LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government could end up paying 133 billion pounds ($157 billion) to the Bank of England over…
Canada ‘very unlikely’ to join OPEC-like group for nickel -gov’t source
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada has not committed to establishing an OPEC-like organization for nickel-producing countries with Indonesia…
Swiss National Bank issued 140 billion Sfr of bills, repos following rate hike
ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss National Bank has issued bills and repurchase agreements (repos) worth nearly 140 billion Swiss francs…
ID.me’s claim on scope of unemployment fraud baseless, U.S. Congress says
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) -Government contractor ID.me, which checks the identity of benefits applicants, had no basis for…
Column-Warnings of Medicare fraud mount; here is how to avoid it
By Mark Miller (Reuters) – A new report from the U.S. Senate Finance Committee documents a range of fraudulent and…
OBR sees UK GDP falling 2% in over a year of recession
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s economy will shrink by 2% in a recession that started during the previous quarter and is…
Britain’s budget plan restores credibility but risks remain -Moody’s
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s budget plan for tax increases and tighter public spending announced on Thursday goes some way to…
Britain to help insurers invest in economy, trims bank tax rate
By Huw Jones, Iain Withers and Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) -Britain set out more plans on Thursday to help make…
UK economy forecast to shrink 1.4% in 2023
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s economy is forecast to shrink by 1.4% in 2023, finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday,…
New G20 irritant for Biden: Restrictive U.S. electric vehicle tax subsidies
By David Lawder NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – Electric vehicles (EVs) shuttled G20 delegations and security forces across the southern…