HSBC, Europe’s largest bank, announced on 26 June it will leave its self-named Canary Wharf headquarters and move its 8,000 staff members to smaller digs in “The City,” the London district equivalent to New York’s Wall Street.
Tag: Economy
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MORE THAN 63 PERCENT OF NIGERIANS ARE “MULTIDIMENSIONALLY POOR,” STUDY SAYS
About 133 million people living in Nigeria—roughly 63 percent of the population—are “multidimensionally poor,” meaning they lack adequate food, sanitation, and health care, the country’s National Bureau of Statistics reported.
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JAPAN’S ECONOMY EXPANDS MORE THAN PREDICTED, BUT…
Japan’s troubled economy grew at an annual pace of 2.7 percent during this year’s first quarter, according to revised government figures. The initial estimate was 1.6 percent.
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CHIEFS OF FEDERAL RESERVE, BANK OF ENGLAND REMAIN INTEREST RATE HAWKS
Jerome Powell, chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, and Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey both signaled that they expect, and support, moves by their banks to continue raising interest rates.
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WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS JOBS GO WITH IT
It’s plain and simple. Across the globe, as we note in this and previous Trends Journals, there are more and more forecasts for rising interest rates and more fears of recession. Thus, the deeper economies around the world fall, the more jobs will be cut.
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EUROPE GOING FROM DIRTY CASH TO DIGITAL TRASH
The European Commission (EC), the European Union’s administrative body, has published draft rules that would govern the creation and implementation of a digital euro.
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SPOTLIGHT: EUROPE’S ECONOMIC CRISIS
Business activity in the 20-country Eurozone continued to slow this month after the region fell into a technical recession during this year’s first quarter, as we reported in “Eurozone in Recession” (13 Jun 2023).
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EU LOSES CONFIDENCE IN CHINA’S ECONOMIC POWER
European businesses are less confident in China’s economy now that its expected post-COVD economic boom has busted and its relations with Europe and the U.S. are deteriorating, according to a survey by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China.
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IMF DEVELOPING GLOBAL DIGITAL CURRENCY PLATFORM
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is developing a platform that central banks’ digital currencies (CBDCs) can use to clear transactions between countries, executive director Kristalina Georgieva announced on 19 June.
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CENTRAL BANKS: NOW THE HARD PART BEGINS
Overall inflation has been falling in most countries in recent months as central banks have used higher interest rates to rein it back.