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8 Nov 16
Spain’s new council of ministers will work for job creation reforms and budget stability, it has said after its first meeting.
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3 Nov 16
Egypt has liberalised its exchange rate and devalued its currency by almost 50% in a bid to secure a $12bn International Monetary Fund loan to rescue the country from economy from crisis.
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11 Oct 16
European Union unemployment is at its lowest level since 2009, according to figures published by the European Commission today.
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10 Oct 16
The International Monetary Fund has slashed its budget deficit projections for oil-exporting countries in the Middle East and North Africa over the next five years, by over $230bn.
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12 Sep 16
The world’s first ever cross-border social impact bond was launched in Europe last week, to help unemployed Dutch people find jobs in Germany.
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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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23 Aug 16
The Jamaican authorities are continuing their “strong” implementation of the IMF’s requirements under the extended fund facility programme, it has been announced.
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18 Aug 16
The rate of unemployment in France has fallen below 10% for the first time since 2012.
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1 Aug 16
The Tunisian parliament has overwhelmingly voted to sack the country’s prime minister Habib Essid, effectively dissolving the government.
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8 Jul 16
The International Monetary Fund has slashed its growth forecasts for South Africa and called for urgent reform in Africa’s most developed country.
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23 Jun 16
The International Monetary Fund has cut its growth forecasts for the US economy, warning of threats from high rates of poverty and inequality and sluggish productivity.
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2 Jun 16
Tunisia has secured more than $8bn in loans from the European Union, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank over the past month as the country seeks to revive its fragile economy.
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26 Apr 16
Saudi Arabia has unveiled an ambitious plan to overhaul the country’s economy and end its “addiction to oil”.
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10 Mar 16
Stabilising public finances and tackling poverty and inequality in Greece are crucial for the debt-laden country’s emergence from crisis, the OECD has stressed.
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7 Mar 16
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation has called for $13m by the end of March to support more than 600,000 people affected by severe drought in Ethiopia.
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4 Mar 16
Tunisia looks set to receive four years of International Monetary Fund assistance, worth $2.8bn in total, to support its economic reform programme.
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29 Feb 16
The Indian government has unveiled its 2016/17 budget, prioritising more support for the rural poor, infrastructure and recapitalisation of the country’s banks.
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9 Feb 16
The International Monetary Fund has encouraged New Zealand to tackle its “chronically low” national saving levels and heavy reliance on offshore funding.
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20 Jan 16
Global unemployment looks set to rise to 200 million people by 2017, the United Nations’ International Labour Organisation has concluded.
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20 Jan 16
Living standards in Latin America will not rise unless the region tackles its “twin challenges” of inequality and low productivity, the OECD has warned.
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23 Nov 15
Unemployment, underemployment and low productivity risk becoming permanent features of the European economy, the UK-based Institute for Public Policy Research has warned.
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1 Sep 15
The Latvian government needs to step up its education reforms to reduce the proportion of people under 30 who are not in employment, education or training (NEET), the Organisation for Economic...
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31 Jul 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from Asia Pacific you might have missed.
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31 Jul 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Latin America & the Caribbean you might have missed.