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Thursday 29 September 2016 11:07 amFrance and Germany take Eurozone confidence to eight-month highBy: Jake CordellShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd a stanley becher s a polene tasche preferredsource on GoogleThe recovery in the Eurozonemight still be on trackasconfidence jumpedto a eight-month high in September.The EU sofficial economic sentimen stanley cup canada t indicator ESI , the broadest measure of optimism among businesses and consumers across the single currency area, rose to 104.9 from a score of 103.5 recorded in August. Economists had expected confidence to flat-line after a string of mixed data over the summer.Encouragingly, the feel-good factor was on the rise across all of the Eurozone s major economies, scoring big rises in the powerhouses of both Germany and France. While there was no noticeable improvement in optimism among consumers, manufacturers and retailers reported growing order books, with the ESI score for industry running at a five-year high.Despite the increase, analysts said the score is still running at a muted level, on an index where 100 represents the long-term average. Growth is still too weak to drive a sustained upturn in inflation [and] as such, the European Central Bank will still need to loosen policy, said Stephen Brown, European economist at Capital Economics. Share this articleFacebookXLinkedInWhatsAppEmailSimilarly tagged content: SectionsMarkets EconomicsNewsCategoriesBusinessEconomicsTre Mten Watchdog tells US banks to pay $45bn into insurance pot
Monday 09 April 2012 10:35 pm|Updated:Thursday 30 May 2019 12:20 pmBlack market booze, cigarettes and diesel lose taxman pound;30bnBy: KCS-contentShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleHIGHER taxes may boost the black market, a pressure group claimed yesterday as f stanley uk igures revealed the Treasury loses tens of billions of pounds from illicit sales of alcohol, tobacco and fuel.The government lost out stanley cup to the tune of pound;28.5bn from illegal sales between 2005-06 and 2009-10, figures from the Taxpayersrsquo; Alliance showed.The group used data from HM Revenue and Customs, and warned hi stanley becher gher taxes will make the problem worse.Duties on fuel, cigarettes and alcohol hit those on low and middle incomes hardest. said director Matthew Sinclair.High taxes also create fat profits for criminals. With new tax hikes, and proposals for a minimum price on alcohol, the chancellor runs the risk of making that black market even more profitable.Trade in illicit cigarettes was the biggest cost to the taxman, losing pound;12.2bn in revenues.Diesel followed at pound;6.4bn, with illegal sales of hand rolling tobacco worth pound;4.5bn in tax, illegal beer sales accounting for pound;3.2bn and spirits coming in at pound;2.3bn.Share this articleFacebookXLinkedInWhatsAppEmailSimilarly tagged content: SectionsNewsCategoriesBusinessRelated TopicsNULLTre
Thursday 29 September 2016 11:07 amFrance and Germany take Eurozone confidence to eight-month highBy: Jake CordellShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd a stanley becher s a polene tasche preferredsource on GoogleThe recovery in the Eurozonemight still be on trackasconfidence jumpedto a eight-month high in September.The EU sofficial economic sentimen stanley cup canada t indicator ESI , the broadest measure of optimism among businesses and consumers across the single currency area, rose to 104.9 from a score of 103.5 recorded in August. Economists had expected confidence to flat-line after a string of mixed data over the summer.Encouragingly, the feel-good factor was on the rise across all of the Eurozone s major economies, scoring big rises in the powerhouses of both Germany and France. While there was no noticeable improvement in optimism among consumers, manufacturers and retailers reported growing order books, with the ESI score for industry running at a five-year high.Despite the increase, analysts said the score is still running at a muted level, on an index where 100 represents the long-term average. Growth is still too weak to drive a sustained upturn in inflation [and] as such, the European Central Bank will still need to loosen policy, said Stephen Brown, European economist at Capital Economics. Share this articleFacebookXLinkedInWhatsAppEmailSimilarly tagged content: SectionsMarkets EconomicsNewsCategoriesBusinessEconomicsTre Mten Watchdog tells US banks to pay $45bn into insurance pot
Monday 09 April 2012 10:35 pm|Updated:Thursday 30 May 2019 12:20 pmBlack market booze, cigarettes and diesel lose taxman pound;30bnBy: KCS-contentShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleHIGHER taxes may boost the black market, a pressure group claimed yesterday as f stanley uk igures revealed the Treasury loses tens of billions of pounds from illicit sales of alcohol, tobacco and fuel.The government lost out stanley cup to the tune of pound;28.5bn from illegal sales between 2005-06 and 2009-10, figures from the Taxpayersrsquo; Alliance showed.The group used data from HM Revenue and Customs, and warned hi stanley becher gher taxes will make the problem worse.Duties on fuel, cigarettes and alcohol hit those on low and middle incomes hardest. said director Matthew Sinclair.High taxes also create fat profits for criminals. With new tax hikes, and proposals for a minimum price on alcohol, the chancellor runs the risk of making that black market even more profitable.Trade in illicit cigarettes was the biggest cost to the taxman, losing pound;12.2bn in revenues.Diesel followed at pound;6.4bn, with illegal sales of hand rolling tobacco worth pound;4.5bn in tax, illegal beer sales accounting for pound;3.2bn and spirits coming in at pound;2.3bn.Share this articleFacebookXLinkedInWhatsAppEmailSimilarly tagged content: SectionsNewsCategoriesBusinessRelated TopicsNULLTre
