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Profits in a time of inflation: what do company accounts say in the UK and euro area?

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Consistent with previous analysis of aggregate incomes , price indices and business surveys , we find no evidence of a rise in overall profits in the UK – prices have gone up alongside wages, salaries and other input costs. The profit measure we use is earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), which is a standard accounting measure.

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The link between mortgage debt servicing burdens and arrears: is there a critical threshold?

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It is calculated by taking a household’s mortgage payments (including interest and principal) and dividing them by their pre-tax income. We find no evidence of a critical threshold The analysis presented in this blog is based on data from two UK household surveys: the Bank of England/NMG survey and the ONS Wealth and Assets Survey (WAS).

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Location, location, location? How UK housing preferences shifted during the pandemic

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Changes in the UK housing market trends since the start of the pandemic To analyse trends in the housing markets during the pandemic, we examine differences in growth rates of housing prices across different regions of the UK, as well as across different types of housing (such as flats versus detached, semi-detached or terraced houses).

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Small Biz FinTech Leads End-Of-Summer B2B VC

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This information is aggregated over time, allowing business users to obtain trend analysis data on customer payment habits. Investors include the nation’s largest B2B eCommerce platform IndiaMart, while India Quotient and Axilor also participated. Also operating in India, supply chain financing FinTech Cashflo revealed $3.3

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Data Dive, The Bad, The Worse And The Ugly Edition: Store Closures, Coronavirus And Bitcoin

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Morgan Stanley Research Analyst Kimberly Greenberger said the second half of 2020 is expected to be especially challenging with the looming election — as shift and change in national leadership have some tendency to slow commercial activity because spenders get a bit spooked. The Coronavirus Continues to Cut Down the Chinese Economy .

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NEW REPORT: What Demonetization? India’s Cash Usage To Reach $2.5T By 2021

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Demonetization was launched in India in an effort to crack down on the nation’s underground economy, boost tax revenues and encourage the transition to a digital banking infrastructure. However, nearly two years after the policy launched in 2016, cash remains a key component of the nation’s economy. percent by 2021.

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Governments Fuel Blockchain’s Global Proliferation

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A regional government in Russia is now working with state-backed VEB, reports in CoinDesk said this week, as authorities explore how to use blockchain “to improve the quality of management decisions.”. We hope to get the legislation ready this year.”. Saudi Arabia. United States.