Category: Face
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British Businesses Face £42bn Debt Crisis Post Ultra-Low Rates Era
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UK businesses are bracing for a debt crisis as higher interest rates are expected to cost an extra £41.7bn by the end of the decade. As cheap loans expire, borrowing costs are expected to rise, significantly impacting the economy. According to consultancy Baringa, companies will face an average annual increase…
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Infrastructure bonds face 5pc tax
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Interest earned on future infrastructure bonds with a term of at least three years will for the first time attract a withholding tax at the rate of five per cent if proposals in the Finance Bill 2024 are passed through Parliament. Infrastructure bonds (IFBs) have been tax-exempt since they were…
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USD/JPY buyers face ‘treacherous’ path ahead as Japan likely to intervene again By Investing.com
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Investing.com – The bet on the dollar against the yen has been a hot forex trade that has dominated flows, but the trade could now head down a “treacherous” path ahead, Macquarie warns, with Japan likely to follow suit. Last week’s intervention that sent the Japanese currency higher amid revived…
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Banks face fresh hit from parastatals’ idle cash ban
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Parastatals in Kenya have been banned from holding idle funds in bank accounts under a new public finance reform plan that seeks to promote transparency and efficiency in the use of public resources. Treasury Minister Njuguna Ndung’u revealed that the Treasury has officially adopted a hybrid single-account model whereby ministries…