WISHING A JUBILANT DAY OF JOYFUL EXPERIENCES
Macro
Economic News 20 Feb 2018
Singapore lifts taxes, Deutsche Bank slashes
investment banking jobs and most Asian markets return after the Lunar New Year
celebrations.
The island nation unveiled sweeping new taxes,
including lifting property levies and increasing the goods and services tax by
2 percentage points to 9 percent in its latest budget. The government is moving to become less
reliant on investment returns as it seeks to shore up savings to cope with a
rapidly aging population. The stamp duty on residential properties in excess of
S$1 million goes up immediately to 4 percent from 3 percent. (Bloomberg)
MARKETS (08:00 am)
[I]
SGX NIFTY Fut: 10342; USDINR
DGCX: 64.5700; DJIA Mini: 25123; FTSE 100 Fut: 7204; NIKKEI 225 Fut: 21845; EUR-USD: 1.2387; Crude Oil (WTI): 62.16; Gold (Spot): 1341
Best Regards, ARBIND
20 Feb 2018
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.