Titbits:International Financial Services; Exceptional circumstances ...; Central Bank‘s independence ; Model-building techniques; Labour-Market Flexibility.

International Financial Services: The Way Forward

 

 We have carved out a comfortable niche in the world of international financial services thanks to our expanding tax treaty networks, a reputable offshore jurisdiction, its strategic location between the Far East and the European time zones, and its membership of major regional trading blocs.

Should the Central Bank raise interest rates?

Business, industry, investors and the street are expecting monetary action from the Central Bank to rein in inflation. It is widely expected to raise the Repo Rate by a minimum of 25 basis points.

Much Ado About Planning

 After the drubbings that the TINAwallahs (There is no alternative) got in Budget 2011, though a censorious dismantling of their main neo-liberal policies that were blindly tried on the populace, we expected them to evaporate in thin air or scatter to the far end of the horizon blown by the winds of change. But even if things change, they tend to remain the same.