Markets assess Donald Trump was the victor in the first US presidential debate against Joe Biden on Thursday and investors are “already busy” re-evaluating their portfolios to align with the anticipated economic policies that a Trump administration might pursue. Following the head-to-head TV debate, online prediction market PredictIt showed Biden’s odds down to 39% from … Read more
EURUSD recovered to near the crucial support of 1.0700 in Friday’s European trading. The major currency pair rises as the market sentiment remains positive ahead of the US core Personal Consumption Expenditure price index (PCE) data for May. The underlying inflation data would influence market speculation on the Federal Reserve reducing interest rates from the September meeting, according … Read more
The benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) attracted fresh buyers in Asian trading on Wednesday and reversed a part of the previous day’s retracement slide from the $81.65 area, or a nearly two-month top. The US crude oil currently trades around $81.00/barrel, up over 0.50% for the day amid persistent geopolitical tensions stemming from Israeli strikes … Read more
Silver slumped below Monday’s close and was near $29.40 in Tuesday’s New York trading. XAGUSD faces selling pressure as the US dollar has bounced back strongly after correcting on Monday. The DXY Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback’s value against six major currencies, rebounded from 105.40. The dollar recovered as investors become doubtful over the … Read more
In Moore v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to the Mandatory Repatriation Tax (MRT), holding that the MRT does tax income — the realized earnings of foreign corporations — and thus is a constitutionally permissible income tax authorized by the Sixteenth Amendment. The MRT is a “one-time, backward-looking” tax in … Read more
June 20, 2024 June 20, 2024 Today, seven of the nine justices on the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a tax on offshore corporate profits that was one of the few significant revenue-raisers in the Trump tax law. If the Court had agreed with the plaintiffs in the case — as well as … Read more
New Delhi: The Central government has so far this year collected ₹4.62 trillion in direct taxes after adjusting for refunds, marking a 20.99% growth annually, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said on Tuesday quoting provisional figures. This includes corporate taxes of ₹1.8 trillion and personal income tax of ₹2.81 trillion. The personal income tax … Read more
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said the U.S.-Cyprus partnership is growing stronger, deeper and broader, and that Cyprus is “an important player in the region and a partnership for the United States that we deeply value.” A bilateral agreement was also signed bringing Cyprus closer to being included in the visa waiver programme for entry … Read more
France appears more divided than ever after the European election results, which saw Marine Le Pen’s National Rally secure the top spot, relegating Emmanuel Macron’s party to third place. This outcome forced the French president to call for early elections. The discontent with Macron is evident. Despite giving a vote of confidence to Marine Le … Read more
Former President Donald Trump huddled with congressional Republicans Thursday in his first visit to Capitol Hill since the partisan violence of January 6, 2021. Then he reportedly promised a Business Roundtable gathering of CEOs that he would cut the corporate tax rate to 20% if he wins another term in the White House.The 2017 Republican … Read more