Category: Business

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, despite no recent progress on getting inflation down to the central bank’s 2 percent target. Officials voted 10-2 to keep rates at the range of 3.75 percent to 4 percent. That range was reached in September after policymakers decided unanimously to raise rates for the first…

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Prime minister Andy Burnham called on Royal Mail last week to address its operational shortcomings Source link

A new government savings scheme will set aside £10 a week for children in care for them to access when they turn 18. Established by the States’ Children and Family Community Services and Guernsey Community Savings, it is designed to give young people a financial foundation when becoming an adult. The States said the scheme…

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Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Delaying difficult choices by John Healey at the Budget is “not the right approach”, a prominent economic think tank has warned, as it urged the Chancellor to raise £8 billion…

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More than 260 industry leaders from business, finance and law have held a meeting to discuss the role high value residents play in Jersey’s economy. Jersey’s high value residency programme, external grants residential status to highly skilled and economically active high net worth individuals. One attendee at the Chamber of Commerce lunch on Thursday, Mary…

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