Boris’s Blog

Honestly, I had an interesting Sunday morning over the papers yesterday, looking at the latest German-Swiss tax evasion disputes, and comparing the German coverage of it all with reports and comments from Switzerland.
To cut a long story short, there’s a long history of wealthy Germans (and people from elsewhere) putting money in Swiss bank accounts, [...]

Following last week’s look at key trends that will shape the global economy this year and beyond, today I’m keeping my promise to have a look at how all this translates into hard figures. All based on the opinion of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which published its latest World Economic Outlook Update as recently [...]

The key message we’ve been getting when thumbing through the international papers (and looking at statistical data) during the past few months is: the world economy is sort of stabilising on a low level, with recession technically over in most countries; but the recovery is shaky and who knows what’s waiting for us around the corner. [...]

Last Friday, the World Bank published its freshly-updated logistics performance index. An interesting read not only for suppliers of fast-moving consumer goods and retailers, but for businesses with a global reach in general!
 
Unsurprisingly, Germany with its flashy motorways and uncool police cars is at the top of the list – which results from a survey [...]

I’ve never dedicated a post to India exclusively, have I? Time to change this - today!
 
In fact, one of the most exciting pieces of news that I came across in recent weeks has been the story about how the Indian government announced that it is preparing to launch a USD20 billion road construction programme this [...]

 
As promised yesterday, here’s a roundup of economic developments that dared to happen between Christmas Eve and yesterday, while most of us were on holiday and not doing much except sleeping in, putting our feet up, lighting candles, extinguishing fires, and meeting family & friends.
 
But not everyone was that lazy, so here’s a list [...]

Lots of health, strength, happiness and success to all readers of this blog and in fact to everyone else, both in 2010 and beyond!
 
The regular updates will continue tomorrow, beginning with a summary of key developments that came up in the period from Christmas to today.
 
Have a good week,
Boris
 
 
 
 
For frequent small updates on developments that [...]

It all happened so suddenly… Isabel Cavill, our publications manager, came up with the idea on Monday… But I’m already becoming friends with the idea of having to condense news to just 140 characters!
 

 
For key updates on the world economy, consumer trends and tectonic shifts in retail that are not discussed in this blog - [...]

The United Nation’s two-week summit on climate change issues in Copenhagen is over, and the thin results have disappointed many, not least because there is such a sharp contrast with the high hopes that the event had been burdoned with. But were the high hopes ever justified? And what’s going to happen next?
 
 
The UN summit on [...]

Hooray, Germany can look forward to a series of tax cuts next year (in addition to winning the football world cup in South Africa)!
 
But once economic growth is back on solid ground, in order to bring the soaring budget deficit under control, the country is in for severe hikes that are unlikely to go [...]