This country note provides an environmental tax and carbon pricing profile for Turkey. It shows environmentally related tax revenues, taxes on energy use and effective carbon rates.

This report investigates how competition agencies can respond to the challenges posed by the multi-sided nature of platform markets, which are particularly common in the digital economy.

Exports (Bop) - Bottled Water, Carbonated Soft Drinks, Ice in Canada decreased to 45.20 CAD Million in March from 51.70 CAD Million in February of 2020. Exports (Bop) - Bottled Water, Carbonated Soft Dri in Canada averaged 20.38 CAD Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 51.70 CAD Million in February of 2020 and a record low of 0.60 CAD Million in October of 1988. This page includes a chart with historical data for Canada Exports of (bop) - Bottled Water, Carbonated Soft.

Focused mainly on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this report takes stock of 5 years of implementation of national and international programmes and initiatives designed to operationalise the recommendations of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance on Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas in the Great Lakes Region of Central Africa.

Harmful drinking is on the rise among young people and women in many OECD countries, partly due to alcohol becoming more available, more affordable and more effectively advertised, according to a new OECD report.

This country note provides an environmental tax and carbon pricing profile for Australia. It shows environmentally related tax revenues, taxes on energy use and effective carbon rates.

Japan must make revitalising growth its number one priority with reforms to boost productivity and encourage more women and older people into jobs to compensate for its rapidly shrinking labour force, according to the OECD.

This country note provides an environmental tax and carbon pricing profile for Japan. It shows environmentally related tax revenues, taxes on energy use and effective carbon rates.

This country note provides an environmental tax and carbon pricing profile for Austria. It shows environmentally related tax revenues, taxes on energy use and effective carbon rates.

Sovereign index-linked bond issuance has grown significantly since the early 1980s and index-linked bonds have become a widely accepted part of the set of instruments that sovereign debt managers use for funding purposes. This paper sets out a methodology for assessing their cost effectiveness relative to other financing options, using UK examples for illustration.

This country note provides an environmental tax and carbon pricing profile for Belgium. It shows environmentally related tax revenues, taxes on energy use and effective carbon rates.

Despite the economic importance of the road transport sector, there is no systematic cross-country evidence on the sector’s efficiency.

With gross government debt of 219% of GDP in 2016, Japan’s fiscal situation is in uncharted territory and puts the economy at risk.

The Netherlands is likely to be one of the European countries that is going to be significantly affected by the United Kingdom’s planned departure from the European Union (Brexit).

This paper compares supply and demand to assess to what extent there can be a market for GDP-linked bonds (GLBs).

This new publication looks at how renewable energy can bring the greatest benefits to host regions.

Japan must make revitalising growth its number one priority with reforms to boost productivity and encourage more women and older people into jobs to compensate for its rapidly shrinking labour force, according to the OECD.

This OECD project on Linking indigenous communities with regional development aims to develop policy recommendations for OECD and partner countries to improve economic outcomes for indigenous communities by better linking them with regional development efforts.

Two years ago today, the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka collapsed, killing over 1,100 people and injuring another 2,500. The dead and injured were garment workers. This blog post looks at due diligence in the apparel supply chain.

Focused mainly on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this report takes stock of 5 years of implementation of national and international programmes and initiatives designed to operationalise the recommendations of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance on Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas in the Great Lakes Region of Central Africa.

Is there a role for trade liberalisation and facilitation in zeroing in on corruption and supporting integrity in trade? Yes – and a greater one than you might think.

27/05/2016 - The real economy will always seem to be disconnected from the financial economy during periods when the need for structural change is so overwhelming that it can hardly be otherwise. We have had the easiest monetary policy of any historical era outside of hyperinflations, and productivity fails to grow, economic activity is weak...

The OMX Helsinki 25 decreased 600 points or 14.01% since the beginning of 2020, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks this benchmark index from Finland. Historically, the OMX Helsinki 25 Index reached an all time high of 4590.94 in February of 2020. The OMX HEX25 Index is a major stock market index which tracks the performance of the 25 most heavily traded companies in the Helsinki Stock Exchange. Limiting each company to a maximum weight of 10%, the OMX HEX25 Index is a benchmark for the Finnish Stock Market.

As young people turn their backs on alcohol, Simon Kuper asks if it is time for their elders to follow suit

Robot teachers are the start of an evolving relationship with artificial intelligence

UK logistics group at risk of collapse without new cash to support its operations

Former CEO and fifth-largest shareholder severs ties with group that sacked him

Municipal authorities encourage cycling amid fears networks cannot cope with social distancing

Returning land and native species to nature grips the imagination. But not everyone is convinced

Sales rise but company warns revenues will decline as bar and restaurant closures hit beverages

Matthew Vincent and guests discuss what's behind HSBC's decision to cut 35,000 jobs in the US and Europe, Jes Staley's future as boss of Barclays after another regulatory probe, RBS's new name, and Deutsche Bank's disappearing compliance contractors. With special guest Philip Augar, author of The Bank that lived a little: Barclays in the age of the very free market.

Contributors: Matthew Vincent, regulation correspondent, David Crow, banking editor, Stephen Morris, European banking editor, Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent, and Emma Agyemang, FT Money reporter. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Putting up barriers to travel is proving much easier than taking them down

By focusing on the personal rather than the political, Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski created a quietly subversive masterpiece, Peter Aspden says  

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There's been a series of scary surveys this week about how much we need to save to fund our retirement so Claer Barrett, FT Money editor, has invited Moira O'Neill from Interactive Investor joins onto the podcast to talk us through the numbers. Next up, have you heard of a Susu? Emma Agyemang reveals details about the revival in this decades-old method of saving. And finally, the FT's Rich People's Problems columnist James Max joins us in the studio to discuss the cost of getting a new puppy.

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Tareck El-Aissami has little experience — and a $10m US bounty on his head

The ESG spotlight has turned to how companies treat their employees, customers and suppliers

Analysts fear government’s timid fiscal response will prolong the pain

There’s a chronic paradox at the heart of stablecoin-based payment systems that will render them cost-prohibitive.

‘We will be a smaller company for a while,’ says chief David Calhoun

Downfall of carmaker’s former boss sets up clash between country’s old guard and its reformists

Producers’ realised prices are lower than they appear, while traders are braced for more turmoil

Dive into negative prices triggered pullback that helps set scene for rebound

Corporate bond links income and capital to inflation

Timely relaunch allows savers to keep pace with the rising cost of living

More options for savers seeking real returns

Bond pays out 105 per cent on RPI

Competitive landscape is unclear as food delivery becomes a utility

Under lockdown, communities are finding new ways to voice their defiance, anger and support

Brussels was wrong to treat Brexit as a threat, rather than grasping it as an opportunity

We do not need another big lending programme; equity investments would get us out of the credit-versus-loans debate