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Inflazzjoni jew Deflazzjoni?
Nitkellmu ta’ spiss fuq kemm xi kultant hemm baħar jaqsam bejn il-perċezzjoni u r-realta’. Dan żgur jgħodd fejn tidħol l-inflazzjoni. U sejjer nispjega għaliex. Hi x’inhi l-opinjoni politika tal-individwu, meta l-individwu jmur jixtri l-prodotti essenzjali li wieħed jgħix bihom, ikun qed imiss b’idejh l-gġoli tsl-prezzijiet tal-prodotti. Din ir-realta’ twassal biex l-individwu jibda jinkwieta li l-introjtu…
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The European Congress of Qualitative Inquiry 4th International Conference
“By sustainable finance, we are asking the financial services sector worldwide to take on a social, environmental and developmental responsibility,” stated Minister for Finance and Financial Services Edward Scicluna in his concluding address during a conference on the sustainability of the financial sector in Malta, organised by the Finance Forum at the Corinthia Hotel in…
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Is-Sostenibilta’ tal-Penzjonijiet
Meta wieħed iqis li terz tal-popolazzjoni hija magħmula minn pensjonanti, jirrejaliżża għaliex tant issir diskussjoni fuq il-pensjonijiet. Sakemm individwu jkun għadu attiv f-impieg, hu jkollu dħul finanzjarju regolari mill-impieg li jkollu u jkun hemm ukoll possibilita’ li jżid id-dħul tiegħu billi jew jagħmel l-overtime jew xi mpjieg part-time, li jkomplu jżidu id-dħul finanzjarju tiegħu. Għalhekk,…
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DBRS confirms Malta’s rating at ‘A’ (High) with a stable trend
“I am pleased to note the credit rating agency DBRS acknowledging that Malta’s current public finance position and debt dynamics provide the government valuable room to support the economy in the event of a negative shock. Reducing the debt burden and creating a fiscal buffer in case of need has been and will remain the…
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Biex inwasslu l-messaġġ
Malta għanda Prim Ministru ġdid, għanda Kabinett ġdid b’ħafna uċuħ ġodda. Għandna ukoll politika ġdida fis-sens li filwaqt li hemm bosta elementi ta’ kontinwita’ ta’ dak li hu tajjeb milli sar s;issa minn din l-Amministrazzjoni, hemm wkoll ħafna elementi ta’ tibdiliet. Dawn it-tibdiliet li qegħdin indaħħluhom biex jgħinuna nneħħu dawk l-elementi ta’ toqol tal-passat. B’dan…
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Finance Minister on Europe’s Green Deal
“Malta welcomes the European Green deal which is intended to synergise the economy, the environment and society”, said Finance and Financial Services Minister Edward Scicluna while intervening during the ECOFIN Council, which was held in Brussels. Minister Scicluna further noted, however, that the adoption of this strategy may be burdensome on some member states. Minister…
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KONTINWITÀ jew BIDLA
Kontinwita’ jew bidla? Żewġ kelmiet li jidhru kontradittorji għax jew se tbiddel u allura mhux se jkun hemm kontinwità jew inkella għall-kuntrarju tmur għal kontinwita’ u ma tbiddilx. Pero’ wieħed irid jidħol aktar fil-fond biex jifhem is-sens ta’ dawn iż-żewġ kelmiet. Fil-kuntest ta’ pajjiżna meta l-Prim Ministru l-ġdid jitkellem fuq kontinwita’, ma jfissirx li jkun…
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Is-Saħħa: Nibżgħu għaliha
F’dan l-ewwel artiklu tas-Sena l-Ġdida, nixtieq lill-qarrejja sena mimlija saħħa u ġid. Is-saħħa hija kollox għal bniedem għax bniedem mingħajr saħħa l-anqas jista’ jgawdi l-ġid li jkollu. Fl-irwol tiegħi ta’ ministru responsabbli mill-finanzi, is-settur tas-saħħa jinteressani mhux biss minħabba n-nefqa kbira fuq is-saħħa, iżda għax irrid nara wkoll li l-finanzi kollha li l-pajjiż jirnexxielu jdaħħal,…
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Fitch affirms Malta’s ‘A+’ rating with a positive outlook
The Ministry for Finance welcomes the latest credit rating report issued by Fitch which affirmed Malta’s rating at ‘A+’ with a positive outlook. The ‘A+’ rating reflects Malta’s institutions which are considered stronger than the majority of similarly rated countries. Malta also outperformed the ‘A’ median on the World Bank human development and governance indicators.…
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Budget 2020: Strument għat-tkabbir ekonomiku u għat-tqassim tal-ġid
Waqt konferenza stampa dwar il-Budget 2020, il-Ministru għall-Finanzi Edward Scicluna spjega li l-qafas ta’ kull baġit li ħejja dan il-gvern mill-2013 ’l hawn ġie msejjes fuq erba’ pilastri. Wieħed minn dawn il-pilastri hu li jiġi xprunat it-tkabbir ekonomiku permezz ta’ tisħiħ f’setturi eżistenti u ta’ diversifikazzjoni f’setturi u f’niċeċ ġodda flimkien mal-miżuri tal-Making Work Pay…