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30 Sep 16
Brazil should pursue tougher austerity policies to bridge its substantial fiscal gap and pull its economy out of a painful recession, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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29 Sep 16
MEPs have rejected all the cuts to the union’s draft 2017 budget proposed by the European Council earlier this month.
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29 Sep 16
Pakistan has successfully completed its three-year, $6bn programme with the International Monetary Fund, and is set to receive its final $102m cash injection within the next few days.
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28 Sep 16
Policymakers must work to change the increasingly popular narrative that free trade only benefits the “fortunate few”, the International Monetary Fund has warned.
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27 Sep 16
The African Development Bank is preparing to throw the Nigerian government a $1bn lifeline to help plug the substantial government deficit amid the country’s first recession in 20 years.
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26 Sep 16
Nigeria has hunted down 700,000 tax-cheating firms and expects to identify 10 million non-tax paying individuals and make them pay up by December, the country’s tax chief has said.
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23 Sep 16
Anti-austerity policy reversals in Portugal are starting to rewind the country’s fragile economic recovery, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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22 Sep 16
The Asian Development bank has approved $631m in funding to develop the initial phase of a 2,500 kilometre system of roads, water and power infrastructure on India’s east coast.
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21 Sep 16
The world economy is set to remain in a “low growth trap”, the OECD has warned in its interim Economic Outlook.
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21 Sep 16
Digitising taxes in Tanzania could boost the country’s revenues by half a billion dollars every year, according to a United Nations report.
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19 Sep 16
China could be heading toward a banking crisis as a huge credit binge puts the world’s second largest economy under pressure, a global financial watchdog has warned.
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15 Sep 16
Improved public management has helped keep Tanzania on track to hit 7.2% growth in 2016, according to the governor of the country’s central bank.
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13 Sep 16
International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has called on governments to make globalisation more inclusive.
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13 Sep 16
Government spending in China rose 10.3% in August compared with the same period last year, according to the country’s ministry of finance.
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12 Sep 16
Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has said criticised international creditors for squabbling among themselves over potential debt relief for the country, which he claims is exacerbating its...
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12 Sep 16
International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has said Laos must maintain “the momentum of fiscal consolidation” to safeguard its transition to a lower-middle income country.
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9 Sep 16
The European Central Bank has held fire on extending its monetary policy stimulus measures to boost eurozone growth, even as the bank cut its growth forecasts for 2017 and 2018.
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8 Sep 16
The Nigerian government hopes to tackle the country’s first recession in more than 20 years by promoting the agriculture and solid minerals sectors in order to diversify the economy.
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8 Sep 16
Angolan finance minister Armando Manuel has been sacked from his post after presiding over a two-year economic slump triggered by the collapse in oil prices.
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7 Sep 16
South Africa has dodged a recession after figures published today show its economy grew by 3.3% in the second quarter, after shrinking by 1.2% in the first few months of 2016.
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7 Sep 16
Australia’s economy can now boast a quarter of a century without recession after official figures showed the economy grew 3.3% in the year to June.
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7 Sep 16
A United Nations report has unveiled the “staggering” cost of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory, where the economy might otherwise be twice its current size.
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5 Sep 16
The G20 have vowed to make the most of flexible fiscal policy to boost sluggish global growth, as well as to strengthen economic governance through transparency and international tax collaboration.
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5 Sep 16
Chinese president Xi Jinping has warned his fellow G20 leaders from allowing their latest meeting to become an empty “talk shop” as rising protectionism, sluggish investment and geopolitical risks...
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1 Sep 16
The International Monetary Fund has hinted today that another downgrade in global growth projections could be on the cards when it publishes its next economic outlook in October.
30 Sep 16Brazil should pursue tougher austerity policies to bridge its substantial fiscal gap and pull its economy out of a painful recession, according to the International Monetary Fund.
29 Sep 16MEPs have rejected all the cuts to the union’s draft 2017 budget proposed by the European Council earlier this month.
29 Sep 16Pakistan has successfully completed its three-year, $6bn programme with the International Monetary Fund, and is set to receive its final $102m cash injection within the next few days.
28 Sep 16Policymakers must work to change the increasingly popular narrative that free trade only benefits the “fortunate few”, the International Monetary Fund has warned.
27 Sep 16The African Development Bank is preparing to throw the Nigerian government a $1bn lifeline to help plug the substantial government deficit amid the country’s first recession in 20 years.
23 Sep 16Anti-austerity policy reversals in Portugal are starting to rewind the country’s fragile economic recovery, according to the International Monetary Fund.
22 Sep 16The Asian Development bank has approved $631m in funding to develop the initial phase of a 2,500 kilometre system of roads, water and power infrastructure on India’s east coast.
21 Sep 16The world economy is set to remain in a “low growth trap”, the OECD has warned in its interim Economic Outlook.
21 Sep 16Digitising taxes in Tanzania could boost the country’s revenues by half a billion dollars every year, according to a United Nations report.
19 Sep 16China could be heading toward a banking crisis as a huge credit binge puts the world’s second largest economy under pressure, a global financial watchdog has warned.
13 Sep 16International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has called on governments to make globalisation more inclusive.
13 Sep 16Government spending in China rose 10.3% in August compared with the same period last year, according to the country’s ministry of finance.
12 Sep 16Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has said criticised international creditors for squabbling among themselves over potential debt relief for the country, which he claims is exacerbating its...
9 Sep 16The European Central Bank has held fire on extending its monetary policy stimulus measures to boost eurozone growth, even as the bank cut its growth forecasts for 2017 and 2018.
8 Sep 16Angolan finance minister Armando Manuel has been sacked from his post after presiding over a two-year economic slump triggered by the collapse in oil prices.
7 Sep 16South Africa has dodged a recession after figures published today show its economy grew by 3.3% in the second quarter, after shrinking by 1.2% in the first few months of 2016.
7 Sep 16Australia’s economy can now boast a quarter of a century without recession after official figures showed the economy grew 3.3% in the year to June.
7 Sep 16A United Nations report has unveiled the “staggering” cost of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory, where the economy might otherwise be twice its current size.
5 Sep 16The G20 have vowed to make the most of flexible fiscal policy to boost sluggish global growth, as well as to strengthen economic governance through transparency and international tax collaboration.
5 Sep 16Chinese president Xi Jinping has warned his fellow G20 leaders from allowing their latest meeting to become an empty “talk shop” as rising protectionism, sluggish investment and geopolitical risks...
1 Sep 16The International Monetary Fund has hinted today that another downgrade in global growth projections could be on the cards when it publishes its next economic outlook in October.
