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9 Aug 22
The new Colombian government has proposed new levies on high earners and fuel exports to help fund poverty reduction schemes.
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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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4 Jul 22
The Chinese government is set to spend hundreds of billions of yuan to finance infrastructure projects as the economy starts to recover from Covid-19 lockdowns.
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31 May 22
The South Korean government has approved a multi-trillion-won supplementary budget to support small businesses and self-employed people impacted by Covid-19 restrictions.
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27 May 22
The Hungarian government is set to introduce a windfall tax on banks, energy firms and telecommunications companies to help fund its response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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17 May 22
California is on track to record a budget surplus close to $100bn this year thanks to tax income far overshooting initial forecasts.
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11 Apr 22
A strong rebound in tax revenues and consumer spending has seen the Israeli government record one of the strongest budgetary performances internationally, according to ratings agency Moody’s.
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11 Apr 22
Better-than-expected fiscal performance will see Canada’s debt-to-GDP remain the lowest amongst its G7 peers.
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4 Apr 22
Bangladesh is set to receive a $250m loan to help modernise social protection programmes and fund its green recovery from Covid-19.
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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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22 Mar 22
The Chinese State Council has approved plans to provide hundreds of billions of pounds in VAT relief to small businesses to help maintain economic stability.
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17 Mar 22
The European Council has agreed an approach for partner countries to apply carbon tariffs on good entering the bloc to help fight climate change.
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16 Mar 22
The Ukrainian government has unveiled a set of radical reforms, including a simplification of the tax system, to put its economy on a war footing.
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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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7 Mar 22
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has raised interest rates by one percentage point, to help mitigate double-digit inflation.
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3 Mar 22
Better than expected tax revenues led to the Eurozone deficit undershooting forecasts in 2021, according to ratings agency Fitch.
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24 Feb 22
The Polish Government’s policy of reduced public spending and high tax collection built strong buffers to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, according to leading economists.
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23 Feb 22
The UK government could fund its ‘levelling up’ ambitions by raising taxes on high income earners without increasing the national deficit, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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20 Jan 22
A new portal launched by the OECD seeks to provide transparency over which of its development aid services are exempt from taxes, to avoid potential disputes.
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10 Jan 22
Malaysia needs to accelerate efforts to improve revenue generation, to help provide more fiscal space for public spending and debt interest costs, according to the World Bank Group.
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6 Dec 21
The level of financial support for businesses and households through Covid-19 reduced the impact of lost tax income compared with the 2008 financial crisis, according to the OECD.
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19 Nov 21
The Chinese government is set to allocate up to $31.3bn to support the clean use of coal, the nation’s largest energy source.
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12 Nov 21
The recent international corporation tax agreement was a missed opportunity to fund the climate transition, according to an advocacy group.
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12 Oct 21
The New Zealand government was able to post a much smaller deficit in its 2021 budget, due to a stronger than predicted economic rebound from Covid-19.