In an earlier article I discussed about the total tax revenues as a percentage of GDP.In this post lets a look at three charts about corporate taxes in the U.S. Chart 1: Click to enlarge Chart 2: Chart 3: Source: Ten Charts that Prove the United States Is a Low-Tax Country, Center for American Progress. …
The following table shows the World’s Natural Gas Reserves by Country: Russia, Iran and Qatar account for over 50% of the world’s reserves with Russia alone holding over 25% of the world’s reserves. The following table shows the World’s Oil Reserves by Country: The top three oil-rich countries are Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Canada. The …
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Crude oil prices have risen in the past few months on fears of war on Iran, global supply disruptions and a multitude of other factors. From $96.0 a barrel last month oil rose over $110 recently but closed down $2.24 at $106.60 for April delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Despite the rise in …
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In the past few months global equity markets rose on the hopes of an economic recovery. During that time crude oil prices also steadily increased. However in recent weeks crude oil prices have shot up strongly with the Greek economic crisis and the war on Iran taking center stage again. While an attack on Iran …
This week President Obama reduce the corporate tax rate from 35% to 28% in order to stimulate economic growth. Naturally this has kicked off a political firestorm as some consider this to a classic political ploy in an election year while others strongly support the plan. From an article in the New York Times: WASHINGTON …
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