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19 Sep 23
High interest rates are necessary in advanced economies until inflation is under control, the OECD has said.
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15 Sep 23
An economic slowdown in China and the impact of higher interest rates in Europe and the US will slow global growth next year, Fitch Ratings has said.
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12 Sep 23
Next year’s budget will see Sweden increase its military spending by more than a quarter as the government responds to its “serious security situation” in the wake of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine...
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8 Sep 23
Plans to bring new countries into the BRICS economic bloc might not have many economic benefits in the near future, an analyst has warned.
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25 Aug 23
Governments shielding households and businesses from the spike in energy prices caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine meant environmentally harmful fossil fuels were subsidised at their highest ever...
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22 Aug 23
High debt costs “trap” many countries in the Global South in a cycle of fossil fuel production as they try to generate enough revenue to service their borrowing, representing a barrier to phasing out...
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18 Aug 23
Recent global developments will have a “lasting impact” on growth in major economies, with potential GDP growth not catching up with its pre-pandemic trend any time soon, experts have warned.
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15 Aug 23
The United Nations wants to lead international tax policy, amid concerns from developing countries that the OECD processes are not reflecting their needs.
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8 Aug 23
Dozens of countries will see their credit ratings cut unless the world cuts greenhouse gas emissions and slows climate change, research has suggested.
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4 Aug 23
Repeated last-minute fixes to the US debt limit have hit confidence in the country’s government to such an extent that Fitch downgraded its rating, also warning of growing debt and rising deficits.
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1 Aug 23
Governments will lose nearly $5trn to tax havens in the next decade if the international system remains unchanged, campaigners have warned while hailing the prospect of tax “revolution” through the...
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27 Jul 23
Invasion of Ukraine isn’t holding back growth but inflation remains stubborn
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14 Jul 23
New technical work has brought a long-awaited solution for taxing giant digital companies forward, the OECD has said, but progress has been far slower than first hoped – and trade tensions are on the...
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30 Jun 23
A short-term $3bn financing deal is hoped to give Pakistan enough liquidity to see out its current challenges, but the country faces a warning that it needs policy discipline in the coming months.
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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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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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19 Jun 23
Governments across the world will fail to fund the transition to net zero without reversing trillions of dollars of agriculture, fishing and fossil fuels subsidies, economists at the World Bank have...
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16 Jun 23
The US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank have announced their new rates
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9 Jun 23
Fiscal policy needs to focus on boosting productivity in order to push the global economy away from the gloomy outlook, the OECD has said upon publishing its latest judgement of the world’s GDP...
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6 Jun 23
The world economy is “precarious” in the context of high interest rates, slow trade and huge debt pressures, the World Bank has said as it released its latest Global Economic Prospects report.
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6 Jun 23
The rise of artificial intelligence has the potential to boost productivity by trillions of dollars but risks disruption at a scale governments are not yet ready to deal with, the International...
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23 May 23
The international finance system “reflects power relations of 1945” and needs to be updated, said António Guterres.
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31 Mar 23
Emerging economies are facing a challenging environment with inflation, high interest rates and low growth, and rating agency S&P Global has warned this will hurt their creditworthiness in the...
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30 Mar 23
Switzerland will provide immediate support of almost $120bn to prevent the collapse of Credit Suisse and “avert an international financial crisis”.
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28 Mar 23
The 2020s are looking like a “lost decade” with the maximum level of growth achievable without causing inflation falling to a 30-year low, the World Bank has suggested.