All posts tagged "fiscal policy"

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  Guarding the public finances: the power of fiscal rules

  When politicians are feeling virtuous, they introduce fiscal rules. When they succumb to temptation, they break them – and the public suffers the consequences. Gavin O’Toole explores their power and

  • Posted March 14, 2019
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  IMF champions move towards ‘gender budgeting’

  With Italy putting gender equality at the heart of its G7 presidency, there’s growing interest in public finance managers’ potential to help women play a greater role in economic growth.

  • Posted July 23, 2017
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  Torsten Arnswald, Head of the Fiscal Policy Division, Federal Ministry of Finance, Germany: Exclusive Interview

  Germany’s economic success makes the country envied, admired and resented in pretty much equal measure – particularly whilst so many nations are struggling with low growth and high debts. Its

  • Posted June 26, 2017
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  German fiscal policy chief: EU unity outranks tariff-free exports

  The head of Germany’s Fiscal Policy Division has warned that the country will prioritise EU unity and the core principles of the Single Market over its short-term interest in exporting

  • Posted June 25, 2017
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  UK government under pressure to set out Brexit ‘vision’

  The UK government is coming under growing domestic pressure to explain its Brexit strategy, with MPs of all parties and former cabinet secretary Lord O’Donnell calling on the prime minister

  • Posted September 5, 2016
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  Lord O’Donnell, former Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, UK: Exclusive Interview

  Ten weeks on from the UK’s EU referendum, former cabinet secretary Sir Gus O’Donnell considers why the electorate voted to leave – and tells Matt Ross that new prime minister

  • Posted September 5, 2016
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