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8 Nov 21
Increased carbon taxes are likely to have a bigger long-term economic impact on countries which are heavily reliant on carbon-intensive energy, according to ratings agency S&P.
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15 Oct 21
Top economists have revised down Germany’s growth forecast for this year, due to manufacturing bottlenecks and the impact of Covid-19 on services.
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1 Oct 21
The Saudi Arabian government has forecast a budget surplus from 2023, as recovering oil prices has seen revenues rise.
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23 Sep 21
Norway’s has raised its main interest rate, saying it is "likely" that further increases will come as the nation emerges from Covid-19.
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9 Aug 21
Stimulus is a “more appropriate instrument” than quantitative easing to aid the economic hit of regional Covid-19 lockdowns in Australia, according to the governor of its central bank.
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22 Jun 21
Luxembourg’s credit outlook will not be heavily affected by the G7's international corporation tax proposals due to extraordinary levels of wealth, according to ratings agency Moody’s.
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16 Jun 21
Austria's deficit is forecast to decrease to around 1% of GDP over the medium term, as its Covid-19 recovery takes shape, according to the IMF.
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8 Jun 21
Russia was able to weather the Covid-19 pandemic with some resilience, despite reductions in global oil prices, ratings agency Moody’s said.
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7 Jun 21
Sweden’s looser Covid-19 restrictions and diversified economy enabled it to weather the pandemic better than other countries in financial terms, according to ratings agency Fitch.
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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
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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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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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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20 Apr 21
Proposed tax reforms will be critical to ensuring Colombia’s debt levels are stabilised in the medium-term, according to ratings agency Fitch.
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12 Apr 21
The International Monetary Fund has revised up the growth forecast for the Middle East and North Africa region in 2021 by 0.8 percentage points.
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8 Jan 21
“Bold” policies adopted during 2020 to fight the health and economic effects of Covid-19 have prevented a protracted economic downturn in Indonesia, the IMF has said.
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18 Dec 20
Regulatory reforms are needed in Brazil to help with its economic recovery from Covid-19, after the pandemic plunged the nation into a deep recession, the OECD has said.
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17 Dec 20
Eurozone government debt as a proportion of the economy has ballooned by nearly one-fifth amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a statement from the group’s finance ministers.
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14 Oct 20
The global recession caused by Covid-19 will not be as bad as initially feared, but “tremendous uncertainty” remains, the IMF’s top economist has said.
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27 Aug 20
The Swedish Government is set to spend an “historic” SEK 100bn ($11.5bn) in its upcoming budget, in bid to help the country’s economic recovery from Covid-19.
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25 Jun 20
Global growth is expected to be -4.9% in 2020, 1.9 percentage points lower than the previous projection in April, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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21 Feb 20
Governments should look to metrics other than GDP to judge the wellbeing of their societies, researchers have said.
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30 Oct 19
The French economy grew by 0.3% in the last quarter, defying the global slowdown.
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5 Aug 19
Italy’s economy could soon improve, according to the country’s national institute of statistics.
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31 Jul 19
Papua New Guinea should look to agriculture to strengthen growth as the economy recovers from a series of external shocks, the World Bank has said.