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28 Jun 17
Chinese premier Li Keqiang warned against shunning economic globalisation, which he said had been a “great facilitator” in China opening up over the past 30 years.
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27 Jun 17
The International Monetary Fund has said its annual health check of the US economy has been hampered by a lack of certainty on economic and fiscal policy.
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27 Jun 17
The UK government has pledged to expand zero- or reduced-tariff trading relationships with developing countries post-Brexit.
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26 Jun 17
Developing countries looking to better protect their tax bases can access support through a toolkit backed by the International Monetary Fund, OECD, UN and World Bank.
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22 Jun 17
Accountants, tax advisers, lawyers and others who design and sell tax avoidance schemes to their clients could soon be hit with tough new rules in the European Union.
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20 Jun 17
Argentina has issued a surprise 100-year bond, raising $2.75bn and prompting $9.75bn in orders from investors with apparently large appetite for Argentine debt.
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20 Jun 17
South Africa’s central bank has hit back at an attempt to interfere with its mandate by the country’s Public Protector, an anti-corruption agency.
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20 Jun 17
Germany’s Ifo economic institute today hiked its forecasts for the country’s economy, which it described as “strong and stable”.
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20 Jun 17
A shift away from strict austerity could help power strong growth across 20 of the world’s key economies, according to Fitch.
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19 Jun 17
Public spending to support the Japanese economy should continue beyond 2018 in order to maintain growth, the International Monetary Fund has recommended.
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19 Jun 17
The International Federation of Accountants has reiterated its call for better governance and public financial management to make it on to the G20’s agenda.
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19 Jun 17
French president Emmanuel Macron’s newly formed party has won a clear majority in the country’s parliament.
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16 Jun 17
Critical bailout funds for Greece have been agreed at the eleventh hour after months of wrangling amongst creditors, with the International Monetary Fund offering conditional backing to the package.
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15 Jun 17
The International Monetary Fund has raised China’s growth forecast for the second time this year, boosting it to 6.7%.
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15 Jun 17
Business confidence in South Africa has slumped to its lowest since 2009 after a third ratings agency downgraded the country’s debt last week.
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15 Jun 17
The total value of negative-yielding public debt rose by nearly $1tn between the start of March and the end of May, according to ratings agency Fitch.
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14 Jun 17
The way governments account for the profits made from commodities like oil can encourage unsustainable behaviour, according to the Goa Foundation. Should accounting rules be changed?
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13 Jun 17
Italy must press ahead with reforms to its public sector in order to foster stronger growth, the International Monetary Fund has stressed.
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13 Jun 17
The International Monetary Fund has released $314.4m to Tunisia, rewarding the government’s efforts towards economic stability.
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13 Jun 17
MEPs have been urged to close a “dangerous loophole” recently introduced into draft transparency legislation meant to prevent corporate tax avoidance by large multinationals.
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12 Jun 17
French president Emmanuel Macron's party looks set to secure a landslide victory in the country’s parliamentary elections, based on results from the first round of voting.
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12 Jun 17
The African Development Bank is to work with the continent’s central banks to help reduce the high levels of capital pouring out of Africa.
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12 Jun 17
India has offered tax cuts as a sweetener to those opposing one of the country’s biggest ever tax reforms, due to be rolled out in three week’s time.
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9 Jun 17
Japan’s government has halved initially optimistic economic growth figures for the first three months of this year, citing newly available data.
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9 Jun 17
The risk of deflation in the eurozone has “definitely disappeared”, president of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi announced yesterday.