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11 Nov 16
Argentina is once again able to report inflation data to the International Monetary Fund after regaining the institution’s trust on the quality of its official statistics.
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11 Nov 16
The instability triggered by the Arab Spring has cost countries in the region $613.8bn since 2011 and a fiscal shortfall $217.9bn greater than pre-crisis projections, the United Nations has found.
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10 Nov 16
Public finances across the EU are set to continue improving in the coming years, the European Commission has predicted, despite another cut to growth forecasts.
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10 Nov 16
South African president Jacob Zuma is facing his second no confidence vote of the year after a report levelled further suspicions of corruption against him last week.
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10 Nov 16
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9 Nov 16
Thousands of public sector workers have stormed Rio de Janeiro’s state assembly to protest against austerity plans imposed to try to deal with its financial crisis.
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9 Nov 16
Disgruntled Mozambique bondholders have formed a creditors' committee to prepare for an expected default and resist the government’s efforts to restructure its debt.
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9 Nov 16
The European Union’s tax blacklist is to focus on countries that fail to take part in global tax transparency and anti-corporate tax avoidance initiatives, it was decided yesterday.
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9 Nov 16
The Indian government withdrew 500 and 1000 rupee notes from circulation overnight in a surprise move aimed at curbing a booming economy in untaxed, black market cash.
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9 Nov 16
The International Monetary Fund has approved $178.7m for Moldova and extended credit facilities to support the country’s economic and financial reform programme.
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9 Nov 16
The Republican candidate Donald Trump has won a surprise victory in this year’s US presidential race, pledging unity and increased government infrastructure spending in his victory speech.
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8 Nov 16
Brazil’s federal government has frozen the accounts of the financially imperilled state of Rio de Janeiro and ordered it to repay millions of dollars in arrears.
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8 Nov 16
Spain’s new council of ministers will work for job creation reforms and budget stability, it has said after its first meeting.
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8 Nov 16
Global climate finance has reached record levels the United Nations suggests, but is still not sufficient to implement countries’ climate pledges, an expert told PFI.
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7 Nov 16
China has replaced its internationally renowned finance minister in a surprise reshuffle that has caught many observers off guard.
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7 Nov 16
The Turkish lira’s value plummeted to record lows on Friday amid a renewed crackdown on the country’s main pro-Kurdish party.
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7 Nov 16
Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has purged his government of leftist ministers resistant to the unpopular reforms demanded by the country’s creditors.
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4 Nov 16
The landmark climate change pact agreed between almost 200 countries in Paris last December came into force today, putting into place legally binding limits on global warming for the first time.
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4 Nov 16
India has set the rates for a goods and services tax system that could see a single market in the country for the first time since it achieved independence.
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4 Nov 16
Sudan has raised fuel prices by around 30% as a severe shortage of foreign currency adds to a growing economic crisis in the country.
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4 Nov 16
New laws currently under consideration in the UK could eliminate the country's role in global corruption as a hotbed of ill-gotten cash and assets, experts have told PF International.
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3 Nov 16
Egypt has liberalised its exchange rate and devalued its currency by almost 50% in a bid to secure a $12bn International Monetary Fund loan to rescue the country from economy from crisis.
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3 Nov 16
Developing countries must ensure the benefits of growth and change are shared with their citizens, or risk losing support to populist figures that can reverse progress, a European development bank...
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3 Nov 16
The African Development Bank has approved a $600m loan in a bid to plug Nigeria’s gaping $7bn budget deficit.
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2 Nov 16
The global economy is to grow at its slowest annual rate in 2016 since the recession in 2009, according to the UK’s National Institute of Economic and Social Research.