A regular session of the UN climate talks ended in Bonn on the night of Friday to Saturday. The summit’s topics included statements by countries and investors on the plans to exit the coal energy sector, the development of new market mechanisms for the Paris Agreement, as well as attempts to persuade the states to increase the level of emission reduction commitments - amid news that in 2017...

The leaders of the European Union will insist that British Prime Minister Theresa May agree to their terms as soon as possible to begin negotiations on future trade relations after Brexit, Reuters reports. Theresa May, through her representative, denied reports of her intention to increase the amount of the offer to pay the EU for withdrawing from it in order to settle London's obligations to the...

The government in Caracas and the state oil company PDVSA have not fulfilled their financial obligations to creditors, members of the International Association of Swaps and Derivatives announced. The International Association of Swaps and Derivatives (ISDA) declared the Venezuelan government's default on public debt and bonds issued by the state oil company PDVSA. The decision was made...

The Greek authorities offered holders of bonds to exchange their papers for bonds with later maturities. In particular, they are talking about special issues which investors that agreed to a significant debt write-off received in 2012. This way, Athens hope to increase liquidity of their liabilities against the backdrop of the third financial assistance program expiring in August 2018. The Greek...

Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe can be satisfied. Data on the country’s economy for the third quarter are encouraging. Due to the increased demand for goods from Japan in world markets, the Japanese economy showed a growth rate of 1.4% in July-September, which is the best indicator in 16 years. Despite the slowdown in growth rates compared to the second quarter, they are still above the...

The European economy has shown an impressive turn in recent years. Now, the IMF considers Europe an "engine of world trade" thanks to the turn from a weak position in which a number of countries needed a bail-out, and central banks conducted unprecedented incentive programs to prevent wider shocks, to and economic growth. The latest IMF survey, published today, noted that the recovery in Europe...

The Government of India’s active efforts to digitize the country's economy are impeded by undeveloped infrastructure, and a lack of regulatory and legal framework and a low level of information security. All this can adversely affect the citizens' situation, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes. They made an attempt to assess the first results of the reforms that provided for...

Representatives of the Republican Party in the US Senate may delay implementation of the key point of the tax reform initiated by Donald Trump, namely, a reduction in the corporate tax rate until 2019. The own reform project that senators are to submit today will be very different from the bill prepared by the Republican majority of the House of Representatives. This means that the White House’s...

Saudi Arabia is experiencing the biggest turmoil in its 85-year history. A decree of King Salman gave rise an unprecedented anti-corruption campaign, during which 11 princes from the ruling family, a number of high-ranking officials and influential businessmen were arrested. The initiator of the arrests is the king’s son, the young prince Mohammed bin Salman, who proclaimed a program of radical...