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29 Sep 17
Saudi Arabia has raised $12.5bn from its third international bond sale this year to bridge a budget shortfall and weak oil prices.
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29 Sep 17
South Africa’s finance minister has said he won’t “dip into pensions” to bail out struggling state-owned companies, despite reports suggesting the treasury is seeking $7.50bn...
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29 Sep 17
A eurozone finance minister and a joint eurozone budget could be features of the European Union under plans being considered by the leaders of France and Germany.
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29 Sep 17
Progress in financial accountability in different countries can be seen at a glance and compared using a new international index, says CIPFA's Steven Cain.
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29 Sep 17
From Barcelona to Hamburg, senior city executives are coming together in Europe’s City Economic and Financial Governance Group to share learning and examine common public finance issues
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29 Sep 17
It will be a case of one small step interspersed with the occasional burst of rapid progress for new chief finance officers getting to grips with complicated environments, says CIPFA's Claire Lake....
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28 Sep 17
The European Union's spending from future budgets has reached an “all-time high”, EU auditors have said.
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28 Sep 17
Citizen participation has become a political football in Brazil, as austerity turns back its progress. Gavin O'Toole reports.
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28 Sep 17
US president Donald Trump has outlined major tax cuts, as part of his “pro-American” tax reforms, in a bid to make the country more competitive and boost economic growth.
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27 Sep 17
Australia’s final budget deficit of the last financial year dropped below 2% of GDP to A$33.2bn, down more than A$4bn from the forecast in the 2017-18 budget.
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26 Sep 17
In political turmoil and with an impoverished economy, Zimbabwe has struggled to feed its own people since 2000 and faced heavy sanctions from the EU and US. CIPFA fellow David Watkins led an...
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26 Sep 17
Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif appeared before an anti-corruption court today, as trial proceedings begin following a corruption probe.
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26 Sep 17
The European Union decided on Monday to close the ‘excessive deficit procedure’ against Greece after the country’s improvements in its fiscal position and overall economic recovery.
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25 Sep 17
Since the New Zealand government blazed a trail by shifting to accruals accounting in 1992, it has been taking off in the public sector across the world.
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25 Sep 17
China’s new accounting rules – the basic principles – introduce an accruals system and allow performance to be compared throughout the public sector
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22 Sep 17
Conviction and perseverance are needed to move to an accruals-based accounting system, Malta’s finance minister and former accountant general have told PF.
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20 Sep 17
More than two thirds of promises made by 43 countries to fight corruption last year have been completed or seen progress but more work needs to be done, a report said.
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19 Sep 17
The US’s 22% contribution to the United Nations’ budget is “unfair”, president Donald Trump told the UN General Assembly today.
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19 Sep 17
Egypt will face a $10-12bn budget shortfall for the current 2017-18 fiscal year and plans to issue further foreign debt to overcome it, the country’s finance minister has said.
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11 Sep 17
Ireland’s finance minister has announced Ireland will repay its outstanding IMF debt and bilateral loans from Sweden and Denmark early and in full.
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11 Sep 17
A former finance minister has branded the Indian government’s surprise move to withdraw 500 and 1,000 rupee notes from circulation overnight to weed out so-called ‘black money’ a...
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8 Sep 17
Donald Trump’s decision to scrap a programme giving temporary immigration status to around 800,000 young people could cost the US billions, says a report.
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6 Sep 17
Tanzanian president John Magufuli has ordered an anti-corruption watchdog to investigate suspected cases of corruption and fraud in the country.
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5 Sep 17
German chancellor Angela Merkel has doubled a fund to help local governments clean up urban transport to €1bn ($1.19bn).
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4 Sep 17
Brazil's large-scale privatisation of state assets may not be all that it seems. Gavin O'Toole, author of numerous books on the region, says although the sell-off has pleased the markets it...
29 Sep 17Saudi Arabia has raised $12.5bn from its third international bond sale this year to bridge a budget shortfall and weak oil prices.
29 Sep 17South Africa’s finance minister has said he won’t “dip into pensions” to bail out struggling state-owned companies, despite reports suggesting the treasury is seeking $7.50bn...
29 Sep 17A eurozone finance minister and a joint eurozone budget could be features of the European Union under plans being considered by the leaders of France and Germany.
29 Sep 17Progress in financial accountability in different countries can be seen at a glance and compared using a new international index, says CIPFA's Steven Cain.
29 Sep 17From Barcelona to Hamburg, senior city executives are coming together in Europe’s City Economic and Financial Governance Group to share learning and examine common public finance issues
29 Sep 17It will be a case of one small step interspersed with the occasional burst of rapid progress for new chief finance officers getting to grips with complicated environments, says CIPFA's Claire Lake....
28 Sep 17The European Union's spending from future budgets has reached an “all-time high”, EU auditors have said.
28 Sep 17Citizen participation has become a political football in Brazil, as austerity turns back its progress. Gavin O'Toole reports.
28 Sep 17US president Donald Trump has outlined major tax cuts, as part of his “pro-American” tax reforms, in a bid to make the country more competitive and boost economic growth.
27 Sep 17Australia’s final budget deficit of the last financial year dropped below 2% of GDP to A$33.2bn, down more than A$4bn from the forecast in the 2017-18 budget.
26 Sep 17In political turmoil and with an impoverished economy, Zimbabwe has struggled to feed its own people since 2000 and faced heavy sanctions from the EU and US. CIPFA fellow David Watkins led an...
26 Sep 17Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif appeared before an anti-corruption court today, as trial proceedings begin following a corruption probe.
26 Sep 17The European Union decided on Monday to close the ‘excessive deficit procedure’ against Greece after the country’s improvements in its fiscal position and overall economic recovery.
25 Sep 17Since the New Zealand government blazed a trail by shifting to accruals accounting in 1992, it has been taking off in the public sector across the world.
25 Sep 17China’s new accounting rules – the basic principles – introduce an accruals system and allow performance to be compared throughout the public sector
22 Sep 17Conviction and perseverance are needed to move to an accruals-based accounting system, Malta’s finance minister and former accountant general have told PF.
20 Sep 17More than two thirds of promises made by 43 countries to fight corruption last year have been completed or seen progress but more work needs to be done, a report said.
19 Sep 17The US’s 22% contribution to the United Nations’ budget is “unfair”, president Donald Trump told the UN General Assembly today.
19 Sep 17Egypt will face a $10-12bn budget shortfall for the current 2017-18 fiscal year and plans to issue further foreign debt to overcome it, the country’s finance minister has said.
11 Sep 17Ireland’s finance minister has announced Ireland will repay its outstanding IMF debt and bilateral loans from Sweden and Denmark early and in full.
11 Sep 17A former finance minister has branded the Indian government’s surprise move to withdraw 500 and 1,000 rupee notes from circulation overnight to weed out so-called ‘black money’ a...
8 Sep 17Donald Trump’s decision to scrap a programme giving temporary immigration status to around 800,000 young people could cost the US billions, says a report.
6 Sep 17Tanzanian president John Magufuli has ordered an anti-corruption watchdog to investigate suspected cases of corruption and fraud in the country.
5 Sep 17German chancellor Angela Merkel has doubled a fund to help local governments clean up urban transport to €1bn ($1.19bn).
4 Sep 17Brazil's large-scale privatisation of state assets may not be all that it seems. Gavin O'Toole, author of numerous books on the region, says although the sell-off has pleased the markets it...
