Calum Rutter

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IMF warns against countries adopting cryptocurrencies ahead of El Salvador move

One month before El Salvador formally adopts Bitcoin as legal tender, the International Monetary... Read more
US Treasury begins extraordinary measures to avoid breaching debt limit

Treasury secretary Janet Yellen has begun steps to prevent the US federal government borrowing... Read more
Israel’s cabinet approves first budget in three years

Israeli ministers have agreed on the first state budget since March 2018 after two years of... Read more
US senators announce $1trn infrastructure bill

Senate negotiators have unveiled a $1trn plan to invest in infrastructure in the US, after weeks of... Read more
EU fiscal rules ‘cannot simply go back to normal’

European Union fiscal rules need to allow for stronger public investment to drive growth in the... Read more
North Korean economy struggling amid pandemic and international sanctions

Sanctions and Covid-19 have led North Korea’s economy to its biggest contraction in more than two... Read more
Biden to step up ‘buy American’ rules for US government procurement

US president Joe Biden has said he will strengthen the rules governing the federal government’s $... Read more
After spending $837bn, US leaves Afghanistan with ‘compounding’ development problems

US troops are leaving Afghanistan with poor growth prospects amid increasing violence and the... Read more
Social unrest in South Africa could ‘stifle’ rebound

Violent civil unrest in South Africa risks harming the economic recovery from Covid-19 and... Read more
New variants could ‘wipe out $4.5trn’ from world economy

Highly infectious new strains of Covid-19 could scupper the economic recovery and take as much as $... Read more

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