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Brazil's consumption tax reform advanced on Tuesday as a working group in Congress outlined a proposal to combine various levies into a value-added tax with separate federal and regional rates without increasing the overall tax burden on the economy.

Economic activity is expected to slacken further as higher interest rates and gloomy global conditions persist. The national accounts for the March

The Office of the National Digital Economy and Society Commission (ONDE) entered into a collaboration agreement with nine agencies on Tuesday in a bid to increase the number of digital volunteers to 300,000 by 2024, with the aim of promoting accessibility and understanding of digital technology among villagers.

Stifel’s Barry Bannister says stocks still have some room to run this summer, but after that, the year could prove a “tale of two halves.”

New start businesses are worth £16m to local economy councillors hear as 308 firms launch in last year alone.

For decades China was the world’s most populous country. But that’s changed. Its population has peaked, and is now falling.

Scottish circular economy minister Lorna Slater insisted the scheme, which has been passed by Holyrood, had been ‘show down’ by Westminster.

Confidence in the outlook for the U.S. economy remains in a danger zone as student-loan payments are set to resume.

The global economy is likely slowing sharply this year, hobbled by high interest rates, the repercussions of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the lingering effects of the coronavirus pandemic