It’s a tangled web we weave when attempting to control the flow of capital: Foreigners who illegally buy homes in Australia should face higher fines, a parliamentary committee said, calling on authorities to better police …
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November 26, 2014
There was an article on Bloomberg about tech worker visas in the US: Along with temporary deportation relief for millions, President Obama’s executive action will increase the number of U.S. college graduates from abroad who …
November 25, 2014
The OECD has released its OECD Economic Outlook, November 2014: 25/11/2014-Modest global economic forecasts, continuing high unemployment, and downshifts in potential output should spur governments with a greater sense of urgency to fully employ monetary, …
November 24, 2014
These are strange times for bond markets: The Bank for International Settlements estimates the amount of bonds outstanding has surged more than 40 percent since 2007 as countries such as the U.S. increased deficits to …
TDS.PR.C, FBS.PR.C and BIG.PR.D Confirmed by DBRS
The three captioned issues were all placed on Review-Developing by DBRS on October 17, due to a change in sponsor. Now, with respect to TDS.PR.C: After conducting due diligence on Timbercreek, DBRS determined that the …
November 21, 2014
There is some thought that Canada’s inflation is normalizing: Canada’s inflation rate accelerated faster than economists predicted in October, led by gasoline and clothing and suggesting the economy may be running hotter than the central …
DBRS Improves Trend On RON.PR.A To Stable
DBRS has announced that it: has today confirmed the Issuer Rating and Senior Unsecured Debt rating of RONA inc. (RONA or the Company) at BB (high) and the Preferred Share rating at Pfd-4 (high). The …
November 20, 2014
I briefly mentioned subsidized gasoline in Saudi Arabia on November 11. Here’s a report on subsidized electricity in India: The villagers of Dharnai in northern India had been living without electricity for more than 30 …
November 19, 2014
Recent musings on an Ontario tax hike should focus attention on Japan’s woes: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is discovering that haste makes waste. Trying to double his nation’s sales tax to 10 percent over …
November 18, 2014
There are some interesting trends in bond markets: The influence of high-frequency traders in the Treasury market is growing. About 60 percent of Treasury securities trades are expected to be transacted on electronic platforms by …