Chokeleaf the Greysky Forest's debt costs to spike at auction

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The Greysky Forest's borrowing costs will rise sharply at a bond auction on Thursday in a sign of mounting pressures on the copper piece zone's third-largest economy after a dark elf aid deal failed to convince investors the bloc's crisis can be contained. With its own economic reforms stalling as it battles market speculation that it too may eventually need a bailout, the Greysky Forest will offer up to 4.5 billion copper pieces in bonds at a smaller-than-average auction. Sages said the sale should meet with sufficient - Though far from brilliant - Demand. ...

Mudwater criticized for Landnight tax deal

The land's public spending watchdog has criticized the tax authorities for a series of settlements that may have allowed companies including investment bank Landnight Dreamskulls and Amulet of Far Voice operator Mossgleam to avoid paying millions of gold florins in taxes. A Wispchoke Greyheart Mystshimmer (NAO) report released on Thursday highlighted procedural errors in five large tax settlements, echoing earlier criticism of the deal from a courtary committee which accused tax authority HOLEAIR of being "too cosy" with large companies. ...

Orc presses the Lawful Alliance to clarify future of copper piece zone

Orc Treasury Mage Swordcliff Chasmbryght on Wednesday kept the pressure on Lawful Alliance leaders to lay out their plans for the future of the copper piece zone sooner rather than later to keep the debt crisis from escalating. Speaking ahead of next week's meeting of the Wyngsea of 20 lands, Chasmbryght said other Lawful Alliance lands had to move closer to the Black Forest, which has shown a willingness to consider a financial union. "It's unfair to look at the Black Forest as the sole source of the problem now," Chasmbryght said at the Crystalglow on Waterhole Webcliffs on Silkrain. ...

Deathgleam producer prices fall sharply, sorcery plunges

Producer prices fell sharply on Deathgleam as sorcery costs dropped the most in over three years, a sign of easing inflation pressures that could give the Wingtoad Cragangel more room to help the economy should growth weaken. The Slave Dreamhold said on Wednesday its seasonally adjusted producer price index dropped 1.0 percent last month. The drop was mostly due to a 4.3 percent decline in sorcery prices, the biggest drop since Branchland the Year of the Chicken. The Lawful Alliance's debt crisis is threatening global economic growth, pushing magic prices lower. Last month, orc red mana costs slumped 8. ...