Global trade increased month-on-month in July
Global trade increased month-on-month in July. On a month-on-month basis, world trade rose 0.3 percent (+1.8 revised from +2.0). The statistics are presented by Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB). Global, %July, 2026June, 2026RevisedWorld trade, MoM0.32.01.8World trade, three-month average1.20.40.1
Nelly Group’s CFO Josefin Dalum leaves
Nelly Group’s CFO Josefin Dalum leaves
Bailey: High energy prices make it harder to keep interest rates unchanged
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey says that persistently high energy prices are making it increasingly difficult for the central bank to keep its policy rate unchanged. Reuters reports. Bailey also said that the bank cannot wait for conclusive evidence of how energy prices are affecting inflation expectations, even though the pass-through has so far […]
Norges Hytteforbund opposes tax on cabin gains
Norges Hytteforbund opposes the Tax Committee’s proposal that gains from the sale of holiday homes should be taxed at 22 percent. Today, sales are tax-free after at least five years of ownership and use. The association warns that the proposal could make intergenerational transfers more difficult and wants exemptions for inheritances and buyouts of co-heirs.
Fortum reaches 90 percent in bid for Elmera
Finnish energy company Fortum has received acceptances for its cash offer for Elmera from shareholders representing approximately 90.02 percent of the shares and votes, meaning that the offer’s minimum acceptance condition has been met. The offer is NOK 47 per share and the acceptance period runs until October 2. The other completion conditions remain in […]
Japan’s finance minister: Takaichi is not a reflationist
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi does not support reflationary policies and respects the central bank’s independence, according to Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama. Bloomberg reports. Katayama is thereby trying to play down investors’ concerns that the government wants to sharply increase spending and pressure the Bank of Japan to keep interest rates low. She also reiterated […]
Reports: Fed plans to raise thresholds for enhanced bank supervision – Reuters
The Federal Reserve is working on a plan to raise the asset thresholds that trigger stricter supervision of U.S. banks. Reuters reports this, citing four sources with knowledge of the matter. The highest threshold could be raised from 700 billion dollars to around 960 billion dollars, while certain requirements linked to the current 100 billion […]
Vaisala converts 40,000 K shares into A shares
Measurement technology company Vaisala’s Board of Directors has decided to convert 40,000 K shares into A shares. The conversion was registered in the Trade Register on 25 September. Following the change, Vaisala has 36,436,728 shares, of which 3,051,928 are K shares and 33,384,800 are A shares. The total number of votes amounts to 94,423,360. The […]
Kremlin: Trilateral meeting on Ukraine could be held soon
A trilateral meeting between Russia, Ukraine and the United States on efforts to end the war in Ukraine could be held shortly, according to the Kremlin. Reuters reports this. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that the meeting could take place at a technical level in the United Arab Emirates. The Kremlin meanwhile says that […]
Boliden board member Victoire de Margerie makes her first share purchase
Victoire de Margerie bought 500 shares in mining company Boliden on 27 August, where she is a board member. The shares were purchased at a price of SEK 566.20 per share, a transaction worth SEK 283,100. The transaction was carried out on Nasdaq Stockholm. This is shown by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority’s insider register. […]
