Category : Economy

Avoiding the middle-income trap in the People’s Republic of China. 22 June 2013 Manufacturing activities in China is slowing down considerably this month, adding to stresses in the economy and financial system as a cash crunch drives bench mark money market rates to records. Chinese shares slumped to their lowest levels on Thursday after a...

Philippines is no longer the “Sick Man of Asia”, it is home to one of the region’s most dynamic economies. The country is benefiting from the corruption free government and other reforms under President Aquino’s administration. 22nd June 2013 Manila is seen to have the highest growth potential among Southeast Asian countries including Thailand, Indonesia...

The leaders of world’s eight most powerful nations have begun talks in Northern Ireland with Trade, Transparency, Tax and Syria to dominate the agenda. 19th June 2013 International Finance Magazine reports on issues on top of the table in the G-8 summit, trade ties between the E.U and the U.S., the Syrian war and British...

Angola’s GDP growth has increased from 3.9 % in 2011 to an estimated 7.9 % in 2012. It is expected to record a GDP growth of 8.2 % in 2013 and 7.8% in 2014. 16th June 2013 Despite a rapidly growing economy due its abundance in oil reserves and post war reconstruction, Angola ranks in...

In a rather brazen statement Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi said he would protect Egypt’s water security at all costs including possible military action to blow up the dam. 16th June 2013 International Finance Magazine gives you the story on the Nile water sharing dispute, loss of forest cover due to non utilization of hydro electric...

Foreign holdings accounted for 32.6% of Indonesian local currency government bonds as of end-March, the largest among emerging East Asian economies. Malaysia followed closely with foreign holdings reaching 31.2%. MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Emerging East Asia’s local currency bond markets expanded 12.1% year-on-year to $6.7 trillion at the end of March 2013, driven by double-digit growth...

The United Nations on Friday launched on a record of $ 5.2 billion aid appeal to fund operations in Syria and neighbouring countries. International Finance Magazine reports the story for the cause of war and the U.N. aid to rehabilitate war victims. 14th June 2013 The U.N. has asked its donor countries for a $...

In a damming report, the Public Accounts Committee called on HMRC to “fully investigate” the company after it had used contrived arrangements to avoid tax on its multi billion pound revenues in the U.K. 14th June 2013 International Finance Magazine with inputs from “The Guardian” reports the story on Google’s contrived arrangements to avoid tax,...

The CBOE is the third U.S exchange to be penalised for oversight. 13th June 2013 In this article, International Finance Magazine reports the story with key inputs from “The Financial Times”. The story also explains short selling practices and recent court indictments on naked short selling and the unethical practices followed by traders to destabilize...

Oil and Gas boom in Africa. If it is Africa, numbers – like oil and gas – are not static. So Africa accounts for nearly 7% of world oil production? But if is so yesterday, if you go by the new money on the Sahara. Soon, sub-Saharan Africa could be chalking up double digits powered...