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1 Dec 20
Sweden’s central bank has imposed sustainability criteria on a SEK200bn (US$23bn) extension to its quantitative easing programme.
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23 Nov 20
Two ratings agencies have downgraded South Africa’s credit rating further into junk status, in a “painful” move that will increase the country’s borrowing costs and likely lead to spending cuts or...
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20 Nov 20
Germany should not let its rising debt stop it from taking “vigorous policy action” to mitigate the economic effects of Covid-19, the IMF has said after a visit to the country.
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13 Nov 20
A framework to help highly indebted developing countries through the Covid-19 crisis has been agreed by G20 finance ministers, but campaigners have said it fails to create a permanent solution to the...
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10 Nov 20
US president-elect Joe Biden faces some of the worst economic conditions in 70 years, ratings agency Moody’s has warned.
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3 Nov 20
France must begin establishing its medium-term fiscal plans to ensure they are ready in time to help the country recover from Covid-19, the IMF has said.
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29 Oct 20
Government debt is set to rise for the next five years in South Africa, but officials hope to keep public finances sustainable by slashing the deficit, the country’s finance minister said while...
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23 Oct 20
The Omani Sultan has approved a medium-term fiscal plan in the hope of balancing the country’s public finances and decreasing its dependence on oil revenue.
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20 Oct 20
Sudan can seek relief on its $60bn of external debt after its removal from a US list of state sponsors of terrorism, the country’s prime minister has said.
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15 Oct 20
The South Sudanese government is preparing to take out a loan to inject money “into the market”, hoping to fight rampant inflation plaguing the economy.
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13 Oct 20
The world’s poorest countries were at risk of debt crises even before Covid-19, with their debts climbing to the highest ever levels in 2019.
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9 Oct 20
Richer countries need to increase public investment to revive the global economy from its worst crash in recent times, the IMF has said.
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6 Oct 20
The next Australian budget will see the government take on record amounts of debt, with treasurer Josh Frydenberg saying he wants to support businesses to keep people in jobs during and after the...
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6 Oct 20
Some of the world’s poorest countries will continue to benefit from debt service relief for another six months, after the IMF extended its scheme.
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2 Oct 20
Muhammad Afnan Alam takes an in-depth look at the economic crisis that has engulfed Lebanon, that predates the Beirut explosion and even Covid-19.
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1 Oct 20
Hungary’s right-wing prime minister Viktor Orban has suggested his country will opt out of the European Union’s €750bn Covid-19 recovery fund in a row over democracy and the rule of law.
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29 Sep 20
The economic and health crises caused by Covid-19 led Germany’s overall public debt to its highest ever level in the first half of 2020, the country’s official statistics bureau Destatis has...
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28 Sep 20
The IMF has lent $90bn since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic – about one-third of its current total lending commitments.
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23 Sep 20
Zambia has asked to suspend debt service payments for six months to allow it to deal with the Covid-19 hit to its public finances.
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22 Sep 20
Developing economies have some breathing space to deal with Covid-19 thanks to intervention by global financial institutions. But will piling up debt make recovery prospects even more precarious?
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16 Sep 20
Africa needs fiscal space to deal with the pandemic, and it needs help from its creditors to get it, according to Senegalese president Micky Sall. Author NJ Ayuk explains why this doesn’t go far...
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21 Aug 20
Muhammad Afnan Alam outlines the role Sukuks are expected to play this year and beyond in Asia and the Middle East, as Covid-19 and low oil prices shake economies.
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18 Aug 20
Poor countries’ debt payments have reached their highest level since 2001, having grown by 115% in the past decade, new analysis has found.
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13 Aug 20
Higher funding needs from responding to Covid-19 along with declining oil sales will lead to greater sukuk issuance this year by the largest sovereign issuers, despite its decline as an overall share...
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17 Jul 20
Some coronavirus loans from the IMF are effectively being used to pay back loans from private lenders, without any of the money being used by the countries themselves to respond to the pandemic, a...
1 Dec 20Sweden’s central bank has imposed sustainability criteria on a SEK200bn (US$23bn) extension to its quantitative easing programme.
23 Nov 20Two ratings agencies have downgraded South Africa’s credit rating further into junk status, in a “painful” move that will increase the country’s borrowing costs and likely lead to spending cuts or...
20 Nov 20Germany should not let its rising debt stop it from taking “vigorous policy action” to mitigate the economic effects of Covid-19, the IMF has said after a visit to the country.
13 Nov 20A framework to help highly indebted developing countries through the Covid-19 crisis has been agreed by G20 finance ministers, but campaigners have said it fails to create a permanent solution to the...![Donald Trump and Joe Biden are the two main candidates for president in the 2020 US election [image: Shutterstock]](https://www.publicfinancefocus.org/sites/default/files/styles/pf_square/public/trump-biden-shutterstock_1724296963.jpg?itok=4JmS23o7 "Donald Trump and Joe Biden are the two main candidates for president in the 2020 US election [image: Shutterstock]")
10 Nov 20US president-elect Joe Biden faces some of the worst economic conditions in 70 years, ratings agency Moody’s has warned.
3 Nov 20France must begin establishing its medium-term fiscal plans to ensure they are ready in time to help the country recover from Covid-19, the IMF has said.
29 Oct 20Government debt is set to rise for the next five years in South Africa, but officials hope to keep public finances sustainable by slashing the deficit, the country’s finance minister said while...
23 Oct 20The Omani Sultan has approved a medium-term fiscal plan in the hope of balancing the country’s public finances and decreasing its dependence on oil revenue.
20 Oct 20Sudan can seek relief on its $60bn of external debt after its removal from a US list of state sponsors of terrorism, the country’s prime minister has said.
15 Oct 20The South Sudanese government is preparing to take out a loan to inject money “into the market”, hoping to fight rampant inflation plaguing the economy.
9 Oct 20Richer countries need to increase public investment to revive the global economy from its worst crash in recent times, the IMF has said.
6 Oct 20The next Australian budget will see the government take on record amounts of debt, with treasurer Josh Frydenberg saying he wants to support businesses to keep people in jobs during and after the...
6 Oct 20Some of the world’s poorest countries will continue to benefit from debt service relief for another six months, after the IMF extended its scheme.
2 Oct 20Muhammad Afnan Alam takes an in-depth look at the economic crisis that has engulfed Lebanon, that predates the Beirut explosion and even Covid-19.
1 Oct 20Hungary’s right-wing prime minister Viktor Orban has suggested his country will opt out of the European Union’s €750bn Covid-19 recovery fund in a row over democracy and the rule of law.
29 Sep 20The economic and health crises caused by Covid-19 led Germany’s overall public debt to its highest ever level in the first half of 2020, the country’s official statistics bureau Destatis has...
28 Sep 20The IMF has lent $90bn since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic – about one-third of its current total lending commitments.
23 Sep 20Zambia has asked to suspend debt service payments for six months to allow it to deal with the Covid-19 hit to its public finances.
16 Sep 20Africa needs fiscal space to deal with the pandemic, and it needs help from its creditors to get it, according to Senegalese president Micky Sall. Author NJ Ayuk explains why this doesn’t go far...
21 Aug 20Muhammad Afnan Alam outlines the role Sukuks are expected to play this year and beyond in Asia and the Middle East, as Covid-19 and low oil prices shake economies.
17 Jul 20Some coronavirus loans from the IMF are effectively being used to pay back loans from private lenders, without any of the money being used by the countries themselves to respond to the pandemic, a...
