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10 Mar 23
Higher fossil fuel taxes in India could fund renewable investments to improve energy security and save lives, economists at the International Monetary Fund have said.
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3 Mar 23
Italy has been forced to recognise a much larger budget deficit in each of the past three years, pushing it even further away from currently suspended European Union rules.
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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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24 Jan 23
The US Treasury has renewed pledges to reform how it collects taxes and ensure the Inland Revenue Service can recover billions of dollars of unpaid taxes.
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20 Dec 22
The International Monetary Fund has agreed to release $447m to the Kenyan government to help support the nation’s budget and continued progress on reforms.
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15 Dec 22
The Ghanian government has reached a provisional agreement on a $3bn loan package with the International Monetary Fund.
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5 Dec 22
Argentina is set to receive the third tranche of a $44bn International Monetary Fund bailout.
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2 Dec 22
The recovery of tax income last year could be eroded by the rising inflation and the risk of a global recession next year, economists at the OECD have warned.
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2 Dec 22
Russia’s war will cause a recession next year but inflation will help fill government coffers.
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18 Nov 22
An overreliance on unsustainable corporation tax receipts could pose problems for Ireland in the future, and the country should look at raising other revenues, the national spending watchdog has said...
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15 Nov 22
Governments miss out on at least $89bn of tax every year from the world’s biggest businesses, according to researchers who have criticised the OECD’s “concession to corporate tax abuse”.
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9 Nov 22
A tax on Germany’s highest earners could help to reduce the national deficit after public spending soared to support households during the cost-of-living crisis, an independent council has said.
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4 Nov 22
Spain’s proposed windfall tax on commercial banks could end up doing more harm than good to the nation’s economy, the European Central Bank has warned.
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26 Oct 22
The new Australian government’s first budget has been set out to “unwind wasteful or unnecessary spending” to help reduce the country’s national debt, which stands at $1trn (£560bn).
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21 Oct 22
New York’s housing officials have been urged to offer tax breaks to ‘early adopters’ to meet Net Zero targets.
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20 Oct 22
France’s PM has signalled controversial plans to push through a budget after heated rows over tax rises.
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17 Oct 22
The Tunisian government has received provisional approval for a $1.9bn loan from the International Monetary Fund aimed at financing reforms to improve social protection and government revenues.
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6 Oct 22
Countries across the world should speed up their fight against climate change in the next few years because the immediate cost will be “dwarfed” by the “overwhelming” benefits, economists at the...
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27 Sep 22
Governments should contemplate raising taxes on higher earners and businesses that have profited from the current energy crisis to support those in need, a senior economist has said.
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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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9 Sep 22
Janet Yellen has stood by plans to correct a “two-tiered tax system” in the nation by taxing large companies and higher earners more, to fund new spending.
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5 Sep 22
The Sri Lankan government has reached a preliminary agreement on a $2.9bn bailout with the International Monetary Fund, amid a financial crisis
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5 Sep 22
The German government is set to allocate a further €65bn to help soften the blow of the cost-of-living crisis on businesses and households.
10 Mar 23Higher fossil fuel taxes in India could fund renewable investments to improve energy security and save lives, economists at the International Monetary Fund have said.
3 Mar 23Italy has been forced to recognise a much larger budget deficit in each of the past three years, pushing it even further away from currently suspended European Union rules.
13 Feb 23Governments across Europe have spent more than three-quarters of a trillion euros on shielding households and businesses against rising energy costs, researchers have found.
2 Feb 23The 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”.
24 Jan 23The US Treasury has renewed pledges to reform how it collects taxes and ensure the Inland Revenue Service can recover billions of dollars of unpaid taxes.
20 Dec 22The International Monetary Fund has agreed to release $447m to the Kenyan government to help support the nation’s budget and continued progress on reforms.
15 Dec 22The Ghanian government has reached a provisional agreement on a $3bn loan package with the International Monetary Fund.
5 Dec 22Argentina is set to receive the third tranche of a $44bn International Monetary Fund bailout.
2 Dec 22The recovery of tax income last year could be eroded by the rising inflation and the risk of a global recession next year, economists at the OECD have warned.
18 Nov 22An overreliance on unsustainable corporation tax receipts could pose problems for Ireland in the future, and the country should look at raising other revenues, the national spending watchdog has said...
15 Nov 22Governments miss out on at least $89bn of tax every year from the world’s biggest businesses, according to researchers who have criticised the OECD’s “concession to corporate tax abuse”.
9 Nov 22A tax on Germany’s highest earners could help to reduce the national deficit after public spending soared to support households during the cost-of-living crisis, an independent council has said.
4 Nov 22Spain’s proposed windfall tax on commercial banks could end up doing more harm than good to the nation’s economy, the European Central Bank has warned.
26 Oct 22The new Australian government’s first budget has been set out to “unwind wasteful or unnecessary spending” to help reduce the country’s national debt, which stands at $1trn (£560bn).
21 Oct 22New York’s housing officials have been urged to offer tax breaks to ‘early adopters’ to meet Net Zero targets.
20 Oct 22France’s PM has signalled controversial plans to push through a budget after heated rows over tax rises.
17 Oct 22The Tunisian government has received provisional approval for a $1.9bn loan from the International Monetary Fund aimed at financing reforms to improve social protection and government revenues.
6 Oct 22Countries across the world should speed up their fight against climate change in the next few years because the immediate cost will be “dwarfed” by the “overwhelming” benefits, economists at the...
27 Sep 22Governments should contemplate raising taxes on higher earners and businesses that have profited from the current energy crisis to support those in need, a senior economist has said.
27 Sep 22The 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.
5 Sep 22The Sri Lankan government has reached a preliminary agreement on a $2.9bn bailout with the International Monetary Fund, amid a financial crisis
