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20 Jan 17
The European Central Bank has kept its extraordinary monetary policy unchanged after its latest monetary policy meeting yesterday.
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19 Jan 17
The European Commission has called on Italy to reduce its 2017 deficit by around €3.4bn ($3.64bn) to avoid potential sanctions for breaking European Union spending rules.
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19 Jan 17
The International Monetary Fund has slashed Saudi Arabia’s 2017 growth forecast by 1.6 percentage points this week, as OPEC-agreed cuts to oil production weigh on the country’s already struggling...
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18 Jan 17
With UK prime minister Theresa May putting flesh on the Brexit bones, here's what a host of EU leaders had to say
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17 Jan 17
The European Union’s executive is failing to tackle food waste, which amounts to around 88 million tonnes per year, auditors have found.
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17 Jan 17
Mozambique will miss a $60m interest payment on Irish-listed eurobonds due tomorrow, the country’s finance ministry has said.
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16 Jan 17
Previous predictions of higher global growth over the next two years are likely to be realised, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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16 Jan 17
Inflation in Nigeria rose for the tenth consecutive month in December, according to a report published last week by the country’s National Bureau of Statistics.
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16 Jan 17
Power needs to be shifted out of the hands of drug manufacturers in order to ease pressure on public health spending caused by a proliferation of high-cost medicines, the OECD has said.
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16 Jan 17
Just eight men hold the same wealth as the poorest half of the world’s population, Oxfam has found in a report that aims to put rising global inequality into perspective.
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16 Jan 17
New investment in clean energy fell by 18% across the world last year in dollar terms, according to research published by Bloomberg New Energy Finance last week.
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13 Jan 17
Social discontent could rise as unemployment and inequality increase in the next few years, the International Labour Organisation has warned.
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12 Jan 17
Guidance to help developing countries combat tax avoidance achieved through the misuse of transfer pricing mechanisms has been published by the World Bank.
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11 Jan 17
Failing to crack down on the tobacco industry will cost the world more than $1tn annually, the World Health Organisation has said, countering industry claims that more controls will hurt nations’...
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11 Jan 17
Sluggish global growth looks on track to speed up moderately in 2017, the World Bank has predicted, but stagnant trade, weak investment and substantial uncertainty put even this modest recovery at...
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10 Jan 17
Around a fifth of all health spending is probably ineffective or wasteful, an OECD deputy director has estimated at the launch of a report looking at inefficiencies in the world’s health systems.
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9 Jan 17
The independence of central banks in Europe could undergo significant changes in the future, according to a survey of economists on the continent.
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9 Jan 17
India’s economic growth will slow in the current fiscal year, according to predictions from the country’s statistics agency.
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9 Jan 17
Minimum wages and pensions are to rise by 50% in Venezuela as part of government attempts to combat runaway inflation.
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5 Jan 17
Unemployment in Spain fell by the largest amount ever recorded last year, the country’s ministry of employment and social security has announced.
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5 Jan 17
China is to channel 2.5tn yuan ($361bn) into renewable energy technologies by the end of the decade, the country’s energy agency said today.
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5 Jan 17
Substantial waste and poor outcomes in the world’s health systems could be alleviated by correcting mismatches in the way available resources are allocated, researchers have found.
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4 Jan 17
Finland has begun delivering unconditional payments to unemployed citizens to test whether providing a universal basic income can help boost employment.
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3 Jan 17
Information on cross-border tax rulings issued within the European Union will now be automatically shared between member states.
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22 Dec 16
Japan’s government has approved record military spending of 5.13 trillion yen ($43.66bn) for 2017-18 – the fifth consecutive annual increase in the defence budget.
20 Jan 17The European Central Bank has kept its extraordinary monetary policy unchanged after its latest monetary policy meeting yesterday.
19 Jan 17The European Commission has called on Italy to reduce its 2017 deficit by around €3.4bn ($3.64bn) to avoid potential sanctions for breaking European Union spending rules.
19 Jan 17The International Monetary Fund has slashed Saudi Arabia’s 2017 growth forecast by 1.6 percentage points this week, as OPEC-agreed cuts to oil production weigh on the country’s already struggling...
18 Jan 17With UK prime minister Theresa May putting flesh on the Brexit bones, here's what a host of EU leaders had to say
17 Jan 17The European Union’s executive is failing to tackle food waste, which amounts to around 88 million tonnes per year, auditors have found.
17 Jan 17Mozambique will miss a $60m interest payment on Irish-listed eurobonds due tomorrow, the country’s finance ministry has said.
16 Jan 17Previous predictions of higher global growth over the next two years are likely to be realised, the International Monetary Fund has said.
16 Jan 17Inflation in Nigeria rose for the tenth consecutive month in December, according to a report published last week by the country’s National Bureau of Statistics.
16 Jan 17Power needs to be shifted out of the hands of drug manufacturers in order to ease pressure on public health spending caused by a proliferation of high-cost medicines, the OECD has said.
16 Jan 17Just eight men hold the same wealth as the poorest half of the world’s population, Oxfam has found in a report that aims to put rising global inequality into perspective.
16 Jan 17New investment in clean energy fell by 18% across the world last year in dollar terms, according to research published by Bloomberg New Energy Finance last week.
13 Jan 17Social discontent could rise as unemployment and inequality increase in the next few years, the International Labour Organisation has warned.
12 Jan 17Guidance to help developing countries combat tax avoidance achieved through the misuse of transfer pricing mechanisms has been published by the World Bank.
11 Jan 17Failing to crack down on the tobacco industry will cost the world more than $1tn annually, the World Health Organisation has said, countering industry claims that more controls will hurt nations’...
11 Jan 17Sluggish global growth looks on track to speed up moderately in 2017, the World Bank has predicted, but stagnant trade, weak investment and substantial uncertainty put even this modest recovery at...
10 Jan 17Around a fifth of all health spending is probably ineffective or wasteful, an OECD deputy director has estimated at the launch of a report looking at inefficiencies in the world’s health systems.
9 Jan 17The independence of central banks in Europe could undergo significant changes in the future, according to a survey of economists on the continent.
9 Jan 17India’s economic growth will slow in the current fiscal year, according to predictions from the country’s statistics agency.
9 Jan 17Minimum wages and pensions are to rise by 50% in Venezuela as part of government attempts to combat runaway inflation.
5 Jan 17Unemployment in Spain fell by the largest amount ever recorded last year, the country’s ministry of employment and social security has announced.
5 Jan 17China is to channel 2.5tn yuan ($361bn) into renewable energy technologies by the end of the decade, the country’s energy agency said today.
4 Jan 17Finland has begun delivering unconditional payments to unemployed citizens to test whether providing a universal basic income can help boost employment.
22 Dec 16Japan’s government has approved record military spending of 5.13 trillion yen ($43.66bn) for 2017-18 – the fifth consecutive annual increase in the defence budget.
