#economic-policy

#economic-policy

Affordability remains the primary hurdle in the housing market, compelling homebuyers to await lower mortgage rates before making purchasing decisions. The continuous high prices inhibit market movement.

First of all the technicals and equities are crazy. [The] amount of cash on the sideline, the amount of buybacks relative to the IPO calendar-i.e. the demand is significant.

"To pull Pakistan out of its doom loop and establish stability, I recommended the medicine that I had successfully prescribed in Estonia (1992), Lithuania (1994), Bulgaria (1997), and Bosnia-Herzegovina (1997)"

While we'll continue to work with the United States on the many mutually beneficial opportunities that we share in trade and investment, it is clear that we cannot count, or fully rely, on what has been our most-valued trading relationship, for our prosperity.

Miran advocates for an extensive overhaul of Fed governance, suggesting shorter board member terms, presidential control, and nationalizing the Fed's regional banks to enhance oversight and support economic growth.

The U.S. economy added only 73,000 jobs in July, with previous job gains for May and June largely erased, leading to an increase in the unemployment rate to 4.2%.

Niesr recommends a moderate but sustained increase in taxes, including reforming the council tax system, to address a 41.2bn shortfall in government finances.

Demographic change and ever-increasing life expectancy make it unavoidable: the lifetime labour period must increase, she told the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung late last month.

President Trump agrees that the number doesn't reflect the reality of unemployment, concluding the numbers were 'phony' and 'rigged' to underrepresent labor market robustness.

The proposed redenomination had been delayed since 2019, where one rial will become equivalent to 10,000 existing rials and will be subdivided into 100 gherans.

President Trump asserted that the United States will not go below 15% import taxes and is negotiating for fairer trade with the European Union.

Pressure is growing on Rachel Reeves to find new ways to boost the ailing economy after government borrowing reached the second-highest June figure since 1993 last month.

A tax on family SUVs is currently under consideration as part of various options being evaluated leading up to Budget 2026.

"Our first, second and third priorities are to get to a negotiated outcome, but we will not hesitate to use all tools available to us in case a deal is blocked or not upheld."

The Democrats' estrangement from the working class was decades in the making due to their embrace of trade and globalization, which led to factory closures and job losses.

President Donald Trump announced a trade framework with Japan, implementing a 15% tax on imported goods, down from a previously proposed 25% tariff.

The Budget is currently earmarked for €1.5 billion in tax cuts next year, but reducing VAT for the hospitality sector could consume €1 billion of that allocation.

In October's Budget, €1.5 billion is allocated for tax cuts next year, but a €1 billion reduction in VAT for hospitality will limit potential income tax cuts.

United States President Donald Trump said he has reached a trade deal with the Philippines, charging it 19 percent tariff rate for goods it exports to the US.

Ministers will indicate a more cautious approach in the upcoming Summer Economic Statement, reflecting concerns about the sustainability of the country’s economic model. The shift in budgetary strategy aims to focus on permanent spending rather than cyclical expenditures.

Ministers will signal greater caution in the Summer Economic Statement, highlighting the threats to the country’s economic model and the need for a shift in budgetary strategy towards sustainable infrastructure and services.

Ministers will signal a shift in budgetary strategy towards more permanent spending on infrastructure and services, indicating that the country's economic model is under threat.