Today, the OECD published a new set of bilateral exchange relationships established under the Common Reporting Standard Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (CRS MCAA), bringing the total number of relationships to over 3200, an increase of more than 500 since April of this year.

The Global Forum held its annual meeting in Uruguay on 20-22 November, bringing together 220 delegates from 84 jurisdictions and 12 International organisations to strengthen further the international community’s fight against tax evasion. The meeting marked the widespread rollout of automatic exchange of financial account of information.

Note summarising the performance of 15-year-old students in Austria in the PISA 2012 assessment of mathematics, reading and science.

Today’s post is from Kate Lancaster, editor in charge of publications on government finance at the OECD. Government budgets are news. Tough choices have had to be made in these challenging economic times and we’re all interested in how our governments are managing our money.

Imports of Textile Yarn & Thread in Japan increased to 8937.63 JPY Million in March from 6899.25 JPY Million in February of 2020. Imports of Textile Yarn & Thread in Japan averaged 10533.67 JPY Million from 1996 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 18560.35 JPY Million in January of 1997 and a record low of 4939.46 JPY Million in February of 2009. This page includes a chart with historical data for Japan Imports of Textile Yarn & Thread.

Imports of Synthetic Fibres, Yarn & Thread in Japan increased to 5417.94 JPY Million in March from 4264.84 JPY Million in February of 2020. Imports of Synthetic Fibres, Yarn & Thread in Japan averaged 4108.29 JPY Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 7451.31 JPY Million in January of 2015 and a record low of 1724.08 JPY Million in April of 1989. This page includes a chart with historical data for Japan Imports of Synthetic Fibres, Yarn & Thread.

Imports of Silk Yarn & Thread in Japan increased to 569.74 JPY Million in March from 153.53 JPY Million in February of 2020. Imports of Silk Yarn & Thread in Japan averaged 675.75 JPY Million from 1996 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 2155.49 JPY Million in January of 1997 and a record low of 153.53 JPY Million in February of 2020. This page includes a chart with historical data for Japan Imports of Silk Yarn & Thread.

Imports of Sewing Thread of Manmade Staple Fibers in Mexico increased to 1024 USD THO in March from 1009 USD THO in February of 2020. Imports of Sewing Thread of Manmade Staple Fibers in Mexico averaged 2445.49 USD THO from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 4259 USD THO in October of 2014 and a record low of 884 USD THO in January of 2020. This page includes a chart with historical data for Mexico Imports of Sewing Thread of Manmade Staple Fibers.

Imports of Sewing Thread of Manmade Filaments in Mexico increased to 5929 USD THO in March from 5515 USD THO in February of 2020. Imports of Sewing Thread of Manmade Filaments in Mexico averaged 7948.35 USD THO from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 24821 USD THO in July of 2015 and a record low of 4967 USD THO in January of 2020. This page includes a chart with historical data for Mexico Imports of Sewing Thread of Manmade Filaments.

Imports - Wool, Silk & Veg., Thread & Cordag (Census) in the United States increased to 54.85 USD Million in March from 52.59 USD Million in February of 2020. Imports - Wool, Silk & Veg., Thread & Cordag (Cens in the United States averaged 62.44 USD Million from 1989 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 92.02 USD Million in February of 2008 and a record low of 37.52 USD Million in May of 2009. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United States Imports of Wool, Silk & Veg., Thread & Cordag.

Imports - Synthetic Cloth, Fabric, Thread & Cordage (Census) in the United States decreased to 405.02 USD Million in March from 422.99 USD Million in February of 2020. Imports - Synthetic Cloth, Fabric, Thread & Cordag in the United States averaged 378.74 USD Million from 1989 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 564.78 USD Million in December of 2018 and a record low of 152.38 USD Million in January of 1989. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United States Imports of Synthetic Cloth, Fabric, Thread & Cord.

False beliefs will make it harder to end this pandemic. They also risk making our politics even more dysfunctional

Posts from high-profile accounts found to be promoting questionable virus therapies and cures

Andrew Hill picks his favourites among the 230 notable titles longlisted since 2005 — Join the discussion

Spate of arson attacks on telecoms masts fuelled by disinformation over pandemic’s origins

Nooks for books can be created anywhere in the home

Books that give creative inspiration and comfort during isolation

Conservative activists vow to step up street demonstrations against business closings

From business closures to movement restrictions, some countries’ policies show first signs of easing

Find any country in the customisable version of the Covid-19 trajectory charts

Ben Lerner is one of the most highly praised and unconventional writers of his generation. The 37-year-old recently met John Sunyer, a commissioning editor on FT Weekend, to talk about why he's 'doomed to write more novels'. Here, he reads one of his favourite poems.  

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Fears over health systems prompt states to take early preventive measures

Litigation battles, fear turns to lawsuits, and a data security flaw

Work dries up under lockdown but returning home could be more perilous than staying put

Different approaches to paying for investment research exacerbated by pandemic

As fixtures resume across the Channel, UK racing is keen to secure a swift return and avoid revenue losses

This selection of economics must-reads from the last six months take on capitalism, inequality, trade, AI, the law and more. Martin Wolf tells Frederick Studemann about the books we should all be reading this winter.

Watch a video of the conversation here.

Contributors: Frederick Studemann, literary editor and Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator. Producer: Persis Love



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Finance minister tells FT that government has rejected counter-offer from BlackRock-led group of creditors

Volatility gauges for both regions show sharp falls from historic highs in March

The holes in the investment case were there, but not many were looking

Russia's coronavirus outbreak worsens and Federal Reserve research finds a correlation between deaths from the influenza pandemic in 1918-1920 and extremist voting in Germany in 1932 and 1933

Twitter announced today it’s introducing a new layout for replies that will use lines and indentations to make it easier to understand who you’re replying to and how the conversation is flowing. The company will also test putting engagement actions — including likes, Retweet and reply icons — behind an extra tap to make replies […]

Google today is launching a new app, Read Along, that aims to help elementary school students practice their reading skills and stay educationally engaged amid school closures due to coronavirus. The new Android app is based on Google’s existing application, Bolo, which launched in India last year with a catalog of read-along stories in both […]

Quarter after quarter, familiar stories have appeared. The smartphone market, once seemingly bulletproof, has suffered. The list of factors is long, and I’ve written about them ad nauseam here, but the CliffsNotes version is: costs are too high, innovation is too incremental and most people already own a device that will be plenty good for […]

Twitter announced today it’s introducing a new layout for replies that will use lines and indentations to make it easier to understand who you’re replying to and how the conversation is flowing. The company will also test putting engagement actions — including likes, Retweet and reply icons — behind an extra tap to make replies […]

Nvidia Chief Scientist Bill Dally has released an open-source ventilator hardware design he developed in order to address the shortage resulting from the global coronavirus pandemic. The mechanical ventilator design developed by Dally can be assembled quickly, using off-the-shelf parts with a total cost of around $400 — making it an accessible and affordable alternative […]

Quarter after quarter, familiar stories have appeared. The smartphone market, once seemingly bulletproof, has suffered. The list of factors is long, and I’ve written about them ad nauseam here, but the CliffsNotes version is: costs are too high, innovation is too incremental and most people already own a device that will be plenty good for […]

Google today is launching a new app, Read Along, that aims to help elementary school students practice their reading skills and stay educationally engaged amid school closures due to coronavirus. The new Android app is based on Google’s existing application, Bolo, which launched in India last year with a catalog of read-along stories in both […]

The taciturn lawyer’s corruption-busting career has also paved a path to power

Quarter after quarter, familiar stories have appeared. The smartphone market, once seemingly bulletproof, has suffered. The list of factors is long, and I’ve written about them ad nauseam here, but the CliffsNotes version is: costs are too high, innovation is too incremental and most people already own a device that will be plenty good for […]

Google today is launching a new app, Read Along, that aims to help elementary school students practice their reading skills and stay educationally engaged amid school closures due to coronavirus. The new Android app is based on Google’s existing application, Bolo, which launched in India last year with a catalog of read-along stories in both […]

Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger have teamed up to launch their first product together since leaving the Facebook mothership. Rt.live is an up-to-date tracker of how fast COVID-19 is spreading in each state. “Rt” measures the average number of people who become infected by an infectious person. The higher above the number 1, […]

Transportation fuel demand in the United States has decreased since mid-March 2020, as a result of reduced economic activity and stay-at-home orders aimed at slowing the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). With low demand and a decrease in profitability, as measured by crack spreads, U.S. refineries have reduced gross inputs (runs), which dropped to 12.8 million barrels per day (b/d) for the week ending April 17, 3.8 million b/d lower than the previous five-year (2015–19) average and the lowest level since 2008 (Figure 1). Gross inputs increased slightly to 13.2 million b/d the week of April 24. ...

Twitter announced today it’s introducing a new layout for replies that will use lines and indentations to make it easier to understand who you’re replying to and how the conversation is flowing. The company will also test putting engagement actions — including likes, Retweet and reply icons — behind an extra tap to make replies […]

A video about the coronavirus featuring a well-known vaccine conspiracist is spreading like wildfire on social media this week, even as platforms talk tough about misinformation in the midst of the pandemic. In the professionally-produced video, a solemn interviewer named Mikki Willis interviews Judy Mikovits, a figure best known for her anti-vaccine activism in recent […]

Get ready for Christmas with these recipes from a new book by Lady Carnarvon, chatelaine of Highclere Castle, the real Downton Abbey. Pictured, gingerbread.

Danny Dyer, wife Joanne Mas and Emma Willis led the famous faces getting ready for the National Television Awards on Tuesday.

The Brazil international was dropped by Thomas Tuchel for PSG's 2-2 draw at Real Madrid in the Champions League last week. But his performance in the second half inspired his side.

The Frenchman only joined last summer from Atletico Madrid for £108million but the Catalan club are ready to let him go to help fund their move for Neymar.

Antoine Griezmann will be going nowhere this summer, with Barcelona making the Frenchman firmly part of their plans despite a sluggish start at the Nou Camp since his big money move.