Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland Gabriel Makhlouf met with businesses and students from Tipperary yesterday during his day-long visit. Governor Makhlouf met with local entrepreneurs, staff and Government agencies at Tipperary Technology Park, where conversations included the importance of local digital hubs and local economic development in a hybrid working world recovering from […]
Central Bank Economic Letter finds that recurrent property taxes can, over time, help to mitigate downside risks to house prices. Such taxes may also provide a stable source of revenue for government, as they are less likely to be affected by the economic cycle. Revenue from recurrent property taxes, as a proportion of national income, […]
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed its plans to bring in a new Consumer Duty, which will fundamentally improve how firms serve consumers. It will set higher and clearer standards of consumer protection across financial services and require firms to put their customers’ needs first. The Duty is made up of an overarching principle […]
The exchange’s Anti-FUD Fund comes shortly after KuCoin CEO Johnny Lyu’s spat with a whistleblower who claimed the exchange was insolvent. 210 Total views 23 Total shares The CEO of crypto exchange KuCoin says it is launching an “Anti-FUD Fund” to track down and potentially take legal action against “FUDers” and educate crypto users on […]
U.S. stocks closed lower Tuesday as investors digested a profit warning from Walmart ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy decision on interest rate hikes aimed at curbing high inflation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.71% fell around 0.7%, while the S&P 500 SPX, -1.15% slid 1.2% and the Nasdaq Composite COMP, -1.87% dropped 1.9%, […]
Mondelez International Inc. MDLZ, +0.29% late Tuesday reported adjusted second-quarter earnings above Wall Street expectations and increased its dividend by 10%, but said a stronger dollar could take a bigger chunk of its 2022 revenue growth. Mondelez said it earned $747 million, or 54 cents a share, in the quarter, compared with $1.08 billion, or […]