Erdogan says Turkey will break economic ‘triangle of evil’ with reforms

Ankara: Turkey will bring in structural reforms to break the “triangle of evil” of interest rates, inflation and exchange rates, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, adding Ankara was determined to form a system based on production and employment. Erdogan promised a slate of judicial and economic reforms last month, leading to expectations of the […]

China orders Ant to return to its roots in payments services

Beijing: Chinese regulators ordered Jack Ma’s online financial titan Ant Group Co. to return to its roots as a provider of payments services, threatening to throttle growth in its most lucrative businesses of consumer loans and wealth management. The central bank summoned Ant executives over the weekend and told them to “rectify” the company’s lending, […]

Sheikh Khalifa issues law to establish Supreme Council for Financial and Economic Affairs

Abu Dhabi: In his capacity as Ruler of Abu Dhabi, President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has issued a decree to form the Board of Directors of the Supreme Council for Financial and Economic Affairs, under his chairmanship, with His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and […]

US jobless benefit cut-off pushes millions to financial cliff-edge

Washington:  When the US Congress passed a pandemic aid bill on Monday, Meghan Meyer, a single mom from Lincoln, Nebraska, thought she would get some respite from the daily struggle to feed and house her two kids during an unprecedented health and economic crisis. But the next day President Donald Trump declared the long-awaited relief package […]