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3 Dec 21
Japan’s economic rebound from Covid-19 would be buoyed by spending to boost the country’s digital transformation, according to the OECD.
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30 Nov 21
The Australian government brought forward next year’s budget by two months in a move suggesting it will call an election in May, right at the end of its term limit.
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30 Nov 21
Improving Pakistan’s tax collection is the key to economic stability and reducing its reliance on foreign loans, prime minister Imran Khan has said.
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25 Nov 21
More than 300 million more people in India will receive Covid-19 vaccines following the approval of a loan from the Asian Development Bank.
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24 Nov 21
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has raised interest rates for the second time in two months to help manage soaring inflation and house prices.
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22 Nov 21
The International Monetary Fund will resume a $6bn programme with Pakistan it paused in April, following negotiations that took more than a month to complete.
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15 Nov 21
Bhutan’s adoption of an index measuring gross national happiness has helped guide the country’s response to Covid-19.
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11 Nov 21
Pacific countries struggling against the effects of climate change need financial solutions that do not increase their debt, the prime minister of the Cook Islands has said.
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8 Nov 21
The Japanese government plans to spend big on a series of measures aimed at helping the economy through its ongoing struggle with Covid-19, according to reports.
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3 Nov 21
The Asian Development Bank has launched two multi-billion-dollar pilots aimed at the early retirement or repurposing of coal power plants, to help meet long-term climate goals.
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2 Nov 21
The Reserve Bank of Australia has abandoned the yield target policy it introduced at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, recognising that a rate rise could come sooner than previously expected.
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2 Nov 21
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has called for improved finance opportunities to help address climate change, after the nation pledged to hit carbon neutrality by 2070.
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25 Oct 21
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has hailed his country’s Covid-19 vaccine drive as setting “new benchmarks of public service delivery” and spurring the economic recovery.
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15 Oct 21
Japan’s new prime minister has set up a taskforce to reduce wealth disparities in a bid to create a “virtuous cycle of growth and distribution”, claiming market forces have left some people behind.
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12 Oct 21
The New Zealand government was able to post a much smaller deficit in its 2021 budget, due to a stronger than predicted economic rebound from Covid-19.
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11 Oct 21
The Australian Treasury has revealed it paid out $27bn (£14.6bn) in Covid-19 support payments to businesses that did not meet the criteria, but said it did not ask for the money back to protect the...
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6 Oct 21
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has raised its interest rate to help reduce soaring property prices.
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6 Oct 21
Ratings agency Moody’s has upgraded the outlook on India’s credit rating to stable from negative based on optimism about a reduction in the government deficit.
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1 Oct 21
New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian has resigned after corruption investigators announced they were looking into whether she had acted dishonestly regarding public grant funding.
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29 Sep 21
Lower and middle income countries have far more debt to China than many institutions believe, and the problem is becoming worse, a US study has found.
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29 Sep 21
The Indonesia government is set to spend $190bn next year, as the nation aims to gradually reduce its deficit to 3% of GDP.
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17 Sep 21
World Bank economists have urged Bangladesh to redirect social protection schemes towards the urban poor, saying the move could cut the extreme poverty rate from 22% to just 4%.
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14 Sep 21
Malaysia’s cabinet wants to increase the government’s legal debt limit for the second time in two years, to allow it to continue to deal with the Covid-19 crisis.
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9 Sep 21
Chinese government revenue and spending could match for the first time in more than three decades, even with Beijing looking to spur the economic recovery from Covid-19, a researcher has found.
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1 Sep 21
South Korea is looking to create a “virtuous cycle” of public spending and economic growth, unveiling its 2022 budget which is set to take government debt over 50% of GDP for the first time.
3 Dec 21Japan’s economic rebound from Covid-19 would be buoyed by spending to boost the country’s digital transformation, according to the OECD.
30 Nov 21The Australian government brought forward next year’s budget by two months in a move suggesting it will call an election in May, right at the end of its term limit.
30 Nov 21Improving Pakistan’s tax collection is the key to economic stability and reducing its reliance on foreign loans, prime minister Imran Khan has said.
25 Nov 21More than 300 million more people in India will receive Covid-19 vaccines following the approval of a loan from the Asian Development Bank.
24 Nov 21The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has raised interest rates for the second time in two months to help manage soaring inflation and house prices.
22 Nov 21The International Monetary Fund will resume a $6bn programme with Pakistan it paused in April, following negotiations that took more than a month to complete.
15 Nov 21Bhutan’s adoption of an index measuring gross national happiness has helped guide the country’s response to Covid-19.
11 Nov 21Pacific countries struggling against the effects of climate change need financial solutions that do not increase their debt, the prime minister of the Cook Islands has said.
8 Nov 21The Japanese government plans to spend big on a series of measures aimed at helping the economy through its ongoing struggle with Covid-19, according to reports.
3 Nov 21The Asian Development Bank has launched two multi-billion-dollar pilots aimed at the early retirement or repurposing of coal power plants, to help meet long-term climate goals.
2 Nov 21Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has called for improved finance opportunities to help address climate change, after the nation pledged to hit carbon neutrality by 2070.
12 Oct 21The New Zealand government was able to post a much smaller deficit in its 2021 budget, due to a stronger than predicted economic rebound from Covid-19.
6 Oct 21Ratings agency Moody’s has upgraded the outlook on India’s credit rating to stable from negative based on optimism about a reduction in the government deficit.
29 Sep 21Lower and middle income countries have far more debt to China than many institutions believe, and the problem is becoming worse, a US study has found.
29 Sep 21The Indonesia government is set to spend $190bn next year, as the nation aims to gradually reduce its deficit to 3% of GDP.
17 Sep 21World Bank economists have urged Bangladesh to redirect social protection schemes towards the urban poor, saying the move could cut the extreme poverty rate from 22% to just 4%.
14 Sep 21Malaysia’s cabinet wants to increase the government’s legal debt limit for the second time in two years, to allow it to continue to deal with the Covid-19 crisis.
9 Sep 21Chinese government revenue and spending could match for the first time in more than three decades, even with Beijing looking to spur the economic recovery from Covid-19, a researcher has found.
1 Sep 21South Korea is looking to create a “virtuous cycle” of public spending and economic growth, unveiling its 2022 budget which is set to take government debt over 50% of GDP for the first time.
