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18 May 18
Indonesia should continue to strengthen its public financial management in the face of slower growth and rising inequality in the country, a World Bank report has said.
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17 May 18
The world’s poorest countries could gain $350bn by 2030 by investing more in preventing and treating chronic diseases, according to the World Health Organization.
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17 May 18
Japan’s economy shrank in the first quarter of 2018 for the first time in two years, official data has shown.
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15 May 18
The German government should work to reduce its high trade surplus by increasing public investment, the International Monetary Fund has advised.
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15 May 18
Introducing Nordic-style ‘family-friendly’ policies can help countries to boost economic growth, according to the OECD.
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14 May 18
Lenders and borrowers must be “more responsible” as debt crises are growing across the globe, a charity has warned.
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14 May 18
Zimbabwe’s central bank has banned cryptocurrency trading and processing, its governor has said.
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11 May 18
Technology is reshaping how governments raise and spend money, says a group from the IMF’s fiscal affairs department.
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10 May 18
Looting of public resources has left South Africa on the brink of becoming a failed state, according to the Treasury’s director general.
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10 May 18
Argentina is seeking emergency help from the International Monetary Fund in a bid to strengthen and stabilise its economy.
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4 May 18
President Donald Trump has postponed the imposed steel and aluminium tariffs on Canada, the European Union and Mexico until next month, while others have been exempted completely.
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4 May 18
Government and organisations around the world should do more to ensure accountants are trained to common international standards, an International Federation of Accountants report has said.
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2 May 18
The UK government has finally backed plans to crackdown on ‘dirty money’ and make tax havens more transparent.
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30 Apr 18
The economic growth in the US slowed to an annualised rate of 2.3% in the first quarter of this year, the Commerce Department has said.
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30 Apr 18
Oil prices are forecast to average at $65 a barrel, up from $53 in 2017 as consumer demand and restraint by oil producers have increased.
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27 Apr 18
Countries should look to long-term investments for sustainable development and change their mindset from “short-termism”, United Nation officials have said.
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25 Apr 18
Iran has banned its domestic banks from dealing in cryptocurrencies due to money-laundering concerns, the country’s news agency IRNA said on Sunday.
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25 Apr 18
France and Germany will press US president Donald Trump to permanently exempt the EU bloc from steel and aluminium tariffs as the leaders meet this week, the EU trade chief has affirmed.
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20 Apr 18
The world economy faces a “bumpy road” ahead, the International Monetary Fund has warned in its latest global financial stability report.
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19 Apr 18
The digital revolution and rapidly changing nature of work are fuelling instability and status anxiety. Policymakers need restore trust in welfare states, says the OECD’s Stefano Scarpetta.
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18 Apr 18
The International Monetary Fund has warned governments around the world to take advantage of favourable economic conditions to build policies to protect economies against a downturn.
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17 Apr 18
The UK government has pledged £23.5m to help Asian regions better forecast natural disasters, the Department for International Development announced yesterday.
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16 Apr 18
South Asia is once again the fastest growing region in world thanks to India’s economic recovery, the World Bank has said.
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13 Apr 18
Commonwealth member states must create 50,000 jobs every day to provide work for the growing number of young people seeking work, the Overseas Development Institute has said.
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11 Apr 18
Asian economies should close regulatory gaps and improve access to digital services, International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has said.