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When Hong Kong pegged its currency to the US dollar decades ago, least did it realize that any future trouble in the US economy will prevent the monetary authority of Hong Kong from putting its house in order. With inflation escalating, touching its...
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These days the real IPL matches are in full swing. Do not miss them. These matches are so vibrant in nature, that you would surely forget any other premier matches...
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The holy month of Ramazan, on the Islamic calendar, is just days ahead and Muslims are looking forward to the ‘dear’ month – ‘dear’ on account of its...
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Canada’s hog industry faces its biggest crisis in 60 years, forcing many farmers to cut their losses by selling their herds — if they can sell them at...
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The prices of flour bags have gone up with many dealers in Peshawar and people are compelled to buy wheat flour by paying 50 to 70 rupees more per bag of wheat than the...
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The great Austrian economist Ludwig Von Mises, one of my heroes, famously said that government is the only institution that can take two things of value, ink and paper,...
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The Central Bank of Venezuela has announced that the Consumer Price Index for the Caracas Metropolitan Area (CPI-CMA) grew by 2.1% in June, the same as in May, bringing...
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Ireland’s consumer-price index fell 4.7% in May from a year ago, by far the sharpest of price drops across Europe and the worst here since 1933.
Inflation has...
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The new Congress led government has indicated its priorities and areas of action as outlined in the President’s speech, Thursday. It reads as a continuation of the...
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Every day while moving from one market to another market we used to find the diffrent price of the same product.
Apple price in same shop with same quality different...
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The finance minister Mr. P Chidambaram’s call to industries to cut prices is ridiculous. The oil prices going through the roof in the international market followed by...
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