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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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23 Nov 21
Is the world’s obsession with gross domestic product the biggest barrier to achieving net zero?
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22 Nov 21
Covid-19’s long-term economic impact on growth in developed countries has been tipped to be far less severe than many anticipated at the start of the pandemic.
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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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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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28 Oct 21
Countries are depleting their resources in the search for short-term economic gains that leave their future development unsustainable, the World Bank has warned.
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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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25 Oct 21
Nigeria’s new digital currency is expected to increase tax takings and drive economic growth, the country’s president has said.
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18 Oct 21
Poland’s constitutional court ruling that Polish law takes precedence over EU laws has “meaningful risks to growth and governance” in the eastern European country, according to rating agency Fitch.
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15 Oct 21
Top economists have revised down Germany’s growth forecast for this year, due to manufacturing bottlenecks and the impact of Covid-19 on services.
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7 Sep 21
From Chinese provinces to Dutch dairy pastures, a new accounting approach is helping put a monetary value on green policy measures.
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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.
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12 Aug 21
Weak medium-term growth means the Japanese government faces a challenge to bring down its sky-high public debt, rating agency Fitch has said.
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5 Aug 21
Declining birth rates and increases in life expectancy could see economic growth increase for sub-Saharan African nations in the long-term, according to ratings agency S&P.
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30 Jul 21
Sanctions and Covid-19 have led North Korea’s economy to its biggest contraction in more than two decades, according to South Korea’s central bank.
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28 Jul 21
Violent civil unrest in South Africa risks harming the economic recovery from Covid-19 and threatens medium-term growth, according to rating agency S&P Global.
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28 Jul 21
Highly infectious new strains of Covid-19 could scupper the economic recovery and take as much as $4.5trn off of global GDP by 2025, the International Monetary Fund’s chief economist has warned.
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15 Jul 21
An ongoing third wave of Covid-19 cases has caused the World Bank to lower its growth projections for Thailand, which it said needs to maintain its support for the most in need.
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5 Jul 21
Joe Biden’s social and infrastructure spending has been tipped to still have a noticeable impact on GDP in a decade’s time because he is targeting long-term benefits to the economy.
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9 Jun 21
The Chinese economy will grow at a slower rate in the second half of this year as external supply chain disruptions impact on Covid-19 recovery, according to ratings agency Moody’s.
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25 May 21
Covid-19 has led the International Monetary Fund to update its approach to giving policy advice to governments as they navigate the recovery, recognising the challenges the pandemic has created.
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20 May 21
Covid-19 threatens decades of progress by African countries on towards becoming advanced economies, and world finance leaders have been warned the continent needs huge investment in the coming years.
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5 May 21
Thailand is planning a new round of measures to help low-income groups through its biggest wave of Covid-19 cases since the pandemic began.
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28 Apr 21
Developing economies in Asia could recover faster than expected from Covid-19 but some countries are likely to lag behind, the Asian Development Bank has said.
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27 Apr 21
Post-pandemic optimism for Norway’s economy should be tempered by longer-term risks such as an oil revenue slowdown and its ageing population, International Monetary Fund economists have said.