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10 Dec 21
Age-related costs to public finances could cause public debt-to-GDP ratios to rise by 140% in the next few decades if governments do not implement reforms to dull the impact of rising life...
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9 Dec 21
A behind-the-scenes process to tweak how GDP is calculated could blunt the measure’s ability to harm the environment.
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8 Dec 21
State and central banks across the globe are becoming nervous that rising inflationary pressures could trigger rates action next year, according to ratings agency Fitch.
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7 Dec 21
Private capital is vital to meeting a global demand for sustainable infrastructure that cannot be tackled by the public sector alone.
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6 Dec 21
The level of financial support for businesses and households through Covid-19 reduced the impact of lost tax income compared with the 2008 financial crisis, according to the OECD.
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3 Dec 21
Turkey’s finance minister has left his job in the midst of a sharply declining lira and steadfastly high inflation, and will be replaced by his deputy who one week ago defended the country’s...
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2 Dec 21
The new Honduran president has come to power with the promise to revamp the Central American country’s struggling economy by increasing the size and reach of the state.
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1 Dec 21
The European Union hopes to mobilise €300bn of infrastructure investment around the world, rivalling China’s massive Belt and Road initiative whose momentum has slowed.
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30 Nov 21
The Australian government brought forward next year’s budget by two months in a move suggesting it will call an election in May, right at the end of its term limit.
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30 Nov 21
The world’s local and regional governments will need to return their focus to issues that long predate Covid-19 as they look to shore up their post-pandemic finances, write S&P Global Ratings’...
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29 Nov 21
World governments have been told to bolster their health systems and vaccination programmes in response to a new strain of Covid-19.
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26 Nov 21
Spanish lawmakers have passed the country’s highest-spending budget after the prime minister won the support he needed from minor parties.
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25 Nov 21
German finance minister Olaf Scholz is set to become chancellor after agreeing a ‘traffic light coalition’ deal comprising three parties and setting out the new government’s priorities.
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24 Nov 21
The Ghanaian government faces criticism for having not taken advantage of a scheme that could have paused its debt repayments amid Covid-19.
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24 Nov 21
The International Monetary Fund has released a delayed $700m disbursement to Ukraine amid concerns of increased Russian military activity.
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18 Nov 21
The credit outlook of local and regional governments outside the US still carry a negative outlook, despite many economies emerging from Covid-19, according to ratings agency S&P.
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8 Nov 21
The Japanese government plans to spend big on a series of measures aimed at helping the economy through its ongoing struggle with Covid-19, according to reports.
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8 Nov 21
Eliminating tax avoidance in sub-Saharan Africa’s mining sector would leave the region better able to support its population, particularly into the economic recovery from Covid-19, a top...
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8 Nov 21
Ireland collected more than 35% more tax than it expected to in October, but ministers have sought to dampen any expectations of a spending splurge.
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8 Nov 21
Increased carbon taxes are likely to have a bigger long-term economic impact on countries which are heavily reliant on carbon-intensive energy, according to ratings agency S&P.
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4 Nov 21
Portugal faces a snap election after the country’s parliament failed to approve the government’s 2022 budget proposals.
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4 Nov 21
The US Federal Reserve has decided to wind down its $120bn-a-month bond-buying programme in the hope of tempering rising inflation.
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3 Nov 21
The Bank of Israel has urged the country’s parliament to pass the state budget before a looming deadline after which the government would collapse and need new elections.
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2 Nov 21
The Reserve Bank of Australia has abandoned the yield target policy it introduced at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, recognising that a rate rise could come sooner than previously expected.
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1 Nov 21
German political parties’ continuing support for the country’s debt brake rule has contributed to rating agency Fitch maintaining its AAA judgement of Europe’s largest economy.
10 Dec 21Age-related costs to public finances could cause public debt-to-GDP ratios to rise by 140% in the next few decades if governments do not implement reforms to dull the impact of rising life...
9 Dec 21A behind-the-scenes process to tweak how GDP is calculated could blunt the measure’s ability to harm the environment.
8 Dec 21State and central banks across the globe are becoming nervous that rising inflationary pressures could trigger rates action next year, according to ratings agency Fitch.
7 Dec 21Private capital is vital to meeting a global demand for sustainable infrastructure that cannot be tackled by the public sector alone.
6 Dec 21The level of financial support for businesses and households through Covid-19 reduced the impact of lost tax income compared with the 2008 financial crisis, according to the OECD.
3 Dec 21Turkey’s finance minister has left his job in the midst of a sharply declining lira and steadfastly high inflation, and will be replaced by his deputy who one week ago defended the country’s...
2 Dec 21The new Honduran president has come to power with the promise to revamp the Central American country’s struggling economy by increasing the size and reach of the state.
1 Dec 21The European Union hopes to mobilise €300bn of infrastructure investment around the world, rivalling China’s massive Belt and Road initiative whose momentum has slowed.
30 Nov 21The Australian government brought forward next year’s budget by two months in a move suggesting it will call an election in May, right at the end of its term limit.
29 Nov 21World governments have been told to bolster their health systems and vaccination programmes in response to a new strain of Covid-19.
26 Nov 21Spanish lawmakers have passed the country’s highest-spending budget after the prime minister won the support he needed from minor parties.
25 Nov 21German finance minister Olaf Scholz is set to become chancellor after agreeing a ‘traffic light coalition’ deal comprising three parties and setting out the new government’s priorities.
24 Nov 21The Ghanaian government faces criticism for having not taken advantage of a scheme that could have paused its debt repayments amid Covid-19.
24 Nov 21The International Monetary Fund has released a delayed $700m disbursement to Ukraine amid concerns of increased Russian military activity.
8 Nov 21The Japanese government plans to spend big on a series of measures aimed at helping the economy through its ongoing struggle with Covid-19, according to reports.
8 Nov 21Eliminating tax avoidance in sub-Saharan Africa’s mining sector would leave the region better able to support its population, particularly into the economic recovery from Covid-19, a top...
8 Nov 21Ireland collected more than 35% more tax than it expected to in October, but ministers have sought to dampen any expectations of a spending splurge.
8 Nov 21Increased carbon taxes are likely to have a bigger long-term economic impact on countries which are heavily reliant on carbon-intensive energy, according to ratings agency S&P.
4 Nov 21Portugal faces a snap election after the country’s parliament failed to approve the government’s 2022 budget proposals.
4 Nov 21The US Federal Reserve has decided to wind down its $120bn-a-month bond-buying programme in the hope of tempering rising inflation.
3 Nov 21The Bank of Israel has urged the country’s parliament to pass the state budget before a looming deadline after which the government would collapse and need new elections.
