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15 Mar 22
Palestinian authorities must adopt spending reforms to help solve a fiscal outlook which has been weakened further by Covid-19, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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14 Mar 22
A multilateral development bank in the 1960s by communist countries has seen its credit rating slashed to junk status, after five European Union nations announced plans to withdraw their...
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10 Mar 22
US president Joe Biden has given the green light for the nation to assess the benefits and risk of adopting a central bank digital currency.
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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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9 Mar 22
The Polish government has approved a fund worth at least £1.3bn to help Ukrainian refugees, and to provide additional support to local authorities.
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8 Mar 22
Belarus is likely to default on its debt in the coming year as a result of sanctions imposed in response to its role in helping Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, S&P Global said after it downgraded...
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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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7 Mar 22
Support packages implemented to help offset soaring inflation could be a risk to public finances if maintained in the long-term, according to ratings agency Fitch.
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4 Mar 22
Argentine authorities have agreed the details of a $45bn deal with the International Monetary Fund to restructure debt from its failed bailout.
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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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28 Feb 22
Brazil’s federal government reported its largest ever primary budget surplus in January after a surge in tax revenue, figures from the country’s Treasury show.
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28 Feb 22
Thailand’s economy grew by 1.6% in 2021 after Covid-19 lockdown measures impacted on international trade and tourism.
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25 Feb 22
South Africa has presented a 2022 budget with lower taxes and more ambitious debt targets after high commodity prices led to higher-than-expected revenue - but analysts have warned against over-...
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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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22 Feb 22
Governments across the world spend $1.8trn on environmentally harmful subsidies each year, which could be redistributed to help combat climate change, according to an international pressure group.
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18 Feb 22
The French government is set to pump an additional €2.1bn into state owned energy company EDF to help ease income concerns.
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18 Feb 22
Singapore’s finance minister has increased taxes targeted at corporations and the rich, in order to fund higher spending in the wake of Covid-19 and in the face of the city-state’s ageing population.
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17 Feb 22
The Bank of Canada could implement a series of interest rate rises to mitigate soaring inflation, according to its deputy governor.
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15 Feb 22
Ratings agency Fitch has downgraded Turkey’s credit rating to ‘B+’, after the nation’s central bank policy of cutting lending rates saw inflation leap.
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15 Feb 22
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa is set to accelerate reforms to modernise electrical supply and broadband, in a bid to reverse record high unemployment.
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9 Feb 22
The post-pandemic economic recovery should become less reliant on government spending, Indonesia’s finance minister has told an investment conference.
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7 Feb 22
The governor of the Dutch state bank has stated that the European Central Bank could begin raising interest rates as early as this year, to help combat soaring inflation.
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3 Feb 22
A Canadian province has dropped its plan to introduce a tax for people refusing to have Covid-19 vaccines because it was too divisive.
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3 Feb 22
A rail subsidiary of the South African government paid out billions in contracts to companies linked to a family with close ties to former president Jacob Zuma, according to a corruption inquiry.
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3 Feb 22
Pakistan will receive $1bn from a previously-stalled bailout package after the International Monetary Fund’s executive board agreed it had made sufficient progress on policy reforms.
15 Mar 22Palestinian authorities must adopt spending reforms to help solve a fiscal outlook which has been weakened further by Covid-19, according to the International Monetary Fund.
14 Mar 22A multilateral development bank in the 1960s by communist countries has seen its credit rating slashed to junk status, after five European Union nations announced plans to withdraw their...
10 Mar 22US president Joe Biden has given the green light for the nation to assess the benefits and risk of adopting a central bank digital currency.
9 Mar 22Chinese 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.
9 Mar 22The Polish government has approved a fund worth at least £1.3bn to help Ukrainian refugees, and to provide additional support to local authorities.
8 Mar 22Belarus is likely to default on its debt in the coming year as a result of sanctions imposed in response to its role in helping Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, S&P Global said after it downgraded...
7 Mar 22The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has raised interest rates by one percentage point, to help mitigate double-digit inflation.
7 Mar 22Support packages implemented to help offset soaring inflation could be a risk to public finances if maintained in the long-term, according to ratings agency Fitch.
4 Mar 22Argentine authorities have agreed the details of a $45bn deal with the International Monetary Fund to restructure debt from its failed bailout.
3 Mar 22Better than expected tax revenues led to the Eurozone deficit undershooting forecasts in 2021, according to ratings agency Fitch.
28 Feb 22Brazil’s federal government reported its largest ever primary budget surplus in January after a surge in tax revenue, figures from the country’s Treasury show.
28 Feb 22Thailand’s economy grew by 1.6% in 2021 after Covid-19 lockdown measures impacted on international trade and tourism.
25 Feb 22South Africa has presented a 2022 budget with lower taxes and more ambitious debt targets after high commodity prices led to higher-than-expected revenue - but analysts have warned against over-...
24 Feb 22The 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.
22 Feb 22Governments across the world spend $1.8trn on environmentally harmful subsidies each year, which could be redistributed to help combat climate change, according to an international pressure group.
18 Feb 22The French government is set to pump an additional €2.1bn into state owned energy company EDF to help ease income concerns.
18 Feb 22Singapore’s finance minister has increased taxes targeted at corporations and the rich, in order to fund higher spending in the wake of Covid-19 and in the face of the city-state’s ageing population.
17 Feb 22The Bank of Canada could implement a series of interest rate rises to mitigate soaring inflation, according to its deputy governor.
15 Feb 22Ratings agency Fitch has downgraded Turkey’s credit rating to ‘B+’, after the nation’s central bank policy of cutting lending rates saw inflation leap.
15 Feb 22South African president Cyril Ramaphosa is set to accelerate reforms to modernise electrical supply and broadband, in a bid to reverse record high unemployment.
9 Feb 22The post-pandemic economic recovery should become less reliant on government spending, Indonesia’s finance minister has told an investment conference.
7 Feb 22The governor of the Dutch state bank has stated that the European Central Bank could begin raising interest rates as early as this year, to help combat soaring inflation.
3 Feb 22A Canadian province has dropped its plan to introduce a tax for people refusing to have Covid-19 vaccines because it was too divisive.
3 Feb 22A rail subsidiary of the South African government paid out billions in contracts to companies linked to a family with close ties to former president Jacob Zuma, according to a corruption inquiry.
3 Feb 22Pakistan will receive $1bn from a previously-stalled bailout package after the International Monetary Fund’s executive board agreed it had made sufficient progress on policy reforms.
