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2 Feb 23
Major central banks have continued to hike interest rates in a bid to tame inflation, which remains at multi-decade highs.
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2 Feb 23
The Indian government will continue to raise capital spending in 2023-24, in a bid to “ramp up the virtuous cycle of investment and job creation”.
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2 Feb 23
Political instability and simmering discontent in Peru will impede progress on reforms and damage economic growth, ratings agency Moody’s has said.
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31 Jan 23
Continuing conflict and the global economic downturn will compress already slow growth in Myanmar, economists at the World Bank have said.
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30 Jan 23
Boosting welfare and access to services should provide all European Union citizens with a level of income that keeps them out of poverty, bloc officials have said.
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30 Jan 23
The risk of higher government deficits has prompted another downgrade in Nigeria’s credit rating, Moody’s has said.
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30 Jan 23
The French government has launched an initiative to reduce employment discrimination by using fake online applications.
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27 Jan 23
The economic slowdown exacerbated by high inflation could undermine hard-won progress on sustainable development goals, the United Nations has said.
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26 Jan 23
Senior politicians have urged the Singaporean government to review more than $70bn of unaudited spending during Covid-19.
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25 Jan 23
The Indian government has raised close to $1bn from its inaugural green bond to help fund investments in the transition towards net zero.
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24 Jan 23
The Ghanaian government’s auditor general has criticised how departments spent, and managed billions of cedi allocated to fund the Covid-19 response.
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24 Jan 23
The restructuring of the Zambian government’s debt is key to progressing welfare and education reforms, and ensuring financial sustainability, senior finance figures have said.
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24 Jan 23
Haiti has been given a financial lifeline by the IMF to avoid a famine.
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24 Jan 23
The US Treasury has renewed pledges to reform how it collects taxes and ensure the Inland Revenue Service can recover billions of dollars of unpaid taxes.
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20 Jan 23
To meet borrowing needs, the Egyptian government will have tough decisions to make following the approval of a $3bn International Monetary Fund loan.
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19 Jan 23
The International Monetary Fund’s outlook for the global economy this year is less gloomy than before, owing to resilience in some important regions.
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19 Jan 23
Land reform is key to ending poverty and fighting climate change, according to the world’s leading government lender.
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17 Jan 23
The Ukrainian government will receive the first tranche of an €18bn European Union support package later this week, after agreeing to loan conditions.
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17 Jan 23
Concerns over an extended period of high inflation will lead to the European Central Bank raising interest rates higher than expected, ratings agency Fitch has said.
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17 Jan 23
The US Congress not raising the country’s debt ceiling could lead to “irreparable harm” to the US and the world economy if the government ended up defaulting, Treasury secretary Janet Yellen said.
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16 Jan 23
The push for international corporation tax reform will be led by Manal Corwin, formerly of the US Treasury, who has been appointed as director of the OECD’s Centre for Tax Policy and Administration.
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13 Jan 23
The news agenda moves fast. Stay on top of some of the key stories which we share here.
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13 Jan 23
The French government wants to raise the retirement age to reduce the pressure swelling pension costs are placing on the country’s public finances.
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12 Jan 23
Overall sukuk issuance is expected to rise slowly this year as major issuers’ financing needs remain high but so do oil revenues, analysts have predicted.
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11 Jan 23
Egypt will reduce the state’s role in the economy – including its military, which has grown its footprint rapidly in the decade since a 2013 coup – in a bid to boost growth, the president has agreed...
2 Feb 23Major central banks have continued to hike interest rates in a bid to tame inflation, which remains at multi-decade highs.
2 Feb 23The Indian government will continue to raise capital spending in 2023-24, in a bid to “ramp up the virtuous cycle of investment and job creation”.
2 Feb 23Political instability and simmering discontent in Peru will impede progress on reforms and damage economic growth, ratings agency Moody’s has said.
31 Jan 23Continuing conflict and the global economic downturn will compress already slow growth in Myanmar, economists at the World Bank have said.
30 Jan 23Boosting welfare and access to services should provide all European Union citizens with a level of income that keeps them out of poverty, bloc officials have said.
30 Jan 23The risk of higher government deficits has prompted another downgrade in Nigeria’s credit rating, Moody’s has said.
30 Jan 23The French government has launched an initiative to reduce employment discrimination by using fake online applications.
27 Jan 23The economic slowdown exacerbated by high inflation could undermine hard-won progress on sustainable development goals, the United Nations has said.
26 Jan 23Senior politicians have urged the Singaporean government to review more than $70bn of unaudited spending during Covid-19.
25 Jan 23The Indian government has raised close to $1bn from its inaugural green bond to help fund investments in the transition towards net zero.
24 Jan 23The Ghanaian government’s auditor general has criticised how departments spent, and managed billions of cedi allocated to fund the Covid-19 response.
24 Jan 23The restructuring of the Zambian government’s debt is key to progressing welfare and education reforms, and ensuring financial sustainability, senior finance figures have said.
24 Jan 23Haiti has been given a financial lifeline by the IMF to avoid a famine.
24 Jan 23The US Treasury has renewed pledges to reform how it collects taxes and ensure the Inland Revenue Service can recover billions of dollars of unpaid taxes.
20 Jan 23To meet borrowing needs, the Egyptian government will have tough decisions to make following the approval of a $3bn International Monetary Fund loan.
19 Jan 23Land reform is key to ending poverty and fighting climate change, according to the world’s leading government lender.
17 Jan 23The Ukrainian government will receive the first tranche of an €18bn European Union support package later this week, after agreeing to loan conditions.
17 Jan 23Concerns over an extended period of high inflation will lead to the European Central Bank raising interest rates higher than expected, ratings agency Fitch has said.
16 Jan 23The push for international corporation tax reform will be led by Manal Corwin, formerly of the US Treasury, who has been appointed as director of the OECD’s Centre for Tax Policy and Administration.
13 Jan 23The news agenda moves fast. Stay on top of some of the key stories which we share here.
13 Jan 23The French government wants to raise the retirement age to reduce the pressure swelling pension costs are placing on the country’s public finances.
12 Jan 23Overall sukuk issuance is expected to rise slowly this year as major issuers’ financing needs remain high but so do oil revenues, analysts have predicted.
