist calls to increase spendinga.
18 June 2022, 14:59 PM
EU signs gas deal with Egypt, Israel
Israel and Egypt plan to boost gas exports to Europe under an agreement signed during a Cairo visit Wednesday by the European Commission president as the bloc seeks to wean itself off Russian gas.
16 June 2022, 18:00 PM
US inflation highest in 4 decades, feds approve largest interest hike
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday approved its largest interest rate increase in more than a quarter of a century to stem a surge in inflation that US central bank officials acknowledged may be eroding public trust in their power, and being driven by events seen increasingly out of their hands.
16 June 2022, 03:17 AM
Australia hikes minimum wage as inflation soars
Australia raised the minimum wage by over five per cent on Thursday, a slower-than-inflation increase as prices for basic goods soar.
15 June 2022, 18:00 PM
ICC gets first woman chairperson
The 212th World Council of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) unanimously elected its vice-chairperson Maria Fernanda Garza as chairperson for a two-year term.
15 June 2022, 18:00 PM
India’s wholesale prices hit 30-year high
High global energy and raw material prices combined with a weak rupee fueled the fastest annual rise in India’s wholesale prices in more than 30 years, raising expectations for the central bank to order more interest rate hikes.
14 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Turkey laying Black Sea gas pipeline
Turkey’s president hailed on Monday the start of the construction of an underwater pipeline to tap a Black Sea natural gas field that the government hopes will help wean the country off its dependence on energy imports.
14 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Energy crisis grips Australia
Australians have been warned to expect blackouts across the densely populated east coast on Tuesday, as an energy crisis grips one of the world’s biggest coal and gas producers.
14 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Global oil demand growth to slow in 2023
World oil demand growth will slow in 2023, Opec delegates and industry sources said, as surging crude and fuel prices help drive up inflation and act as a drag on the global economy.
14 June 2022, 18:00 PM
EU turns to Israel for gas
The European Union wants to strengthen its energy cooperation with Israel in light of Russia’s use of gas supplies to “blackmail” its members over the Ukraine conflict, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday.
14 June 2022, 18:00 PM
In miracle city Shenzhen, fears for China’s economic future
David Fong made his way from a poor village in central China to the southern boomtown of Shenzhen as a young man in 1997. Over the next 25 years he worked for a succession of overseas manufacturers before building his own multi-million-dollar business making everything from schoolbags to toothbrushes.
13 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Indian rupee hits record low
The Indian rupee plunged to a record low against the dollar on Monday, ahead of an expected US interest rate hike this week aimed at fighting surging inflation.
13 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Britain GDP unexpectedly shrinks
Britain’s economy unexpectedly shrank in April, official figures showed on Monday, adding to fears of a sharp slowdown just three days before the Bank of England announces the scale of its latest interest rate response to the surge in inflation.
13 June 2022, 18:00 PM
India holds ample rice stocks
India, the world’s biggest rice exporter, has ample stocks of rice and there is no plan to restrict exports, the top official at the food ministry said on Monday.
13 June 2022, 18:00 PM
US electric vehicle maker ELMS files for bankruptcy
Electric delivery van maker Electric Last Mile Solutions, under investigation by a top US securities regulator, has announced plans to file for bankruptcy, less than a year after going public.
13 June 2022, 18:00 PM
US, EU divided over LDC trade benefit extension
Two major economic powers of the world, the US and the European Union, are divided on continuation of trade facilities meant for the least-developed countries (LDCs) once they make the United Nations status graduation to become developing countries.
13 June 2022, 03:30 AM
Ukraine grain exports face bottlenecks
Ukraine has established two routes through Poland and Romania to export grain and avert a global food crisis although bottlenecks have slowed the supply chain, Kyiv’s deputy foreign minister said on Sunday.
12 June 2022, 18:00 PM
India considers curbing fridge imports
India is considering restricting imports of refrigerators to promote local manufacturing, two industry sources told Reuters on Thursday, potentially freezing out shipments from Samsung Electronics Co and LG Electronics Inc in the $5 billion market.
12 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Resurging US inflation puts Fed on track for more big rate hikes
Red-hot US inflation is showing few signs of cooling, putting the Federal Reserve on track to continue its aggressive interest rate increases to help cool high prices that are challenging Joe Biden’s presidency.
12 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Rebranded McDonald’s restaurants open in Russia
It might look and smell like McDonald’s but now it’s Vkusno & tochka. The golden arches are gone, the filet-of-fish is simply a fish burger. The Big Mac has left Russia.
12 June 2022, 18:00 PM