... on international capital markets, where Kuwait's sovereign credit ratings is well into investment grade levels. International borrowing would reduce the need to fund the fiscal deficit, which came in at KWD1.6bn in fiscal year 2023/24 (to end March), on the local domestic market, freeing up bank lending...

... fiscal government judicial legislation policy reform economy Russell Vought, nominated to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, at a Senate confirmation hearing, January 15, 2025 (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) The White House yesterday rescinded a memo issued...

...Oxford Analytica Headline PERU: Fiscal deficit may prompt new debt issues economy industry politics bonds debt fiscal growth investment mining policy protest Metals & mining PERU: Finance Minister Jose Arista told Reuters yesterday that the government planned...

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...Oxford Analytica Significance The government is reordering spending, rather than increasing it, while aiming for a gradual fiscal consolidation and markedly less reliance on foreign financing and the conditionality it entails. President Kais Saied aims to punish a business class that he sees...

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... Venezuela economy social crime fiscal health immigration policy population Inmates at Latin America’s largest prison, in El Salvador (Marvin Recinos/AFP/Getty Images) Tuberculosis (TB) has been expanding in Latin America at a faster rate than in other world regions...

.... The heightened debate over the prospect of reforming the fiscal rules emanates from a bipartisan acceptance that Germany's economy is mired in long-term malaise and that government action is required to reverse the downward trajectory. Germany has been in recession for two years, with the economy contracting...

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... debt fiscal government policy BAHRAIN: Bahrain is expected to issue USD2bn-USD3bn-worth of sovereign bonds, including sukuk (Islamic-compliant bonds), during 2025, according the international credit agency Moody's today. The sum is in addition to the USD1bn sukuk issued by the state-owned...

...Oxford Analytica Significance Farmers demanded the reduction amid challenges including lower international commodities prices, real currency appreciation and another drought. It is expected to have a fiscal cost of USD800mn (0.13% of GDP). Elimination of export taxes was one of President Javier...

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..., the government's emphasis on sustaining a fiscal surplus has indefinitely delayed implementation of that promise; Caputo said yesterday that the government lacks resources to eliminate export taxes permanently, which he said would require revenues from other sources above USD8bn annually. Political and economic...

... weak at around 2.0%. The fiscal surplus is expected to fall to a still strong 4% of GDP from an estimated 5% in 2024. The current account surplus will come in at around 7.5%, driven in part by the success of the signing of a series of bilateral comprehensive economic partnership agreements (CEPAs) over...

.... Transhipment tariffs by Trump could lower ASEAN demand, although trade to ASEAN may remain favourable if duties remain lower than on China. China AP economy consumer fiscal foreign investment foreign trade growth monetary policy property industry international relations food health...

... politics defence fiscal foreign policy government growth investment opposition policy security Aerospace & defence ESTONIA: "The security situation is serious", Prime Minister Kristen Michal told Estonia's public broadcaster yesterday, defending his decision a day earlier...