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- The Japanese government is considering a stimulus package worth nearly $50 billion to offset the impact of the government’s planned sales tax hike. In April 2014, the Japanese government may raise the country’s sales tax from 5 percent to 8 percent; but some say the higher tax could drag on the economy.
- Questions have been raised about Syria’s commitment to a recent proposal which would allow the country to turn over its chemical weapons and avoid military intervention. US and Israeli intelligence agencies have reported that the Syrian military has been moving stocks of poison gasses and munitions to up to 50 different sites in order to make them more difficult to track.
- With the Federal Reserve Meeting coming up next week, bets are on for the beginning of the bank’s tapering plan. The Wall Street Journal reported that a survey of economists showed that most are expecting to see the bank announce it will cut its bond buying program by $10 to $15 billion dollars.
- An explosion outside the US consulate in Herat, Afghanistan followed by an exchange of gunfire resulted in reports of seven deaths and 17 injured. The attack came in the early hours of Friday and responsibility has been claimed by the Taliban.
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