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3 Nov 23
PM chooses growth over debt.
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13 Feb 23
Governments across Europe have spent more than three-quarters of a trillion euros on shielding households and businesses against rising energy costs, researchers have found.
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2 Feb 23
The Indian government will continue to raise capital spending in 2023-24, in a bid to “ramp up the virtuous cycle of investment and job creation”.
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27 Sep 22
A recent package of tax cuts announced by the UK government “doesn’t help” global economic uncertainty, a US Federal Reserve official has warned amid an overwhelmingly negative investor reaction.
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27 Sep 22
The Swiss government has lost a referendum over abolishing taxes paid by companies on domestic bonds and share sales, aimed at promoting investment in the nation.
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23 Sep 22
Governments should avoid or reverse widespread tax cuts and energy caps introduced in response to the cost-of-living crisis, or they risk encouraging the use of fossil fuels, economists at the OECD...
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19 Aug 22
The German government has announced plans to cut VAT on gas sales by more than half, to help cushion the impact of the cost-of-living crisis.
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8 Aug 22
The Vietnamese government must address the institutional hurdles that have led to a “chronic under-execution” of public spending programmes, economists at the World Bank have said.
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5 Aug 22
The Italian government is set to spend a further €17bn this year to help soften the blow of inflation on families and businesses.
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19 Jul 22
A senior International Monetary Fund official has warned it could be economically unwise to cut taxes, amid calls by many of the prospective new prime ministers to do so.
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9 May 22
Donald Trump’s $2trn package of tax cuts failed to deliver the promised increased investment in the US economy, a paper from the International Monetary Fund has found.
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30 Mar 22
The Australian government has pledged close to £5bn in tax cuts and one-off payments in its budget to help offset the impact of rising inflation on the economy.
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9 Mar 22
Chinese authorities are set to increase economic support this year to help drive growth which slowed towards the end of last year, according to ratings agency Fitch.
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12 Aug 19
Italian deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini has said a future government led by his party would cut taxes, regardless of whether the EU tried to stop it.