The pandemic is driving investors out of Central Europe. The crown is collapsing

The pandemic is driving investors out of Central Europe.  The crown is collapsing

“Reports of renewed economic closures in Austria and the continuing explosion of epidemic statistics in other Central European countries have frightened investors so much that they have given up the region and fled to safety,” explains Raiffeisenbank analyst Vít Hradil. “In general, all currencies in Central Europe are weakening, including the koruna. This caused the … Read more

Joe Biden renews Jerome Powell as head of US central bank

Joe Biden renews Jerome Powell as head of US central bank

Published on : 22/11/2021 – 15:23Modified : 22/11/2021 – 20:12 – Jerome Powell will head the US Federal Reserve for a new term, starting next February. In a bipartisan act, Joe Biden decided to retain the Republican who had been appointed by his predecessor Donald Trump. With our correspondent in Washington, Guillaume Naudin It is … Read more

Cryptocurrency World Tour in the United States, Israel and El Salvador

Cryptocurrency World Tour in the United States, Israel and El Salvador

Published on : 13/11/2021 – 11:01 – – “We accept Bitcoin,” the poster reads in a store in San Salvador on November 10, 2021. © REUTERS – JOSE CABEZAS – This week, the correspondents’ world tour looks at virtual currencies. In the United States, New York now has a cryptocurrency to its name: the NYC … Read more

The fall in the currency has plunged about three-quarters of Lebanese into poverty

The fall in the currency has plunged about three-quarters of Lebanese into poverty

The owner of the restaurant, Antoine Haddád, has been in business for 35 years. But now he has hopes, as Lebanon is facing one of the deepest financial crises in modern history. The difference between the current crisis and the past, such as the Lebanon civil war of 1975-1990, according to Haddad, is that the … Read more

Collective bargaining for banks is entering the next round

Collective bargaining for banks is entering the next round

Frankfurt / Berlin (dpa) – The separate collective bargaining for the public and private banks is going into the next round. The second date of negotiations for the 60,000 employees of state and development banks and several savings banks is set for this week. On Friday (September 24th) the trade unions Verdi and the German … Read more

The Afghan economy is collapsing. The country is in danger of a financial disaster

The Afghan economy is collapsing.  The country is in danger of a financial disaster

“Economic performance is likely to decline sharply this year,” said Anwita Basu of Fitch Solutions, comparing Afghanistan to Syria and Burma, countries that are also facing a difficult political situation and whose gross domestic product has fallen by 10 to 20 percent. . Basu is convinced that the recently declared Middle East emirate has comparable … Read more

With its Mars landing, China comes dangerously close to the United States

With its Mars landing, China comes dangerously close to the United States

Dhe successful Mars landing is not only useful for Beijing from a scientific and epistemological point of view. It also gives the People’s Republic a boost in competition with the USA. And it is – in the 100th year of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) – a source of pride that can … Read more

Jessica Alba’s company with a strong stock market launch in New York

Jessica Alba’s company with a strong stock market launch in New York

New York (AP) – The company “The Honest Company”, co-founded by Hollywood star Jessica Alba (40), celebrated a successful premiere on the Nasdaq tech stock exchange. display — The price of the shares, which were first traded on Wednesday under the ticker “HNST”, was $ 21.22, well above the issue price of $ 16. The … Read more