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Composition of Foreign Exchange Reserves

According to the OECD, foreign exchange rate reserves are the stocks of foreign currency denominated assets plus gold, held by a central bank. More simply, they are the assets of the central bank held in currencies outside the home country currency.

Data

Household Tax Rates

The tax wedge is the ratio of total labor taxes to total labor costs. It is often lower for families with children and single parents with children than for individuals or couples without children. The tax wedge has an impact on employment growth.

Data

Personal Income Tax Rates

The OECD defines tax as a compulsory unrequited payment to the government. A taxable base is the base amount on which the tax rate is applied—such as corporate income, personal income, or property.

Data

Countries by Income Group

Major international organizations classify countries by different factors. One criterion that is often used is gross national income (GNI) per capita – the dollar value of a country’s final income in a year, divided by its population

Media

A Conversation with Kok-Keong Tay of Unicredit @ Sibos 2015

SIBOS 2015 Kok-Keong (KK) Tay, Head, Global Transaction Banking for UniCredit discusses the expansion of Asian multi-nationals into Europe, the impact of big data and the future of the Asian economy.

Awards

A New Era Of FX Innovators

Innovation is bringing transparency and diversity to the FX market.

Country Report

A Window Of Opportunity For The Frontier Market

Montenegro tries to keep the foreign direct investment environment as simple as possible.

Media

Amando Tetangco on The State of The Philippine Economy

IMF/World Bank 2015 Annual Meetings The Governor of the Central Bank of The Philippines, discusses the state of the Philippine economy and its resilience in the face of challenges facing emerging markets.

Media

Arundhati Bhattacharya discusses the Indian marketplace

IMF/World Bank 2015 Annual Meetings The Chairman for the State Bank of India, discusses the Indian marketplace, the role of the Indian Central Bank and her assessment of the status of emerging markets.

Banking

Bernanke Speaks Out In New Book

United States: Former US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke lashed out at what he described as a do-nothing Congress in his new memoir, Courage to Act.

Awards

Biggest Emerging Markets Banks 2015

It is not even close: The 12 largest emerging markets banks in the world are Chinese.

Awards

Biggest Global Banks 2015

Chinese banks are assuming an increasingly important position among the world’s biggest banks. But European banks are still the largest geographic grouping in our rankings.