Calum Rutter

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EU wins court battle against Hungary and Poland over ability to withhold funds

A Polish and Hungarian legal challenge against the European Union has failed, allowing the bloc to... Read more
Afghan central bank: frozen assets belong to the people, not the US

Afghanistan’s central bank has criticised the US for planning to use $7bn of its assets that... Read more
Lebanon needs ‘comprehensive’ reform to drag itself out of economic doldrums

Lebanon’s crisis is so deeply rooted the country needs “a comprehensive social, economic and... Read more
Colombia among fastest-growing economies in Americas thanks to fiscal support

Government spending earlier in the Covid-19 pandemic has helped Colombia weather the economic storm... Read more
IMF wants ‘strengthened’ G20 debt restructuring process

The International Monetary Fund wants G20 finance leaders to strengthen their debt restructuring... Read more
EU spending ‘narrowing the gap’ between rich and poor regions

European Union development spending has succeeded in reducing some of the development disparity... Read more
$23bn would end the pandemic as an emergency, says WHO

Covid-19 could stop being a global emergency as early as this year if countries donated $23bn... Read more
Omicron surge set to damage Hong Kong’s economy

Stricter social distancing measures aimed at slowing Hong Kong’s fast-growing outbreak of Covid-19... Read more
Indonesia’s fiscal support to become less important for growth – finance minister

The post-pandemic economic recovery should become less reliant on government spending, Indonesia’s... Read more
World Bank to support Palestinian Authority’s health system

Rising Covid-19 cases in Gaza and the West Bank have led the World Bank to send an additional grant... Read more

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