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31 Jul 23
Argentina is set to receive a $7.5bn tranche of an International Monetary Fund bailout after pledging to raise taxes and rebuild foreign reserves.
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28 Jul 23
Ratings agency acts after defence spending increase
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25 Jul 23
Turkey gets export finance deal to start high-speed rail link
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24 Jul 23
A devaluation and new taxes are coming to help balance the books, IMF told.
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21 Jul 23
$3bn loan won’t solve existing problems including food dependency
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21 Jul 23
A proposed €20bn long-term military support package will provide more “sustainable and predictable” financing for Ukraine, a senior European Union minister has said.
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17 Jul 23
Fast progress on reducing Iceland’s budget deficit will help to rebuild fiscal buffers faster than expected and points to growing resilience in the government’s finances, ratings agency Moody’s has...
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14 Jul 23
Repeating broad-based energy subsidies would raise government spending, distort energy prices and fail to reduce use and should therefore be avoided, the European Union’s energy regulator has said.
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14 Jul 23
The Egyptian government has agreed to sell almost $2bn of state assets to meet the conditions of an IMF bailout.
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11 Jul 23
Candidate for EU membership gets help with cost-of-living crisis
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11 Jul 23
Reserves to be bolstered by controversial deal
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11 Jul 23
African nation resilient despite challenges but must accelerate changes
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7 Jul 23
The Turkish government is set to hike corporation taxes and vehicle duties to help fund the reconstruction costs from devastating earthquakes earlier this year.
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6 Jul 23
Governments could face “materially lower” revenues if they are unprepared for the increased use of cryptocurrencies, economists at the International Monetary Fund have warned.
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4 Jul 23
Germany will not see tax rises in 2024 despite finance minister Chrisian Lindner’s insistence on returning the country to its ‘debt brake’ rule needing a €20bn austerity package.
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4 Jul 23
Headline inflation across the OECD has continued to fall, hitting the lowest level since before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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30 Jun 23
Ukraine is set to receive a $1.5bn concessional loan from the World Bank to fund reforms and support its continued response to the Russian invasion.
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29 Jun 23
Governors of major central banks have said there is more “ground to cover” on interest rates, despite concerns over economic slowdowns.
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26 Jun 23
Governments should raise taxes or cut spending in a bid to reduce the burden on monetary policy in the fight against inflation, a central bank body has argued.
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23 Jun 23
Zambia’s bilateral creditors have agreed a deal to restructure billions of dollars worth of loans through the G20’s much-criticised ‘common framework’.
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23 Jun 23
Bahrain’s state investment fund Mumtalakat is increasing its holding in the motor racing and high-end sports car maker.
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23 Jun 23
Turkey has nearly doubled its interest rates, reversing its longstanding controversial approach of loosening monetary policy to deal with extraordinarily high inflation.
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20 Jun 23
Taxes on the world’s richest people and debt cancellation could help to fund climate change mitigation and adaptation projects in poorer countries and reverse growing inequalities, experts have said.
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16 Jun 23
US senators have tabled a bill that would allow the transfer of seized Russian government assets to Ukraine to fund its reconstruction after being devastated by war.
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14 Jun 23
The South African government is set to rubber stamp reforms that could pave the way for universal healthcare ending a two-tier system.
31 Jul 23Argentina is set to receive a $7.5bn tranche of an International Monetary Fund bailout after pledging to raise taxes and rebuild foreign reserves.
28 Jul 23Ratings agency acts after defence spending increase
25 Jul 23Turkey gets export finance deal to start high-speed rail link
24 Jul 23A devaluation and new taxes are coming to help balance the books, IMF told.
21 Jul 23$3bn loan won’t solve existing problems including food dependency
21 Jul 23A proposed €20bn long-term military support package will provide more “sustainable and predictable” financing for Ukraine, a senior European Union minister has said.
17 Jul 23Fast progress on reducing Iceland’s budget deficit will help to rebuild fiscal buffers faster than expected and points to growing resilience in the government’s finances, ratings agency Moody’s has...
14 Jul 23Repeating broad-based energy subsidies would raise government spending, distort energy prices and fail to reduce use and should therefore be avoided, the European Union’s energy regulator has said.
14 Jul 23The Egyptian government has agreed to sell almost $2bn of state assets to meet the conditions of an IMF bailout.
11 Jul 23Candidate for EU membership gets help with cost-of-living crisis
6 Jul 23Governments could face “materially lower” revenues if they are unprepared for the increased use of cryptocurrencies, economists at the International Monetary Fund have warned.
4 Jul 23Germany will not see tax rises in 2024 despite finance minister Chrisian Lindner’s insistence on returning the country to its ‘debt brake’ rule needing a €20bn austerity package.
4 Jul 23Headline inflation across the OECD has continued to fall, hitting the lowest level since before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
30 Jun 23Ukraine is set to receive a $1.5bn concessional loan from the World Bank to fund reforms and support its continued response to the Russian invasion.
29 Jun 23Governors of major central banks have said there is more “ground to cover” on interest rates, despite concerns over economic slowdowns.
26 Jun 23Governments should raise taxes or cut spending in a bid to reduce the burden on monetary policy in the fight against inflation, a central bank body has argued.
23 Jun 23Zambia’s bilateral creditors have agreed a deal to restructure billions of dollars worth of loans through the G20’s much-criticised ‘common framework’.
23 Jun 23Bahrain’s state investment fund Mumtalakat is increasing its holding in the motor racing and high-end sports car maker.
23 Jun 23Turkey has nearly doubled its interest rates, reversing its longstanding controversial approach of loosening monetary policy to deal with extraordinarily high inflation.
14 Jun 23The South African government is set to rubber stamp reforms that could pave the way for universal healthcare ending a two-tier system.
