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26 Jan 23
Senior politicians have urged the Singaporean government to review more than $70bn of unaudited spending during Covid-19.
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25 Jan 23
The Indian government has raised close to $1bn from its inaugural green bond to help fund investments in the transition towards net zero.
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24 Jan 23
The Ghanaian government’s auditor general has criticised how departments spent, and managed billions of cedi allocated to fund the Covid-19 response.
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24 Jan 23
The restructuring of the Zambian government’s debt is key to progressing welfare and education reforms, and ensuring financial sustainability, senior finance figures have said.
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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 Jan 23
To meet borrowing needs, the Egyptian government will have tough decisions to make following the approval of a $3bn International Monetary Fund loan.
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19 Jan 23
Land reform is key to ending poverty and fighting climate change, according to the world’s leading government lender.
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17 Jan 23
The Ukrainian government will receive the first tranche of an €18bn European Union support package later this week, after agreeing to loan conditions.
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17 Jan 23
Concerns over an extended period of high inflation will lead to the European Central Bank raising interest rates higher than expected, ratings agency Fitch has said.
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17 Jan 23
The US Congress not raising the country’s debt ceiling could lead to “irreparable harm” to the US and the world economy if the government ended up defaulting, Treasury secretary Janet Yellen said.
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13 Jan 23
The French government wants to raise the retirement age to reduce the pressure swelling pension costs are placing on the country’s public finances.
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12 Jan 23
Overall sukuk issuance is expected to rise slowly this year as major issuers’ financing needs remain high but so do oil revenues, analysts have predicted.
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11 Jan 23
Egypt will reduce the state’s role in the economy – including its military, which has grown its footprint rapidly in the decade since a 2013 coup – in a bid to boost growth, the president has agreed...
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10 Jan 23
The new Italian government has signalled its intention to keep its fiscal policies aligned with the European Union amid concerns over the eurosceptic administration.
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9 Jan 23
The Pakistani government has revealed it will need around $8bn to help rebuild the country following a summer of devastating floods.
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9 Jan 23
Most of Sri Lanka’s external debt payments are made to private creditors, and a group of economists has called on them to “share the burden” of restructuring the country’s debt as it attempts to...
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6 Jan 23
US president Joe Biden has hit back at claims the world’s largest economy is set for a recession this year, saying it was instead headed towards a “new plateau” of steady (albeit lower) growth.
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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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19 Dec 22
The Ghanaian government has suspended payments on all bonds, commercial loans and bilateral debt, as the nation seeks to restructure its debts.
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16 Dec 22
Major central banks have continued to raise interest rates in a bid to tame high inflation, but predicted the pace of additional hikes will slow in the new year.
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15 Dec 22
The European Parliament has given the green light to an €18bn loan package to Ukraine, after a veto forced the proposals to be revised.
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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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13 Dec 22
The European Union is set to suspend more than €6bn of funding for Hungary due to the ongoing dispute over compliance with the bloc’s rule of law regulations.
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13 Dec 22
Global government debt has dropped but the downturn will add to budget pressures, the IMF has warned.
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9 Dec 22
Senior Filipino ministers have announced plans to set up a sovereign wealth fund aimed at supporting the economy and providing funding for large infrastructure projects.
26 Jan 23Senior politicians have urged the Singaporean government to review more than $70bn of unaudited spending during Covid-19.
25 Jan 23The Indian government has raised close to $1bn from its inaugural green bond to help fund investments in the transition towards net zero.
24 Jan 23The Ghanaian government’s auditor general has criticised how departments spent, and managed billions of cedi allocated to fund the Covid-19 response.
24 Jan 23The restructuring of the Zambian government’s debt is key to progressing welfare and education reforms, and ensuring financial sustainability, senior finance figures have said.
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 Jan 23To meet borrowing needs, the Egyptian government will have tough decisions to make following the approval of a $3bn International Monetary Fund loan.
19 Jan 23Land reform is key to ending poverty and fighting climate change, according to the world’s leading government lender.
17 Jan 23The Ukrainian government will receive the first tranche of an €18bn European Union support package later this week, after agreeing to loan conditions.
17 Jan 23Concerns over an extended period of high inflation will lead to the European Central Bank raising interest rates higher than expected, ratings agency Fitch has said.
13 Jan 23The French government wants to raise the retirement age to reduce the pressure swelling pension costs are placing on the country’s public finances.
12 Jan 23Overall sukuk issuance is expected to rise slowly this year as major issuers’ financing needs remain high but so do oil revenues, analysts have predicted.
10 Jan 23The new Italian government has signalled its intention to keep its fiscal policies aligned with the European Union amid concerns over the eurosceptic administration.
9 Jan 23The Pakistani government has revealed it will need around $8bn to help rebuild the country following a summer of devastating floods.
9 Jan 23Most of Sri Lanka’s external debt payments are made to private creditors, and a group of economists has called on them to “share the burden” of restructuring the country’s debt as it attempts to...
6 Jan 23US president Joe Biden has hit back at claims the world’s largest economy is set for a recession this year, saying it was instead headed towards a “new plateau” of steady (albeit lower) growth.
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.
19 Dec 22The Ghanaian government has suspended payments on all bonds, commercial loans and bilateral debt, as the nation seeks to restructure its debts.
16 Dec 22Major central banks have continued to raise interest rates in a bid to tame high inflation, but predicted the pace of additional hikes will slow in the new year.
15 Dec 22The European Parliament has given the green light to an €18bn loan package to Ukraine, after a veto forced the proposals to be revised.
13 Dec 22The European Union is set to suspend more than €6bn of funding for Hungary due to the ongoing dispute over compliance with the bloc’s rule of law regulations.
13 Dec 22Global government debt has dropped but the downturn will add to budget pressures, the IMF has warned.
9 Dec 22Senior Filipino ministers have announced plans to set up a sovereign wealth fund aimed at supporting the economy and providing funding for large infrastructure projects.
