Indonesia is seeking to plug an unusually deep revenue shortfall before year-end by scrutinizing wealthy individuals and big businesses for extra tax payments.
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Japanese government bonds fell on Monday, extending their declines after the Bank of Japan raised its benchmark interest rate to the highest level in 30 years.
Business lobby survey finds firms βput brakes on key spending decisionsβ before autumn budgetHeather Stewart: Four reasons to be cheerful about UK plc in 2026Wes Streeting urges closer EU trading ties to grow economyUK failure to seal EU tax exemption hands firms pile of paperworkBusiness leaders hβ¦
Document casts doubt on postal service claims it was unaware of bugs that could cause accounting shortfallsThe Post Office made a confidential deal with Fujitsu 19 years ago to fix errors in post office operatorsβ accounts, a document has revealed.The document casts doubt on claims made by the postaβ¦
The Danish postal service has announced it will cease deliveries from 30 December after 400 years. Eventually, other countries may go down a similar routePredictions of the demise of letter writing are not new. The invention of the telegraph and the rise of the postcard were both seen as potential tβ¦
More moderate alcohol habits rather than total abstention appear to have driven fallPeople in Britain are drinking less alcohol than in previous years, according to reports.The average UK adult consumed 10.2 alcoholic drinks a week last year, the lowest figure since data collection began in 1990 andβ¦
Millions of Americans face a chaotic holiday travel rush at airports and on the roads as weather could disrupt some plans. Plus, tensions escalate as the U.S. seizes a second oil tanker off of Venezuela's coast. All that and all that matters in today's Eye Opener.
A masterful introduction to the economics of our most basic assetβThe landlord is a gentleman who does not earn his wealth β¦ his sole function, his chief pride, is the consumption of wealth produced by others.β It was 1909, and a liberal politician was launching an assault onΒ a class of people who ββ¦
Chinese consumer stocks are headed for their longest-ever stretch of annual underperformance, and analysts expect the trajectory to continue amid a sluggish economy and policy uncertainty.
Against the background of the parlous state of US and Japanese public finances, there are already clear signs suggesting that next year we will see the return of the bond market vigilantes in a way that can roil world financial markets.
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A recent CBS News poll shows how Americans are feeling about the costs of health care, food and housing. CBS News' Anthony Salvanto has more following President Trump's comments on the state of the U.S. economy.
The U.S. dollar has had a rough go of it in 2025 β but one recent development indicates that the beaten-down buck could be due for a bit of a reprieve in early 2026.