LONDON (Reuters) – German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Friday he was in talks with banks about their future and called reports of a merger of Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank “speculation”. Media reports have said Germany would want a merger of its two ma... More »
FILE PHOTO: South Africa’s Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba addresses a news conference in Pretoria, South Africa, April 4, 2017. REUTERS/James Oatway/File Photo JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s Treasury is set to present its 2018 budget to parliament on ... More »
Greece does not expect it will need a precautionary credit line when it exits its bailout next year, a view that is in line with its official creditors, the finance minister said on Friday after a meeting of euro zone ministers in Tallinn. More »
Indonesia’s Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati speaks during the International Tax Conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 12, 2017. Indonesia will sharply lift its tax collection and work with other nations to develop new rules to tackle the “aggressive” t... More »
Swedish Minister of Finance Magdalena Andersson speaks at the 2016 IMF World Bank Spring Meeting in Washington, U.S., April 17, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo Loosening euro zone budget rules and spending more to boost growth and jobs would put the bl... More »
HONG KONG Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Monday he hopes the economy will grow faster this year than last, and expects that Asia’s third-largest economy will not see a big hit from China’s slowdown. Jaitley, who is on a road trip meeting foreign ... More »
ATHENS Euclid Tsakalotos, the mild-tempered professor who was appointed as Greece’s new finance minister on Monday, is a clear change in style from his combative predecessor Yanis Varoufakis. The 55-year-old Tsakalotos studied at prestigious private London sch... More »
