by WTCD | Nov 24, 2014 | News
Ireland has the most efficient corporate tax system in Europe with the least red tape, according to a study from PwC and the World Bank. The report found that the effective corporate tax rate in Ireland – the amount of tax paid as a percentage of profits – was 12.4...
by WTCD | Nov 21, 2014 | News
Recent disinflation is consistent with lower growth and symptomatic of a deeper-rooted issue of insufficient demand China’s inflation has declined sharply since 2011. Consumer-price rises averaged 4.4% in 2010-11 but only 2.2% in the year to September 2014. Seasonal...
by WTCD | Nov 21, 2014 | News
Companies are turning to Irish research organisations to tap their knowledge for commercial endeavours at a rate 15pc higher in 2013 over the previous year. The report undertaken by Knowledge Transfer Ireland (KTI) showed that the increase in the number of external...
by WTCD | Nov 20, 2014 | News
Written by Greg Jericho If you want to see a government being held to account, you should plug your ears when you hear talk about the benefits of the China-Australia free trade agreement. Based on old, irrelevant modelling, the benefits of the agreement have been...
by WTCD | Nov 20, 2014 | News
Finally, some good news for Japan: the country’s trade deficit was considerably slimmer than anticipated as exports rose at their fastest pace in eight months. The trade deficit came in at Y710bn in October, the smallest shortfall since June 2013 and down 26 per...
by WTCD | Nov 20, 2014 | News
A surge in exports boosted the euro zone trade surplus in September to more than double the previous month’s value, pointing to a positive contribution from trade to the euro zone’s economic growth in the third quarter. The European Union’s...