China's fiscal revenue rose 1.7 percent year on year to 989.4 billion yuan (US$224 billion) in August, data from the Ministry of Finance showed Tuesday. Revenue growth was down from the 3.3-percent gain posted for July. The ministry ...
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has urged solid efforts from the country's financial and taxation authorities to deliver the value-added tax (VAT) reform as part of efforts to invigorate the real economy during a visit to the State ...
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Vietnam's economy grew more than analysts estimated as exports climbed,even as banks struggled to meet the government's lending target. Gross domestic product rose 6.04 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier,according to data ...
Tax revenues continue bouncing back from the low levels reported in almost all countries , at the height of the global economic crisis, according to new OECD data in the annual Revenue Statistics publication. The average tax revenue to GDP ...
At the end of the first quarter of 2013, the government debt to GDP ratio in the euro area (EA17) stood at 92.2%, compared with 90.6% at the end of the fourth quarter of 2012. In the EU27 the ratio increased from 85.2% to 85.9%. Compared ...
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The overall tax-to-GDP ratio, meaning the sum of taxes and social contributions in % of GDP, in the EU27 stood at 38.8% in 2011, from 38.3% in 2010 and 38.4% in 2009. The overall tax ratio in the euro area (EA17) increased to 39.5% in 2011, ...
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The international rating agency Fitch has downgraded Italy's long-term rating to 'BBB+' from 'A-'. The outlook on the long-term issuer default rating (IDR) is negative. According to Fitch’s press release, the inconclusive results of ...
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Economy (i) Economic Development of Guangxi In recent years, Guangxi’s economy has maintained a rapid, steady and balanced development momentum. In 2005, GDP exceeded 400 billion yuan , 407.575 billion yuan to be exact, up by ...
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Arabian Business reported that Saudi Arabia has pledged USD 487 million assistance package to help support new development projects in Jordan. Mr Abdullah Ensour PM of Jordhan said that the first USD 125 million will be transferred soon ...
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It seems that each new day we wake to yet another bit of Eurozone news that leaves one wondering how much more is yet to come. If Spain needs to go cap in hand go the Eurobankers for £81b when, according to the BBC they have 7% less ...
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Commentary:Taiwan economic revival program lacks substance Bryan Chuang,Taipei;Steve Shen,DIGITIMES[Wednesday 12 September 2012]Taiwan's Executive Yuan(Cabinet)has announced a five-point program aiming to invigorate its flagging ...
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