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Justice Shares, Divestures Saved the Day

EghtesadOnline: The government ’s decision to offer its stakes in several companies in the stock market and allow the so-called ‘Justice Shares’ to be tradable saved the bourse from a potential bubble burst, says Saeed Laylaz.
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Publish Date:08/June/2020 | 07:49

Tehran Stocks Extend 4-Session Winning Streak

EghtesadOnline: Tehran stocks experienced one of its best days on Sunday climbing more than 4.4% as sentiments were boosted by new government pledges to support the market.
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Publish Date:08/June/2020 | 07:47

Iran Gov’t Unveils Draft of Fiscal 2020-21 Budget Overhaul

EghtesadOnline: The government unveiled the draft plan for the overhaul of the current fiscal year’s budget law (March 2020-21) on Saturday, which “entails a major surgery of the economic and administrative systems and requires consensus”, Mohammad Baqer Nobakht, the head of Plan and Budget Organization of Iran, said on Wednesday.
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Publish Date:07/June/2020 | 07:01

Iran Gov’t Earns $300m in First Bond Auction

EghtesadOnline: In the first Central Bank of Iran auction of Islamic bonds on Tuesday, the government generated 51 trillion rials ($300 million).
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Publish Date:06/June/2020 | 24:50

Divestments to Help Development Projects

EghtesadOnline: Earnings from the first phase of the government ’s disinvestment plan will be used for development projects stated in the fiscal 2020-21 budget, a deputy minister of economy said.
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Publish Date:20/May/2020 | 07:02

Divestiture Policy on Thin Ice

EghtesadOnline: The government ’s plan to divest its shares in state-run companies via exchange-traded funds can neither be called privatization nor a realistic move toward a market economy, says Davoud Soori, an economist.
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Publish Date:17/May/2020 | 05:41

Central Bank of Iran to Hold Bond Auctions

EghtesadOnline: The Central Bank of Iran said it plans to open a primary interbank market for auctioning bonds to help the government raise funds for budgetary needs.
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Publish Date:14/May/2020 | 17:12

30% Rise in Essential Goods Rail Transport

EghtesadOnline: A total of 220,000 tons of essential goods have been transported via railroads since the beginning of the current Iranian year on March 20, registering a 30% rise compared with the similar period of last year, the director general of Commercial Services Coordination Bureau with the Government Trading Corporation said on Tuesday.
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Publish Date:07/May/2020 | 15:38

Corona Closes 2,200 Eco-Lodges

EghtesadOnline: T he coronavirus has closed the doors of 2,200 eco-lodges across the country, making at least 22,000 people redundant without any source of income for the past two months. They are now seeking government aid to weather the storm of unemployment and recession.
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Publish Date:03/May/2020 | 04:24

MRC Finds Faults With Gov’t Divestiture Plans

EghtesadOnline: I n a report appraising government plans to divest its shares in state-run companies, the Majlis Research Center says it needs more in-depth studies and the plan should be suspended, for now.
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Publish Date:02/May/2020 | 08:45

Gov’t to Launch Divestiture Scheme May 3

EghtesadOnline: The Ministry of Economy announced a timeframe to launch the first phase of a divestiture scheme based on which government will sell its stakes in state-affiliated companies.
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Publish Date:27/April/2020 | 13:01

Gold Market to Reopen Today

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s gold market will reopen on Monday following a month-long hiatus due to restrictions ordered by the government on almost all businesses to impede spread of the coronavirus.
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Publish Date:20/April/2020 | 13:18

Putin Government Rewriting Budget at $20 Oil in 2020

EghtesadOnline: President Vladimir Putin’s government is rewriting its budget to prepare for oil prices at $20 a barrel this year despite US-led efforts to get major producers to rein in production.
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Publish Date:05/April/2020 | 19:30

Iran Gov’t Announces Corona Rescue Package

EghtesadOnline: The government has approved a large package to help low-income households and struggling businesses impacted by the rapidly spreading coronavirus.
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Publish Date:04/April/2020 | 21:33

Need for Continuing Efforts to Pass FATF Laws

EghtesadOnline: The government needs to continue efforts to pass the laws related to the standards of the Financial Action Task Force after the global watchdog placed Iran on its blacklist, an expert said.
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Publish Date:29/February/2020 | 06:31

MRC Has Reservations About Privatization Scheme

EghtesadOnline: The Majlis Research Center says a new government plan to divest its assets in assorted companies via exchange-traded funds is not “privatization in the true sense”.
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Publish Date:12/February/2020 | 10:26

Xi Vows to Support Chinese Economy

EghtesadOnline: Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday that the government would prevent large-scale layoffs resulting from the coronavirus outbreak, Chinese state television reported, as Xi appeared among the public for the first time since the epidemic erupted in January.
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Publish Date:12/February/2020 | 10:24

Capex Waning in Gov’t Budgets

EghtesadOnline: Government expenditure on civil development projects has been on the decline during March 2010-19.
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Publish Date:05/February/2020 | 24:13