The Central Bank has extended the universal license of Tinkoff Bank. The credit organization received the right to conduct operations with precious metals, follows from the information on the website of the Central Bank. The license was updated on April 11. Now “Tinkoff Bank” can attract and place precious metals (except coins) individuals and legal […]

Russia under sanctions pressure needs to pay special attention to projects and plans related to the development of the Arctic zone, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. “Now, given all sorts of restrictions and sanctions pressure, we need to pay special attention to all projects and plans related to the Arctic. Do not postpone them, […]

Broker Univer Capital has reached a preliminary agreement with the Central Bank of Russia on the development of a rehabilitation plan, RBC writes with reference to the broker’s message. “The company has reached a preliminary agreement with the Central Bank of Russia to prepare a plan of financial rehabilitation of the company,” Univer Capital said. […]

Germany may face the highest inflation rates in decades, according to a report prepared by a group of economic research institutes, including Ifo. The experts of the institutes have drawn up two scenarios for the development of the German economy amid a high level of uncertainty about energy supplies from Russia. The baseline scenario provides […]

The UK government has extended sanctions against entrepreneurs and companies from Russia, the British Foreign Ministry said in a notification. The UK has added more than 200 companies and individuals to the sanctions list. LUKOIL (MCX:LKOH) head Vagit Alekperov, Sistema chairman Vladimir Yevtushenkov and Viktor Medvedchuk, head of the Ukrainian party Opposition Platform – For […]

The U.S. dollar is getting cheaper against most of the world’s major currencies on Thursday morning as traders await the outcome of the April meeting of the European Central Bank (ECB). The ECB at the end of the meeting on Thursday will not change key interest rates, believes the vast majority of analysts. At the […]

Quotes of gold futures declined during Asian trading on Thursday. On COMEX, a division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, gold futures for delivery in June are trading at $1.00 per troy ounce, down 0.57% at the time of writing this commentary. The low of the session was at $ per troy ounce. At the […]

Inflation in the United States may have peaked in March and may now begin to decline, but the Federal Reserve (Fed) should still undertake a series of key rate hikes, according to Christopher Waller, a member of the Board of Governors of the Fed. U.S. consumer prices soared at an annualized rate of 8.5% in […]

The Central Bank is considering easing the requirements for the sale of foreign currency earnings by exporters, and the European Commission has presented the member states with an analysis of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decree on paying for gas from Russia in rubles – these and other important news for Thursday morning, April 14, in […]

The number of reported cases of coronavirus infection in the world reached 501 million 934 thousand 180 as of Thursday morning, data from the American Johns Hopkins University showed. Since the virus began spreading, 6 million 189,772 people have died worldwide after contracting COVID-19. Countries with more than 20 million infections include the US, India, […]

Tesl CEO Ilon Musk has offered to buy out Twitter for $54.20 per share, Bloomberg writes. Musk offered to “purchase all of the issuer’s outstanding common stock, valuing the securities at $54.20 per share,” according to the report. “After investing in the company, I realized that it would neither thrive nor serve this public need […]

The European Commission has warned EU countries that paying for Russian gas in rubles will be considered a violation of sanctions restrictions. Bloomberg cites a source familiar with the European Commission’s conclusions. According to the agency, the European Commission has conducted a preliminary legal analysis of the decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to […]

The government may introduce restrictions on the export of coking coal from Russia, and the Ministry of Finance has finalized the draft law on the regulation of digital currencies in Russia – these and other important news for Friday morning, April 15, in our daily review. The Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Industry […]

The Russian market on April 15 continued the negative dynamics of the previous day. In the first minutes of trading, the MosBirch index fell by 2.14% to 2353.24 points. This is evidenced by the trading data. Last time below the value of the Mosbirji index fell on February 25, 2022. The RTS index fell by […]

In today’s trading, the US dollar is steadily strengthening against the euro, yen and pound sterling on growing expectations of rapid policy tightening by the Federal Reserve (Fed). More and more Fed chiefs are speaking out in favor of raising the prime rate by 50 basis points (bps) at once as US inflation jumped to […]

Alfa Bank’s iOS application has become unavailable for downloading and updating in the App Store, RBC reports. If you follow the link from the bank’s website to download the application in the App Store, the following message appears: “The application is not available in your country or region”. The bank clarified that if the latest […]

Consumer prices in France in March 2022, calculated according to French standards, increased by 4.5% in annualized terms after an increase of 3.6% in February, according to the final data of the National Statistics Office Insee. Relative to the previous month, prices increased by 1.4%. The data coincided with the previously announced dynamics. The acceleration […]

According to Bernstein analysts, China’s latest quarantine restrictions pose an even greater risk to global inflation than in 2020, as the world has become more dependent on Chinese goods since the pandemic began, CNBC writes. The global dependence on China is evident in the numbers: China’s share of global exports rose to 15.4 percent in […]