Global economy & markets
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How public sector accountants can drive recovery, rebuild economies
Leaders in the public sector share lessons in performance measurement and discuss opportunities to help rebuild the global economy post-pandemic.
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Global insurance recovery will be faster, stronger than in 2008 — Swiss Re
Insurer says the global insurance industry is poised to recover more quickly and forcefully from the pandemic than it did after the 2008 financial crisis.
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Office space demand shows signs of recovery in London
UK office space provider says its occupancy in London had started to pick up from pandemic lows.
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UK remains attractive for foreign investment despite Brexit
A study ranks the UK as the world’s fifth most attractive destination for M&A activity; fintech attracts significant investment and renewable energy is a potential source of FDI growth.
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South Africa riots will push economy into 3% contraction in Q3 — JPMorgan
The violence and looting caused the Wall Street bank to downgrade its full-year growth prediction from 4.9% to 4.5%.
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What is a global minimum tax and what will it mean?
Finance ministers for the G7 reached an agreement on Saturday supporting a global minimum tax rate of at least 15%. Here’s how it would work and what might happen next.
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Modern farming: Coronavirus outbreak spurs high-tech greenhouse boom in China
China has moved to shorten its vegetable supply chains by using tech-enabled greenhouse complexes built in megacity outskirts.
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Rising optimism outweighs concerns about labour shortages, inflation
US finance decision-makers are mainly positive for the coming year for their businesses and the domestic economy, according to a quarterly survey.
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Global company tax could bring EU multi-billion-euro windfall
An independent report said the US-proposed minimum global effective tax rate of 15% would bring in an additional €50 billion of tax for the EU.
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Sea change: Global freight ramps up digitisation
Disruptions to global supply chains including the Suez blockage have accelerated digitisation of freight tracking on startup-developed platforms.
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