All posts tagged "inflation"

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  Facing the future: exclusive interview with UK Treasury chief Cat Little on how to navigate uncertain times

  The second permanent secretary to the UK Treasury and head of the Government Finance Function tells Global Government Forum about navigating headwinds, productivity plans, and the imperative for government decision-makers

  • Posted February 14, 2024
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  From AI fears to public service strikes on pay: Global Government Forum’s top news stories of 2023

  After another busy year for public servants, these are some of GGF’s top news stories from the last 12 months This year was one where great expectations and anxieties around

  • Posted December 26, 2023
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  Mastercard Economics Institute’s Economic Outlook 2024: Striking a balance between prices and priorities 

  The start of the 2020s brought unprecedented fluctuations in the global economy, but next year marks a new chapter. In 2024, consumers and businesses large and small will face crucial

  • Posted December 13, 2023
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  The one-two punch: protecting living standards in an era of conflict and inflation

  At the Global Government Summit in Singapore, civil service leaders from 16 countries met to explore five of the biggest challenges facing their countries – debating first how to protect

  • Posted July 18, 2023
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  ‘Now everybody feels the stress across the system’: the impact of the era of permacrisis on public servants

  It is not a surprise that the phrase ‘permacrisis’ has quickly gained popularity in the lexicon. The turbulence that societies have faced in the early years of the 2020s have

  • Posted June 7, 2023
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  Four reasons inflation will stay stubbornly high for some time

  Inflation is remaining stubbornly high in many countries. Alexander Tziamalis, a senior lecturer in economics at Sheffield Hallam University, explains why this might be Price inflation is starting to fall in

  • Posted April 23, 2023
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  New Zealand lifts public service pay freeze

  New Zealand has lifted COVID-era pay restraints on high-earning public servants in a bid to attract talent and improve retention. In 2020, the Public Service Commission imposed a hold on

  • Posted April 5, 2023
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  Fiscal fictions: what the UK Budget says – and what it omits

  On Wednesday, the UK government produced a Budget that made no provision for big public sector pay rises; on Thursday, it promised £5bn to striking NHS staff. Matt Ross explains

  • Posted March 17, 2023
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  Canadian finance minister reiterates warning on tight government finances

  Canada’s finance minister Chrystia Freeland has warned that a slowing global economic outlook will require continued restraint in federal public spending. Freeland hosted a meeting with provincial and territorial finance

  • Posted February 8, 2023
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  Democrats propose 8.7% pay hike for US feds; APS staff asked for feedback on pay and conditions: management & workforce news in brief

  Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Democrats propose 8.7% pay raise for US feds in 2024 Democrats in both the

  • Posted February 2, 2023
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