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27 Mar 18
The European Union has unveiled its strategy to reform the financial system in support of a “greener and cleaner” economy.
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23 Mar 18
A US spending bill has been drawn up, which sets out $1.3trn to fund the government through to September.
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22 Mar 18
The UK could be punished by the European Union if it tries to lower corporate tax to attract business after leaving the bloc, tax campaigner Dame Margaret Hodge has told PF International.
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21 Mar 18
A Thai anti-graft agency has started an investigation into a suspected theft of up to 85% of money from a state fund for people living in poverty.
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21 Mar 18
Future farm spending in the EU should be based on performance targets and achieve the union’s definition of ‘added value’, European auditors have said.
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20 Mar 18
The Indian government sees artificial intelligence as a way to boost the economy - a ‘game changer’. But the change might not be for the good, warns Chatham House’s Urvashi Aneja.
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20 Mar 18
EU public private partnerships are not economically viable and only have limited benefits, resulting in billions of euros being inefficiently spent, European auditors have said.
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20 Mar 18
More than 110 countries and jurisdictions have agreed to come up with a plan on how to tax the digital economy by 2020, the OECD has said.
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19 Mar 18
Germany’s new finance minister has said protectionism is “not the answer” to trade and warned he is “seriously worried” about the trade stand-offs with the US.
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16 Mar 18
Our international reporter Simone Rensch finds out why green bonds are going from a marginal financing tool to becoming mainstream.
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15 Mar 18
The French central bank has revised up its 2018 economic growth forecast to 1.9%, following the strongest growth in six years.
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15 Mar 18
Germany’s gender pay gap remains unchanged, with women earning 21% less than men last year, the Federal Statistics Office has said.
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14 Mar 18
European Union funding to help Turkey prepare itself for EU membership has had only a “limited effect”, auditors have found.
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13 Mar 18
Venezuela’s cryptocurrency is pretty much made out of thin air and is a desperate measure made by a country suffering one of the worst economic crisis of modern times, says finance academic Daniele...
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13 Mar 18
Jamaica’s economic growth continues to “disappoint” despite its successful reform programme, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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13 Mar 18
The eurozone is expected to pay out the next €5.7bn bailout loan tranche to Greece in the second half of March, the president of the Eurogroup has announced.
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13 Mar 18
Timor-Leste spends the least amount of money on healthcare than any other country in the world, a new map has revealed.
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13 Mar 18
The French president has reversed a decade of defence budget cuts by approving nearly €300bn in military spending by 2025, as he pushes for military service to be compulsory.
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12 Mar 18
Ghana should improve revenue collection and reduce spending cuts to achieve fiscal targets, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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8 Mar 18
China has set its 2018 economic growth target at “around 6.5%”, it was announced at the opening session of the annual National People’s Congress.
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8 Mar 18
Funds from Hong Kong’s sovereign green bonds programme – the world’s largest – might be used for ‘white elephant’ projects, an environmental group has warned.
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7 Mar 18
China is to increase its defence budget by 8.1% in 2018, a budget report submitted to the national legislature has said, taking defence spending to 1.11trn yuan ($175bn).
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6 Mar 18
The International Monetary Fund has added its voice to criticism of US president Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on aluminium and steel imports.
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6 Mar 18
Independent regulators in Africa met last week to strengthen auditing and accounting regulations across the continent by formalising a common base and adopting international standards.
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5 Mar 18
Finland should introduce new reforms to boost growth and stabilise its public finances, the OECD has said.