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6 Nov 20
Climate finance sent to developing countries grew in 2018 but progress towards international goals remains too slow, the OECD has said.
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5 Nov 20
A rare drop in corporation tax receipts in Ireland shows they cannot be relied upon in the future, the Irish finance minister has said.
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30 Oct 20
Governments must work together if they are to meet the challenges caused by digitalisation and ensure a strong economic recovery after Covid-19, a collection of OECD country ministers have said after...
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30 Oct 20
“Essential” support for companies and workers in the UK must continue if the economy is to recover from Covid-19 and meet the challenges of leaving the EU customs union and single market, the IMF has...
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28 Oct 20
Measures protecting jobs in Europe saved the continent from an even worse recession during the pandemic, the IMF has said, while warning that support should not be withdrawn prematurely.
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26 Oct 20
“Unfair” global tax rules mean 20 developing countries miss out on as much as $2.8bn in tax from just three companies, campaigning organisation ActionAid has said.
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15 Oct 20
The South Sudanese government is preparing to take out a loan to inject money “into the market”, hoping to fight rampant inflation plaguing the economy.
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14 Oct 20
The global recession caused by Covid-19 will not be as bad as initially feared, but “tremendous uncertainty” remains, the IMF’s top economist has said.
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14 Oct 20
Ireland expects its corporation tax yield to rise again this year, despite the backdrop of the global recession caused by Covid-19, an official document has revealed.
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13 Oct 20
The world’s poorest countries were at risk of debt crises even before Covid-19, with their debts climbing to the highest ever levels in 2019.
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12 Oct 20
Global efforts to reform the way giant digital businesses are taxed will stretch into 2021, after political differences and Covid-19 slowed negotiations.
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9 Oct 20
The US will need to confront several policy challenges with “wide-ranging credit impact” over the next four years, ratings agency Moody’s has said as presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe...
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9 Oct 20
Richer countries need to increase public investment to revive the global economy from its worst crash in recent times, the IMF has said.
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8 Oct 20
Extreme poverty is set to rise around the world for the first time in more than 20 years as Covid-19 continues to weigh on the global economy, the World Bank has warned.
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6 Oct 20
Some of the world’s poorest countries will continue to benefit from debt service relief for another six months, after the IMF extended its scheme.
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5 Oct 20
More than 200 million doses of a purported vaccine for Covid-19 have been sold by Russia’s sovereign wealth fund to countries desperate for an end to the health crisis.
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2 Oct 20
Muhammad Afnan Alam takes an in-depth look at the economic crisis that has engulfed Lebanon, that predates the Beirut explosion and even Covid-19.
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2 Oct 20
Three in four furloughed workers in Spain are back at work, according to figures released just days after the government committed to keep the scheme going for “as long as necessary”.
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1 Oct 20
More than $500m of additional revenue has been secured for developing countries in the past five years through a joint OECD and United Nations tax initiative.
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29 Sep 20
The economic and health crises caused by Covid-19 led Germany’s overall public debt to its highest ever level in the first half of 2020, the country’s official statistics bureau Destatis has...
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28 Sep 20
The IMF has lent $90bn since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic – about one-third of its current total lending commitments.
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25 Sep 20
Malaysia’s government has praised the “solidarity and cooperation” of its people after a Sukuk scheme to help finance its economic recovery was oversubscribed.
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25 Sep 20
The pandemic presents an opportunity for governments to engender a “green reboot” of the global economy, argues CIPFA’s chief economist Jeffrey Matsu.
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23 Sep 20
Zambia has asked to suspend debt service payments for six months to allow it to deal with the Covid-19 hit to its public finances.
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22 Sep 20
Covid-19 and lower yield from oil exports threatened to derail Angola’s efforts at economic recovery, but the IMF has lauded the government’s efforts to keep reforms on track.
6 Nov 20Climate finance sent to developing countries grew in 2018 but progress towards international goals remains too slow, the OECD has said.
5 Nov 20A rare drop in corporation tax receipts in Ireland shows they cannot be relied upon in the future, the Irish finance minister has said.
30 Oct 20Governments must work together if they are to meet the challenges caused by digitalisation and ensure a strong economic recovery after Covid-19, a collection of OECD country ministers have said after...
30 Oct 20“Essential” support for companies and workers in the UK must continue if the economy is to recover from Covid-19 and meet the challenges of leaving the EU customs union and single market, the IMF has...
28 Oct 20Measures protecting jobs in Europe saved the continent from an even worse recession during the pandemic, the IMF has said, while warning that support should not be withdrawn prematurely.
26 Oct 20“Unfair” global tax rules mean 20 developing countries miss out on as much as $2.8bn in tax from just three companies, campaigning organisation ActionAid has said.
15 Oct 20The South Sudanese government is preparing to take out a loan to inject money “into the market”, hoping to fight rampant inflation plaguing the economy.
14 Oct 20The global recession caused by Covid-19 will not be as bad as initially feared, but “tremendous uncertainty” remains, the IMF’s top economist has said.
14 Oct 20Ireland expects its corporation tax yield to rise again this year, despite the backdrop of the global recession caused by Covid-19, an official document has revealed.
13 Oct 20The world’s poorest countries were at risk of debt crises even before Covid-19, with their debts climbing to the highest ever levels in 2019.
12 Oct 20Global efforts to reform the way giant digital businesses are taxed will stretch into 2021, after political differences and Covid-19 slowed negotiations.![Donald Trump and Joe Biden are the two main candidates for president in the 2020 US election [image: Shutterstock]](https://www.publicfinancefocus.org/sites/default/files/styles/pf_square/public/trump-biden-shutterstock_1724296963.jpg?itok=4JmS23o7 "Donald Trump and Joe Biden are the two main candidates for president in the 2020 US election [image: Shutterstock]")
9 Oct 20The US will need to confront several policy challenges with “wide-ranging credit impact” over the next four years, ratings agency Moody’s has said as presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe...
9 Oct 20Richer countries need to increase public investment to revive the global economy from its worst crash in recent times, the IMF has said.
8 Oct 20Extreme poverty is set to rise around the world for the first time in more than 20 years as Covid-19 continues to weigh on the global economy, the World Bank has warned.
6 Oct 20Some of the world’s poorest countries will continue to benefit from debt service relief for another six months, after the IMF extended its scheme.
5 Oct 20More than 200 million doses of a purported vaccine for Covid-19 have been sold by Russia’s sovereign wealth fund to countries desperate for an end to the health crisis.
2 Oct 20Muhammad Afnan Alam takes an in-depth look at the economic crisis that has engulfed Lebanon, that predates the Beirut explosion and even Covid-19.
2 Oct 20Three in four furloughed workers in Spain are back at work, according to figures released just days after the government committed to keep the scheme going for “as long as necessary”.
1 Oct 20More than $500m of additional revenue has been secured for developing countries in the past five years through a joint OECD and United Nations tax initiative.
29 Sep 20The economic and health crises caused by Covid-19 led Germany’s overall public debt to its highest ever level in the first half of 2020, the country’s official statistics bureau Destatis has...
28 Sep 20The IMF has lent $90bn since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic – about one-third of its current total lending commitments.
25 Sep 20Malaysia’s government has praised the “solidarity and cooperation” of its people after a Sukuk scheme to help finance its economic recovery was oversubscribed.
23 Sep 20Zambia has asked to suspend debt service payments for six months to allow it to deal with the Covid-19 hit to its public finances.
22 Sep 20Covid-19 and lower yield from oil exports threatened to derail Angola’s efforts at economic recovery, but the IMF has lauded the government’s efforts to keep reforms on track.
