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3 Jun 21
European Union governments can keep supporting their economies with huge fiscal stimulus after the bloc’s executive extended the suspension of deficit limit rules to help spur the recovery from Covid...
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1 Jun 21
Continued progress on international vaccination programmes and large stimulus packages mean the OECD's global outlook for economic growth year has been revised up by more than 30% on previous...
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1 Jun 21
Policies for Covid-19 recovery should be targeted at creating new employment through start-up businesses, argue academics Petr Sedláček and Vincent Sterk.
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1 Jun 21
The Lebanese government’s deliberate inaction on imposing reforms has led to one of the greatest financial crises in the last two centuries, according to the World Bank Group.
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1 Jun 21
The global recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic led to a record 32 credit rating downgrades in 2020, according to ratings agency Fitch.
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1 Jun 21
The Icelandic government has launched a privatisation of Islandsbanki, the bank it took control of in 2008 during the financial crisis.
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26 May 21
Growth in Central American and Caribbean nations is set to lag behind that in similarly-rated counterparts as Covid-19 exacerbates underlying financial weaknesses, according to ratings agency Fitch.
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26 May 21
Widespread lapses in accountability plagued the global response to Covid-19 and recovery efforts will require far stronger oversight, the International Budget Partnership has found.
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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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24 May 21
Peru’s credit outlook has been revised down to negative because of a polarised and fractured political system, according to ratings agency Moody’s.
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24 May 21
An immediate global effort to step up the rollout of Covid-19 vaccine doses could represent “the highest-return public investment ever”, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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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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17 May 21
Ghana will need to focus on deeper fiscal efforts to help reduce debt costs, which increased due to Covid-19 support measures, an International Monetary Fund chief said.
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14 May 21
A robust rebound from the Covid-19 economic crisis has allowed Australia to present its 2021-22 budget in a far better position than it expected to.
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13 May 21
The Norwegian government will draw down a record NOK402bn (£34bn) of funding from its national pension fund, to help mitigate the economic impact of Covid-19.
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12 May 21
The widespread nature of the 'informal economy' in developing countries leaves governments with fewer resources with which to support the economic recovery from Covid-19, a World Bank study has found.
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12 May 21
Historically high debt is set to test South Korea’s fiscal mettle but a strong economy has helped it retain an Aa2 rating with ratings agency Moody’s.
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11 May 21
Vaccines should be seen as a “global public good” during the Covid-19 crisis and intellectual property rights should be waived so developing countries can afford them, South Africa’s president has...
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11 May 21
A “more prosperous and sustainable future” is possible if G7 countries step up public investment in the coming decade, a group of academics has said.
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6 May 21
New Zealand has been urged to scale up its interventions in the labour market to ensure its recovery does not leave sections of society behind.
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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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5 May 21
India’s second wave of Covid-19 could derail its previously strong economic recovery and damage its credit profile, ratings agency S&P Global has said.
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5 May 21
The pandemic and the political crisis in Myanmar are threatening to bring the country to the point of economic collapse, reversing more than a decade of human development gains, the United Nations...
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4 May 21
A tax on Argentina’s richest citizens collected 223bn pesos (£1.7bn) for the struggling government to spend on its ongoing response to the pandemic.
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4 May 21
Tanzania’s president has cut income tax to help workers deal with the economic effects of Covid-19 but refused to increase public sector pay, which has remained static for nearly six years.