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21 Feb 17
The European Council has agreed fresh measures to prevent corporations avoiding tax via countries that are not members of the European Union.
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21 Feb 17
Greece and its creditors have found some “common ground” following the latest meetings on its stalling €86bn bailout in Brussels yesterday.
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21 Feb 17
Giving US states a greater say over how they pay for infrastructure projects and handing private investors tax breaks will create long-term benefits
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20 Feb 17
Mongolia has secured a provisional agreement for a $5.5bn programme with the International Monetary Fund, preventing a slip in its international credit rating.
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20 Feb 17
Hungary could be forced to withdraw its bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games in the capital Budapest after a petition to hold a referendum on the matter received more than double the signatures needed...
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17 Feb 17
Growth in West Africa is at risk due to governments continually shelving plans to cut spending and raise taxes, the International Monetary Fund has warned.
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17 Feb 17
Significant changes to the operation of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund have been outlined in proposals from the Norwegian government.
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16 Feb 17
The European Commission has delivered “final warnings” on pollution to a host of the bloc’s major economies.
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16 Feb 17
MEPs have ratified CETA, the controversial free trade deal between the European Union and Canada, despite heavy resistance from the public.
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15 Feb 17
Authorities regulating the financial sector lack transparency, creating mistrust and hampering the effectiveness of systems designed to prevent financial crime, Transparency International has found.
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15 Feb 17
Weak growth in Germany, Italy and Greece in the final quarter of last year has dampened an optimistic outlook for the ever-sluggish eurozone.
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14 Feb 17
Overfishing is costing the global economy more than $80bn per year in lost revenues, the World Bank has found.
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14 Feb 17
All 27 European Union economies are forecast to grow for three years in a row – marking the first time the European Commission has made such a prediction in almost a decade.
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13 Feb 17
Swiss voters rejected government plans to overhaul the country's controversial multinational tax system in a referendum yesterday.
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10 Feb 17
African cities must become more global if they are to fulfil their growth potential, the World Bank has said.
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10 Feb 17
Australia’s plan to eliminate its deficit risks being overly ambitious and doing more harm than good in an economy stuck in a “new mediocre”, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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10 Feb 17
Euro-area unemployment fell at a quicker pace than across other advanced economies in 2016, data from the OECD showed yesterday.
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10 Feb 17
The Nigerian government has taken control of West Africa’s most-used airline after the company began to buckle under the weight of its spiralling debts.
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8 Feb 17
Qatar is spending almost half a billion dollars per week on World Cup infrastructure, and could continue doing so for the next four years, its finance minister has said.
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8 Feb 17
The rift over the Greek bailout programme has deepened after the country’s government and European leaders hit back at a “pessimistic” International Monetary Fund report published yesterday.
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7 Feb 17
A rare public split within the International Monetary Fund’s executive board has served as yet another sign of just how contentious an issue the Greek bailout has become.
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6 Feb 17
The International Monetary Fund has warned that the Turkish economy will continue to struggle and called on its government to rein in its fiscal policy.
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6 Feb 17
Mass protests are continuing across Romania despite the government rescinding an emergency decree that had repealed the country’s anti-corruption laws.
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3 Feb 17
Economic policy uncertainties could hamper an expected upturn in declining global investment, the United Nations has warned.
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3 Feb 17
The eurozone’s rocky past was not due to inherent faults in the single market or currency, but because national policymakers didn’t stick to the plan, the European Central Bank chief has said.
21 Feb 17The European Council has agreed fresh measures to prevent corporations avoiding tax via countries that are not members of the European Union.
21 Feb 17Greece and its creditors have found some “common ground” following the latest meetings on its stalling €86bn bailout in Brussels yesterday.
21 Feb 17Giving US states a greater say over how they pay for infrastructure projects and handing private investors tax breaks will create long-term benefits
20 Feb 17Mongolia has secured a provisional agreement for a $5.5bn programme with the International Monetary Fund, preventing a slip in its international credit rating.
20 Feb 17Hungary could be forced to withdraw its bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games in the capital Budapest after a petition to hold a referendum on the matter received more than double the signatures needed...
17 Feb 17Growth in West Africa is at risk due to governments continually shelving plans to cut spending and raise taxes, the International Monetary Fund has warned.
17 Feb 17Significant changes to the operation of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund have been outlined in proposals from the Norwegian government.
16 Feb 17The European Commission has delivered “final warnings” on pollution to a host of the bloc’s major economies.
16 Feb 17MEPs have ratified CETA, the controversial free trade deal between the European Union and Canada, despite heavy resistance from the public.
15 Feb 17Authorities regulating the financial sector lack transparency, creating mistrust and hampering the effectiveness of systems designed to prevent financial crime, Transparency International has found.
15 Feb 17Weak growth in Germany, Italy and Greece in the final quarter of last year has dampened an optimistic outlook for the ever-sluggish eurozone.
14 Feb 17Overfishing is costing the global economy more than $80bn per year in lost revenues, the World Bank has found.
14 Feb 17All 27 European Union economies are forecast to grow for three years in a row – marking the first time the European Commission has made such a prediction in almost a decade.
10 Feb 17African cities must become more global if they are to fulfil their growth potential, the World Bank has said.
10 Feb 17Australia’s plan to eliminate its deficit risks being overly ambitious and doing more harm than good in an economy stuck in a “new mediocre”, according to the International Monetary Fund.
10 Feb 17Euro-area unemployment fell at a quicker pace than across other advanced economies in 2016, data from the OECD showed yesterday.
10 Feb 17The Nigerian government has taken control of West Africa’s most-used airline after the company began to buckle under the weight of its spiralling debts.
8 Feb 17Qatar is spending almost half a billion dollars per week on World Cup infrastructure, and could continue doing so for the next four years, its finance minister has said.
8 Feb 17The rift over the Greek bailout programme has deepened after the country’s government and European leaders hit back at a “pessimistic” International Monetary Fund report published yesterday.
6 Feb 17The International Monetary Fund has warned that the Turkish economy will continue to struggle and called on its government to rein in its fiscal policy.
6 Feb 17Mass protests are continuing across Romania despite the government rescinding an emergency decree that had repealed the country’s anti-corruption laws.
3 Feb 17Economic policy uncertainties could hamper an expected upturn in declining global investment, the United Nations has warned.
3 Feb 17The eurozone’s rocky past was not due to inherent faults in the single market or currency, but because national policymakers didn’t stick to the plan, the European Central Bank chief has said.
