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10 Mar 20
Government bond yields across the world have plummeted, due to the combination of a sharp decline in oil prices and market uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus outbreak.
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9 Mar 20
Lebanon is set to default on its debts after the prime minister stopped a bond payment he said the government cannot afford while Lebanese people suffer.
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9 Mar 20
The IMF’s Vitor Gaspar and Paolo Mauro outline how governments should respond to the outbreak in order to stop the worst economic effects.
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6 Mar 20
Power cuts and poor performance by the state-owned power company Eskom are “killing the economy” of South Africa, an economist has told PFF after the country entered its second recession in two years.
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6 Mar 20
World financial institutions and governments this week rushed to provide billions of dollars to fight the coronavirus outbreak and support the economy.
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4 Mar 20
Fears of the coronavirus outbreak hitting the economy have caused the US Federal Reserve to slash interest rates in the biggest single cut since the last financial crisis.
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3 Mar 20
Irish public finances face the threat of lower corporation tax receipts, as the OECD process to reform the global tax system approaches a “crucial” phase.
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2 Mar 20
Coronavirus could push a number of nations into a recession under a worst case scenario outlined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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2 Mar 20
The IMF has secured enough money to wipe $334m of Somalia’s debt, bringing the beleaguered east African country one step closer to wholesale debt relief.
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28 Feb 20
European finance ministers are considering intervention in their economies to counter the impact of coronavirus outbreaks.
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25 Feb 20
The coronavirus epidemic is having a noticeable impact on the global economy, IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva has warned.
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21 Feb 20
Governments should look to metrics other than GDP to judge the wellbeing of their societies, researchers have said.
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20 Feb 20
As the Group of Twenty industrialized and emerging market economies (G20) finance ministers and central bank governors gather in Riyadh this week, they face an uncertain economic landscape, writes...
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19 Feb 20
The US could scupper global efforts to reform corporation tax, the official responsible for the EU’s tax policy has warned.
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18 Feb 20
A UK territory is one of four jurisdictions that has been added to the EU’s tax blacklist, after failing to implement reforms by an agreed deadline.
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18 Feb 20
There’s no doubt that the fourth industrial revolution is taking hold, but do we fully appreciate the social unrest that may follow this time round?
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14 Feb 20
OECD proposals to shake-up the global corporation tax system do not adequately address the problem of tax avoidance by multinational businesses, a campaign group has warned.
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11 Feb 20
Smaller countries around China are vulnerable to economic impact from the coronavirus outbreak, even if they have no confirmed cases, new research has suggested.
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11 Feb 20
Japan’s population is ageing and shrinking so quickly that there will be almost one elderly person for each working-age person by 2060, an assessment by the International Monetary Fund has found.
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7 Feb 20
The makeshift hospital built to treat coronavirus patients in central China began admitting patients just 12 days after construction started.
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4 Feb 20
The global fight against corruption is stagnating, campaigning group Transparency International has warned after publishing its latest annual Corruption Perceptions Index.
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4 Feb 20
Money the EU should be spending on fostering security and resilience in Africa is increasingly being used to close borders and stifle migration, Oxfam researchers have revealed.
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31 Jan 20
The coronavirus outbreak has been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organisation, as cases are confirmed in multiple new countries.
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31 Jan 20
Officials are hopeful that they can reform the global tax system to address the challenges posed by big digital businesses.
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24 Jan 20
East and South Asian economies face weak growth prospects amid trade tensions and uncertainty around policy, according to a new report.
10 Mar 20Government bond yields across the world have plummeted, due to the combination of a sharp decline in oil prices and market uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus outbreak.
9 Mar 20Lebanon is set to default on its debts after the prime minister stopped a bond payment he said the government cannot afford while Lebanese people suffer.
9 Mar 20The IMF’s Vitor Gaspar and Paolo Mauro outline how governments should respond to the outbreak in order to stop the worst economic effects.
6 Mar 20Power cuts and poor performance by the state-owned power company Eskom are “killing the economy” of South Africa, an economist has told PFF after the country entered its second recession in two years.
6 Mar 20World financial institutions and governments this week rushed to provide billions of dollars to fight the coronavirus outbreak and support the economy.
4 Mar 20Fears of the coronavirus outbreak hitting the economy have caused the US Federal Reserve to slash interest rates in the biggest single cut since the last financial crisis.
3 Mar 20Irish public finances face the threat of lower corporation tax receipts, as the OECD process to reform the global tax system approaches a “crucial” phase.
2 Mar 20Coronavirus could push a number of nations into a recession under a worst case scenario outlined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
2 Mar 20The IMF has secured enough money to wipe $334m of Somalia’s debt, bringing the beleaguered east African country one step closer to wholesale debt relief.
28 Feb 20European finance ministers are considering intervention in their economies to counter the impact of coronavirus outbreaks.
25 Feb 20The coronavirus epidemic is having a noticeable impact on the global economy, IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva has warned.
21 Feb 20Governments should look to metrics other than GDP to judge the wellbeing of their societies, researchers have said.
20 Feb 20As the Group of Twenty industrialized and emerging market economies (G20) finance ministers and central bank governors gather in Riyadh this week, they face an uncertain economic landscape, writes...
19 Feb 20The US could scupper global efforts to reform corporation tax, the official responsible for the EU’s tax policy has warned.
18 Feb 20A UK territory is one of four jurisdictions that has been added to the EU’s tax blacklist, after failing to implement reforms by an agreed deadline.
18 Feb 20There’s no doubt that the fourth industrial revolution is taking hold, but do we fully appreciate the social unrest that may follow this time round?
14 Feb 20OECD proposals to shake-up the global corporation tax system do not adequately address the problem of tax avoidance by multinational businesses, a campaign group has warned.
11 Feb 20Smaller countries around China are vulnerable to economic impact from the coronavirus outbreak, even if they have no confirmed cases, new research has suggested.
11 Feb 20Japan’s population is ageing and shrinking so quickly that there will be almost one elderly person for each working-age person by 2060, an assessment by the International Monetary Fund has found.
4 Feb 20The global fight against corruption is stagnating, campaigning group Transparency International has warned after publishing its latest annual Corruption Perceptions Index.
4 Feb 20Money the EU should be spending on fostering security and resilience in Africa is increasingly being used to close borders and stifle migration, Oxfam researchers have revealed.
24 Jan 20East and South Asian economies face weak growth prospects amid trade tensions and uncertainty around policy, according to a new report.
