Mining Weekly19h
Eskom forecasting full-year profit of R10bn, as it digests Nersa decision
Eskom has confirmed that it is forecasting to make a full-year profit of more that R10-billion for 2024/25, having reported a ...
Retired Hall of Fame UNC basketball coach Roy Williams helps announce debt relief to Helene-impacted western NC families
A legendary western North Carolina native has partnered with two corporations to help announce that $10 million in consumer ...
2008 | A populist budget and largest farm loan waiver
The Hindu looks at the 2008 Union Budget, a populist exercise with the largest-ever loan waiver for farmers and a change in ...
Budget 2025 Live Updates: Nirmala Sitharaman to present budget today at 11 am - Will FM offer relief to the poor and middle class?
Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present the first full Budget of Modi 3.0, balancing tax cut hopes and growth needs. With GDP ...
Foreign Affairs19h
Trump and the New Age of Nationalism
Questions abound over how Trump will deal with China and Russia, as well as India and emerging powers in the global South.
Ethiopian56m
Gov’t extends service period for T-bills, bonds as domestic debt pressure mounts
The banking industry holds around 45 percent of the total T-bill stock, which made up nearly 32 percent of total government debt at the end of 2023/24. The state-owned CBE holds double the amount held ...
Budget 2025 Expectations: Tax relief, capex push, and key announcements await FM Sitharaman's speech on Feb 1
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present Union Budget 2025, which will be the second full budget of Narendra Modi-led NDA government after assuming power in June 2024.
Beneath Trump’s Chaotic Spending Freeze: An Idea That Crosses Party Lines
There is a long, bipartisan history of attempts to rein in spending and address concerns about government inefficiencies, ...
Why Americans still can’t get cheaper mortgages, car loans or card balances after three Fed rate cuts
It takes time for the Fed’s decisions to filter through the economy — and then even more time for consumers to see the ...
National Bureau of Economic Research21h
The Debt-Inflation Channel of the German Hyperinflation
Using newly digitized macro- and micro-level data from the German inflation of 1919-1923, we show that inflation led to a large reduction in real debt burdens and bankruptcies. Firms with higher ...