After a long and grueling process that at times looked to be headed to default rather than to a deal, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has forced President Biden to agree to necessary spending ...

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation This paper proposes anchoring medium- to long-term fiscal policy in a Public Sector Net Worth (PSNW) target. Such a target ...

Fiscal policy is central to development. It can support macroeconomic stability, foster growth, and help reduce poverty. Taxes fund essential services, while public spending builds human capital and ...

This year’s conference brought together six research papers that explore issues related to fiscal and monetary policy and their interaction. The papers ranged from a theoretical analysis of the design ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's government will pledge in this year's policy guidelines to take "nimble policy action" as U.S. tariffs and high inflation impact household finances, according to a draft seen ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The loss of Japan's ruling bloc's parliamentary majority has heightened prospects that a new government will need to ramp up spending and of potential complications for further ...

The rankings are in for which U.S. governors have the best – and worst – records when it comes to fiscal responsibility. The Cato Institute released its biennial Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's ...

BRUSSELS, Dec 20 (Reuters) - European Union finance ministers agreed on Wednesday the latest reform of the bloc's two-decade-old fiscal rules, allowing more time to cut public debt and creating ...

The World Bank’s new Zimbabwe Public Finance Review (PFR) comes at a critical time, seeking to support the government’s task of fiscal consolidation by identifying policy options to help expenditure ...