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20 Apr 21
Canada’s first pandemic budget includes huge childcare spending and Covid-19 relief, as well as a plan to slash the deficit over the next few years.
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20 Apr 21
Proposed tax reforms will be critical to ensuring Colombia’s debt levels are stabilised in the medium-term, according to ratings agency Fitch.
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19 Apr 21
Rising debts and the differing strength of public finances across eurozone countries make reforming European fiscal rules more challenging, ratings agency Fitch said in a report.
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19 Apr 21
Rating’s agency Standard and Poor’s has revised up its ratings outlook for US local and state governments due to increased support from president Joe Biden’s rescue package.
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19 Apr 21
A small ‘wealth tax’ on stocks of giant companies could raise $180bn each year and address problems that have been exacerbated by the pandemic, a French economist has said.
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16 Apr 21
Experts say that the Biden administration’s move to ban US financial institutions from participating in the primary market for Russian bonds is likely to have little impact.
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15 Apr 21
The first meeting of Turkey’s monetary policy committee since president Recip Tayyip Erdogan sacked his previous central bank governor has frozen the country’s benchmark interest rate.
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15 Apr 21
Efficiently shifting workers from unviable parts of the economy to growth sectors will halve medium term scarring to the European economy after Covid-19, according to a leading IMF official.
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14 Apr 21
A petition by 200,000 Kenyans is calling on the International Monetary Fund to stop lending their government money, forcing a minister to defend a $2.34bn funding deal signed on 3 April
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14 Apr 21
Major economies need to make a much greater effort to reach their aid goals, despite spending hitting a record $161bn in 2020, according to the OECD.
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14 Apr 21
Vietnam’s successful campaign to contain the spread of Covid-19 could lead to an upgrade to its credit rating, according to a ratings agency.
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14 Apr 21
Ecuador’s election winner Guillermo Lasso has said he will revive the country’s struggling economy by eliminating the deficit within his term.
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13 Apr 21
India’s planned 111 trillion rupees (£1trn) investment in infrastructure will require the state to play a major role in attracting investment, according to ratings agency Standard and Poor’s.
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13 Apr 21
Greece’s public debt rose to 207% of GDP at the end of 2020 but remains on a sustainable footing, according to ratings agency Fitch.
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12 Apr 21
The International Monetary Fund has revised up the growth forecast for the Middle East and North Africa region in 2021 by 0.8 percentage points.
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12 Apr 21
Low-income countries have received just 0.2% of Covid-19 vaccines and advanced economies need to step up financing efforts amid growing deaths and new variants, the World Health Organisation has...
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12 Apr 21
Undeserving private sector lenders could benefit from International Monetary Fund action aimed at helping poorer countries recover from Covid-19, a former deputy director of the fund has warned.
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9 Apr 21
A rise in inflation could be a desirable way to help pay off Covid-19 debt, as bond markets continue their popularity, according to a leading chief investment officer.
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9 Apr 21
Bitcoin “does not fulfil the basic properties of money” according to an executive board member at the European Central Bank.
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9 Apr 21
Governments should consider implementing a one-off wealth tax to help pay for the cost of Covid-19 support packages, according the International Monetary Fund.
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8 Apr 21
Japan could supplement its record budget, passed last month, if pandemic costs rise, a senior official has said.
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7 Apr 21
Prospects for economic recovery vary starkly across regions and between countries despite the world economy emerging from the worst phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Monetary Fund has...
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7 Apr 21
The coronavirus pandemic saw Germany’s public sector deficit reach €189bn last year, the largest budgetary gap since its reunification in 1990.
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7 Apr 21
A worldwide agreement on taxing multinational companies appears closer after the US signalled its support for a minimum global rate of corporation tax, European finance ministers have said.
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6 Apr 21
Around 25 countries – about one in eight – spent more on servicing debts in 2019 than on education, health and social protection combined, according to UNICEF.
20 Apr 21Canada’s first pandemic budget includes huge childcare spending and Covid-19 relief, as well as a plan to slash the deficit over the next few years.
20 Apr 21Proposed tax reforms will be critical to ensuring Colombia’s debt levels are stabilised in the medium-term, according to ratings agency Fitch.
19 Apr 21Rising debts and the differing strength of public finances across eurozone countries make reforming European fiscal rules more challenging, ratings agency Fitch said in a report.
19 Apr 21Rating’s agency Standard and Poor’s has revised up its ratings outlook for US local and state governments due to increased support from president Joe Biden’s rescue package.
19 Apr 21A small ‘wealth tax’ on stocks of giant companies could raise $180bn each year and address problems that have been exacerbated by the pandemic, a French economist has said.
16 Apr 21Experts say that the Biden administration’s move to ban US financial institutions from participating in the primary market for Russian bonds is likely to have little impact.
15 Apr 21The first meeting of Turkey’s monetary policy committee since president Recip Tayyip Erdogan sacked his previous central bank governor has frozen the country’s benchmark interest rate.
15 Apr 21Efficiently shifting workers from unviable parts of the economy to growth sectors will halve medium term scarring to the European economy after Covid-19, according to a leading IMF official.
14 Apr 21A petition by 200,000 Kenyans is calling on the International Monetary Fund to stop lending their government money, forcing a minister to defend a $2.34bn funding deal signed on 3 April
14 Apr 21Major economies need to make a much greater effort to reach their aid goals, despite spending hitting a record $161bn in 2020, according to the OECD.
14 Apr 21Vietnam’s successful campaign to contain the spread of Covid-19 could lead to an upgrade to its credit rating, according to a ratings agency.
14 Apr 21Ecuador’s election winner Guillermo Lasso has said he will revive the country’s struggling economy by eliminating the deficit within his term.
13 Apr 21India’s planned 111 trillion rupees (£1trn) investment in infrastructure will require the state to play a major role in attracting investment, according to ratings agency Standard and Poor’s.
13 Apr 21Greece’s public debt rose to 207% of GDP at the end of 2020 but remains on a sustainable footing, according to ratings agency Fitch.
12 Apr 21The International Monetary Fund has revised up the growth forecast for the Middle East and North Africa region in 2021 by 0.8 percentage points.
12 Apr 21Low-income countries have received just 0.2% of Covid-19 vaccines and advanced economies need to step up financing efforts amid growing deaths and new variants, the World Health Organisation has...
12 Apr 21Undeserving private sector lenders could benefit from International Monetary Fund action aimed at helping poorer countries recover from Covid-19, a former deputy director of the fund has warned.
9 Apr 21A rise in inflation could be a desirable way to help pay off Covid-19 debt, as bond markets continue their popularity, according to a leading chief investment officer.
9 Apr 21Bitcoin “does not fulfil the basic properties of money” according to an executive board member at the European Central Bank.
9 Apr 21Governments should consider implementing a one-off wealth tax to help pay for the cost of Covid-19 support packages, according the International Monetary Fund.
8 Apr 21Japan could supplement its record budget, passed last month, if pandemic costs rise, a senior official has said.
7 Apr 21Prospects for economic recovery vary starkly across regions and between countries despite the world economy emerging from the worst phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Monetary Fund has...
7 Apr 21The coronavirus pandemic saw Germany’s public sector deficit reach €189bn last year, the largest budgetary gap since its reunification in 1990.
6 Apr 21Around 25 countries – about one in eight – spent more on servicing debts in 2019 than on education, health and social protection combined, according to UNICEF.
