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15 Aug 23
Plans to reform public procurement will help to boost US supply chains and contribute to the nation’s net zero goal, the federal government has said.
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11 Aug 23
Taxes on marijuana have provided modest revenue for US states since they legalised the sale of the plant for recreational use.
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11 Aug 23
Rising service demand and the cost of supporting asylum seekers could leave New York City with a cumulative budget deficit of almost $40bn by 2027, the state spending watchdog has said.
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4 Aug 23
Repeated last-minute fixes to the US debt limit have hit confidence in the country’s government to such an extent that Fitch downgraded its rating, also warning of growing debt and rising deficits.
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14 Jul 23
New technical work has brought a long-awaited solution for taxing giant digital companies forward, the OECD has said, but progress has been far slower than first hoped – and trade tensions are on the...
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16 Jun 23
The US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank have announced their new rates
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16 Jun 23
US senators have tabled a bill that would allow the transfer of seized Russian government assets to Ukraine to fund its reconstruction after being devastated by war.
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30 May 23
The US will limit spending but suspend its debt ceiling and avoid a “catastrophic” default, if a deal made between president Joe Biden and speaker Kevin McCarthy is voted through.
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26 May 23
Political partisanship is getting in the way of action on the US debt limit, casting uncertainty over its ability to meet its obligations.
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16 May 23
The US government might not be able to pay all of its obligations within a month if politicians do not raise the country’s ‘debt ceiling’.
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2 May 23
A May Day deal on pay has led to a Canadian trade union effectively ending one of the largest public sector strikes in the country’s history.
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27 Apr 23
A bill passed by the House of Representatives to lift the debt limit and cut future spending has “no chance” of becoming law, the US president’s spokesperson has said.
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21 Apr 23
US president Joe Biden has allocated $1.5bn to help speed up access to climate finance and prevent deforestation, and has urged international partners to step up their ambitions to meet climate goals...
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6 Apr 23
Mayoral proposals to cut budgets next year risks destabilising public services and undermining the city’s recovery, council leaders have warned.
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31 Mar 23
Staff cuts under former president Donald Trump’s leadership have hurt the US Treasury’s ability to oversee financial markets and the banking sector, the department’s top official has said.
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10 Mar 23
More than a third of British Columbia’s biggest public sector organisations do not have an ongoing process to identify and assess fraud risks, its regional auditor has warned.
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15 Feb 23
US president Joe Biden has appointed the vice-chair of the Federal Reserve as his new director of the National Economic Council.
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24 Jan 23
The US Treasury has renewed pledges to reform how it collects taxes and ensure the Inland Revenue Service can recover billions of dollars of unpaid taxes.
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17 Jan 23
The US Congress not raising the country’s debt ceiling could lead to “irreparable harm” to the US and the world economy if the government ended up defaulting, Treasury secretary Janet Yellen said.
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6 Jan 23
US president Joe Biden has hit back at claims the world’s largest economy is set for a recession this year, saying it was instead headed towards a “new plateau” of steady (albeit lower) growth.
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22 Dec 22
An emotional appeal by the Ukrainian president in the US secured more than $2bn in new aid for his country amid continued Russian aggression.
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20 Dec 22
North America’s two major economies will experience low growth and tight financing conditions as interest rates get pushed further upwards, analysts have said as they looked towards next year.
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1 Nov 22
Oil companies making vast profits because of high prices pushed up by the war in Ukraine could have to pay more tax if they do not lower their prices, US president Joe Biden has said.
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21 Oct 22
New York’s housing officials have been urged to offer tax breaks to ‘early adopters’ to meet Net Zero targets.
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27 Sep 22
A recent package of tax cuts announced by the UK government “doesn’t help” global economic uncertainty, a US Federal Reserve official has warned amid an overwhelmingly negative investor reaction.
15 Aug 23Plans to reform public procurement will help to boost US supply chains and contribute to the nation’s net zero goal, the federal government has said.
11 Aug 23Taxes on marijuana have provided modest revenue for US states since they legalised the sale of the plant for recreational use.
11 Aug 23Rising service demand and the cost of supporting asylum seekers could leave New York City with a cumulative budget deficit of almost $40bn by 2027, the state spending watchdog has said.
4 Aug 23Repeated last-minute fixes to the US debt limit have hit confidence in the country’s government to such an extent that Fitch downgraded its rating, also warning of growing debt and rising deficits.
14 Jul 23New technical work has brought a long-awaited solution for taxing giant digital companies forward, the OECD has said, but progress has been far slower than first hoped – and trade tensions are on the...
16 Jun 23The US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank have announced their new rates
16 Jun 23US senators have tabled a bill that would allow the transfer of seized Russian government assets to Ukraine to fund its reconstruction after being devastated by war.
16 May 23The US government might not be able to pay all of its obligations within a month if politicians do not raise the country’s ‘debt ceiling’.
2 May 23A May Day deal on pay has led to a Canadian trade union effectively ending one of the largest public sector strikes in the country’s history.
27 Apr 23A bill passed by the House of Representatives to lift the debt limit and cut future spending has “no chance” of becoming law, the US president’s spokesperson has said.
10 Mar 23More than a third of British Columbia’s biggest public sector organisations do not have an ongoing process to identify and assess fraud risks, its regional auditor has warned.
22 Dec 22An emotional appeal by the Ukrainian president in the US secured more than $2bn in new aid for his country amid continued Russian aggression.
20 Dec 22North America’s two major economies will experience low growth and tight financing conditions as interest rates get pushed further upwards, analysts have said as they looked towards next year.
27 Sep 22A recent package of tax cuts announced by the UK government “doesn’t help” global economic uncertainty, a US Federal Reserve official has warned amid an overwhelmingly negative investor reaction.
