While holding to its view of the Japanese economy settled to register a moderate recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic hit, the Bank of Japan cut its growth forecast for the current fiscal year which signalled that it will hold on to the current trend of its monetary policy at least for the time...

Supply side constraints and a continued revival in the costs of travel-related services after the depressed costs during the pandemic pushed June inflation levels in the United States to a 13 year record high even as the country’s economy continues to strongly rebound from the pandemic. ...

After facing pressure from the United States administration, a corporate tax plan for the bloc was delayed by the European Union. This decision was also influenced by its intention to facilitate a broader global tax deal.   However its criticisms of the wider tax reform were reiterated by EU...

An alliance has been created by eight of the leading insurance and reinsurance companies of the world. Launching the alliance, the companies said on Sunday that this new entity will work for speeding up the process of transition of the economy towards achieving net zero emissions.   ...

A newly approved mechanism that will give the opportunity for more countries to tax large, highly profitable multinational companies might take as long as spring 2022 to be ready for discussions by lawmakers, said the US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday.   The OECD re-allocation of...

63% of central bankers believe climate change issues are within their remit, Invesco reported in a survey of 141 central bank and sovereign wealth fund executives. According to the survey, 45% of central bank governors believe that addressing the effects of climate change should be a monetary...

For the first time, finance chiefs of the G20 group of nations formally acknowledged the role of carbon pricing to be a potential tool policy measure to address climate change, according to a communiqué published by the body. Analysts said this was a tentative step taken by the G20 toward pushing...

Global economic recovery form the pandemic hit is currently under threat due to an upsurge in new coronavirus variants and lack of access to vaccines in developing countries, warned the finance ministers of the 20 largest economies of the world - the G20.   This is the first time that the...

A sweeping executive order was issued by the United States President Joe Biden on Friday aimed at fostering more competition in the country’s economy and urging agencies to take action against anti-competitive practices in a variety of sectors ranging from agriculture to drugs and labour.  ...