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27 Sep 21
The French government’s ability to reduce its debt levels – which spiked due to Covid-19 – will be a key driver in future ratings, according to agency Moody’s.
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21 Sep 21
A bewildering array of standards is hampering public bodies’ efforts to match private sector sustainability reporting.
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7 Sep 21
From Chinese provinces to Dutch dairy pastures, a new accounting approach is helping put a monetary value on green policy measures.
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18 Aug 21
Increased debt in many economies resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic may lead to increased financial risks in the future, according to ratings agency Fitch.
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12 Aug 21
The pace of larger economies' economic recovery from Covid-19 has slowed in recent months, according to analysis for the OECD.
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3 Aug 21
The Rwandan government has taken advantage of low interest rates to issue a $620m bond, its second foreign currency sale.
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30 Jul 21
New Lebanese prime minister Najib Mikati said this week that only a unified approach will help the nation recover from one of the greatest crises in modern history.
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8 Jul 21
With the climate crisis now sitting at the top of political and economic agendas, the public sector must move more quickly on adopting sustainability reporting frameworks, Public Finance Live 2021...
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28 Jun 21
China’s zero tolerance approach to curbing Covid-19 outbreaks has benefitted the nation’s economy recovery from the pandemic, according to ratings agency Fitch.
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17 Jun 21
Public bodies in more than half the world will undertake financial reporting on an accrual basis, according to new research.
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16 Jun 21
Austria's deficit is forecast to decrease to around 1% of GDP over the medium term, as its Covid-19 recovery takes shape, according to the IMF.
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2 Jun 21
The European Union will force large multinational companies to publish their profit and tax information, but campaigners have warned the move is not sufficient to fully clamp down on corporate tax...
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28 May 21
African countries have been urged to step up cooperation on tax to raise money needed to support their economies through the economic crisis caused by Covid-19.
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18 May 21
Covid-19 pushed France’s social security system to its biggest ever deficit in 2020 as health insurance costs shot up and revenues fell, the state spending watchdog has found.
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23 Apr 21
The European Commission has a poor understanding of the value for money provided by its expensive space programmes due to flawed methodology, according to the European Union’s spending watchdog.
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22 Apr 21
Taiwan’s credit rating has been upgraded to ‘AA’ from ‘AA-’, after the nation managed to come out of Covid-19 “largely unscathed”, according to ratings agency Standard and Poor’s.
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12 Apr 21
The International Monetary Fund has revised up the growth forecast for the Middle East and North Africa region in 2021 by 0.8 percentage points.
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9 Apr 21
A rise in inflation could be a desirable way to help pay off Covid-19 debt, as bond markets continue their popularity, according to a leading chief investment officer.
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7 Apr 21
The coronavirus pandemic saw Germany’s public sector deficit reach €189bn last year, the largest budgetary gap since its reunification in 1990.
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18 Mar 21
Global GDP forecasts for 2021 have been revised up due to the “larger than expected” $1.9trn US stimulus package, according to rating’s agency Fitch.
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15 Mar 21
The United Nations Statistical Commission has adopted a framework for accounting for the value of nature when measuring the economy.
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26 Feb 21
Mexico’s state auditor has backtracked on its findings about the president’s decision to halt building work on an airport, after previously saying it would cost three-times the government’s estimate.
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6 Jan 21
Ireland’s strong tax receipts led to the government running a lower than expected deficit in 2020, despite the huge spending to fight the effects of Covid-19.
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18 Dec 20
Regulatory reforms are needed in Brazil to help with its economic recovery from Covid-19, after the pandemic plunged the nation into a deep recession, the OECD has said.
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17 Dec 20
Eurozone government debt as a proportion of the economy has ballooned by nearly one-fifth amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a statement from the group’s finance ministers.
27 Sep 21The French government’s ability to reduce its debt levels – which spiked due to Covid-19 – will be a key driver in future ratings, according to agency Moody’s.
21 Sep 21A bewildering array of standards is hampering public bodies’ efforts to match private sector sustainability reporting.
7 Sep 21From Chinese provinces to Dutch dairy pastures, a new accounting approach is helping put a monetary value on green policy measures.
18 Aug 21Increased debt in many economies resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic may lead to increased financial risks in the future, according to ratings agency Fitch.
12 Aug 21The pace of larger economies' economic recovery from Covid-19 has slowed in recent months, according to analysis for the OECD.
3 Aug 21The Rwandan government has taken advantage of low interest rates to issue a $620m bond, its second foreign currency sale.
30 Jul 21New Lebanese prime minister Najib Mikati said this week that only a unified approach will help the nation recover from one of the greatest crises in modern history.
8 Jul 21With the climate crisis now sitting at the top of political and economic agendas, the public sector must move more quickly on adopting sustainability reporting frameworks, Public Finance Live 2021...
28 Jun 21China’s zero tolerance approach to curbing Covid-19 outbreaks has benefitted the nation’s economy recovery from the pandemic, according to ratings agency Fitch.
17 Jun 21Public bodies in more than half the world will undertake financial reporting on an accrual basis, according to new research.
16 Jun 21Austria's deficit is forecast to decrease to around 1% of GDP over the medium term, as its Covid-19 recovery takes shape, according to the IMF.
2 Jun 21The European Union will force large multinational companies to publish their profit and tax information, but campaigners have warned the move is not sufficient to fully clamp down on corporate tax...
28 May 21African countries have been urged to step up cooperation on tax to raise money needed to support their economies through the economic crisis caused by Covid-19.
18 May 21Covid-19 pushed France’s social security system to its biggest ever deficit in 2020 as health insurance costs shot up and revenues fell, the state spending watchdog has found.
23 Apr 21The European Commission has a poor understanding of the value for money provided by its expensive space programmes due to flawed methodology, according to the European Union’s spending watchdog.
22 Apr 21Taiwan’s credit rating has been upgraded to ‘AA’ from ‘AA-’, after the nation managed to come out of Covid-19 “largely unscathed”, according to ratings agency Standard and Poor’s.
12 Apr 21The International Monetary Fund has revised up the growth forecast for the Middle East and North Africa region in 2021 by 0.8 percentage points.
9 Apr 21A rise in inflation could be a desirable way to help pay off Covid-19 debt, as bond markets continue their popularity, according to a leading chief investment officer.
7 Apr 21The coronavirus pandemic saw Germany’s public sector deficit reach €189bn last year, the largest budgetary gap since its reunification in 1990.
15 Mar 21The United Nations Statistical Commission has adopted a framework for accounting for the value of nature when measuring the economy.
26 Feb 21Mexico’s state auditor has backtracked on its findings about the president’s decision to halt building work on an airport, after previously saying it would cost three-times the government’s estimate.
6 Jan 21Ireland’s strong tax receipts led to the government running a lower than expected deficit in 2020, despite the huge spending to fight the effects of Covid-19.
18 Dec 20Regulatory reforms are needed in Brazil to help with its economic recovery from Covid-19, after the pandemic plunged the nation into a deep recession, the OECD has said.
17 Dec 20Eurozone government debt as a proportion of the economy has ballooned by nearly one-fifth amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a statement from the group’s finance ministers.
