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The Ugandan government is set to cut domestic borrowing to increase banks’ appetite to lend to the public, President Museveni has revealed. “The high interest rates of commercial banks are due to two actors: the commercial banks which want high profits and don’t care about wanainchi and the government (finance) gives high priced treasury bills …

Mick Hewer, regional manager of the Isle of Man branch of the Prospect union – The Prospect union is voting members of the healthcare sector on a possible strike for the new year. The threat came due to salary disputes and low morale among staff. In a dazzling statement, the union said: “Cheering in support …

The writer is a financial journalist and author of ‘More: The 10,000-Year Rise of the World Economy’ Three related questions are at the heart of investment decisions today. What is the risk-free rate of return that investors can now earn? What future return is it reasonable to expect? And what is the prudent level to …

Investors in the Nigerian capital market invested 1.291 trillion naira in Nigerian mutual funds called collective investment schemes in 2021. Collective investment funds, also known as mutual funds, are joint investment vehicles through which investors pool funds and invest in a selected basket of securities in order to maximize returns and reduce the risks. Mutual …

KARACHI: The Pakistan Mercantile Exchange (PMEX) is eager to introduce cash-settled cryptocurrency contracts to help local investors gain exposure to the increasingly popular global peer-to-peer digital payment system. Talk to Dawn in a recent interview, PMEX chief executive Ejaz Ali Shah said the central monetary authority should reconsider its 2018 ruling against cryptocurrencies, as they …

ISLAMABAD: Worsening macroeconomic fundamentals and worsening sentiment have wreaked havoc in three major markets of the Pakistani economy, where markets are unwilling to buy government-sponsored rhetoric on the economic front. Alarmingly, three markets, including the stock market, money market and exchange rate, do not respond positively to the economic narrative constructed by economic managers, so …

U.S. citizens Matthew Anderson and Shawn Dolika have filed a lawsuit against Tether Holdings Limited, the company responsible for issuing the USD Tether (USDT) stablecoin, for alleged illegal actions. Specifically, the Tether company has been charged with allegedly “immoral, unethical, oppressive and unscrupulous practices,” according to a document filed in a district court in southern …

Talace Pvt Ltd, promoted by Tata Sons, is seeking a one-year loan of ₹ 23,000 crore at quasi-sovereign rates to finance the acquisition of the Air India airline and its initial operating costs, people at current with the question. Tata is offering to raise an unrated, unsecured, general purpose loan from Air India’s existing lenders …

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks in a meeting with President Joe Biden and business leaders on the debt limit in October. Associated Press, October dossier Chandan K. Jha and Sudipta Sarangi While the debt ceiling crisis has been avoided for now, the merits of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s argument that the debt ceiling should be …

TOKYO, Dec. 7 (Reuters) – Yields on Japanese government bonds rose on Tuesday, following rising U.S. Treasury yields, while a weak result in a 30-year national bond auction hurt the market. appetite of inventors. The 10-year JGB yield rose two basis points to 0.055% and the 20-year JGB yield rose 1.5 basis points to 0.460%. …