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1 Jul 22
Colombian public finances are still not in the clear despite rising tax revenue and strong economic growth, the country’s fiscal rule committee has warned.
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10 May 22
Denmark’s plan to double its deficit limit has received the backing of the International Monetary Fund in its latest appraisal of the Danish economy.
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4 May 22
New fiscal rules will underpin New Zealand’s “measured and balanced” return to government surpluses while allowing the south Pacific country to meet its massive infrastructure gap, according to its...
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29 Oct 21
The European Union should relax its debt expectations for member states to allow them to support the economic recovery from Covid-19, economists from the bloc’s bailout fund have said.
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21 Oct 21
Brazil’s economy minister has said the country’s spending cap could be breached to allow the government to expand its welfare programme.
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13 Sep 21
Eight European finance ministers are preparing to push back against efforts to loosen the EU’s attitude to debt and deficits, stressing the importance of “sound public finances”.
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6 Sep 21
Greek officials have called for each European Union country to be given tailor-made debt targets, calling the current blanket fiscal rules “practically inapplicable”.
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31 Aug 21
Austria’s finance minister has urged his European Union counterparts to reduce their high levels of spending as the economic rebound from Covid-19 continues.
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30 Jul 21
European Union fiscal rules need to allow for stronger public investment to drive growth in the coming years, the European Commission’s economics leader has said.
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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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16 Mar 21
The eurozone’s relaxation of its debt and spending rules should continue into next year, the bloc's finance ministers have said.