Verité Research Sri Lanka Economic Policy Group recommends domestic debt restructuring as it would benefit the government. In its third research, the Verité Research Sri Lanka Economic Policy Group, presented via analysis by Professor Udara Peiris of USA Oberlin College, explains four ways to restructure the proposed domestic debt. Core […]

LAWRENCE — The 2022 Kansas Economic Policy Conference will explore “building a resilient Kansas economy.” Taking place Oct. 27 at the Burge Union on the University of Kansas Lawrence campus with a livestream option, the conference brings together community leaders, policymakers, and subject matter experts to consider timely and relevant issues. “This year’s conference focuses […]

LAWRENCE — The 2022 Kansas Economic Policy Conference will explore “building a resilient Kansas economy.” Taking place Oct. 27 at the Burge Union on the University of Kansas Lawrence campus with a livestream option, the conference brings together community leaders, policymakers, and subject matter experts to consider timely and relevant issues. “This year’s conference focuses […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The market’s sharp negative reaction to Britain’s plans for tax cuts and big new borrowing is likely to be a stern warning to the emerging new Italian government and other EU countries to hold on to responsibility for fiscal policy, senior eurozone officials said. European Union governments now face a dilemma, torn […]

This is a longer version of an article that first appeared on India Cable – a premium newsletter from The Wire & Galileo Ideas – and has been republished here. To subscribe to The India Cable, Click here. Seminal contributions by Ben Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig made in the fondamental research […]

Date: October 13, 2022 | Author: Sean Keywood A webinar on UK government economic policy is to be hosted by the Vehicle Remarketing Association (VRA). The organization said the event on Nov. 2 would include a reaction to Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s debt reduction plan and the Office for Budgetary Responsibility’s official forecast, both due to […]

According to the Institute for Tax Studies. The UK will also struggle to meet the Chancellor’s 2.5% growth target, with economic forecasts from investment bank Citigroup which the IFS uses to back up its analysis showing the UK will have to struggling to grow at more than 0.8% on average over the next five years. […]

At the first meeting of candidates for Iowa’s 3rd congressional district on Thursday, challenger Zach Nunn, a Republican, almost immediately steered the conversation to the economy and inflation. US Representative Cindy Axne, the Democratic incumbent, has made an impassioned plea to restore abortion rights at the federal level. “If you’ve been to the grocery store […]

The MP for Carlisle said he had ‘no personal problem’ with the removal of the cap on bankers’ bonuses. The removal of the ceiling was announced by the Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, in his controversial “mini budget” delivered at the end of September. John Stevenson made the comment when speaking to Kay Burley on Sky News […]

The Economic Policy Uncertainty Index (EPU) for Cyprus reached its highest level so far in April 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine last February. The second highest level of UPE was recorded in April 2020, one month after the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the country, 345.27. According to data published by the […]

Too often, schools view First Nations students “through a deficit lens” as victims of their own circumstances who need to be “rescued,” O’Bryan said. “The prevailing view…is that they feel like they can make decisions for children and families, which would never be the case if the child had white skin,” she said. “They sometimes […]

Researchers from the University of Manchester have published new research which aims to enable decision makers to identify development options that balance economic, social and environmental objectives. The 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to jointly improve economic, social and environmental outcomes for human prosperity and planetary health. However, designing economic policies that support the […]

The IMF and ratings agency Moody’s criticized Britain’s new economic strategy as investors braced for more havoc in bond markets, which has already forced the Bank of England (BOE) to promise “meaningful” action. Statements from the IMF and Moody’s overnight have increased pressure on Britain’s new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng, to reassess policy, […]

A state-owned energy company, insulation for every UK home, carbon-free electricity by the end of the decade – the Labor conference showed that Keir Starmer puts a low-carbon future firmly at the center of his economic plans. Fundamentally, however, these announcements weren’t just green in intent – they’re primarily aimed at tackling the soaring cost […]

Artwork by Thomas Kuhlenbeck / Ikon Images Last Friday (September 23), I spent the day trying to explain to my American friends why the UK had embarked on the biggest tax cuts since 1972. What was there to say? As an Englishman in New York, I often find myself elucidating our various eccentricities. Most of […]

Italy will continue on its current economic trajectory despite the fact that far-right Brothers of Italy leader Giorgia Meloni is set to form the new government after Sunday’s election victory, Luis de Guindos said on Monday. Spanish Vice-President of the European Central Bank (ECB). . De Guindos said so during a conference in Madrid on […]

Truss and Kwarteng are betting on delivering a growth agenda fueled by tax cuts. The Chancellor announced that the 1.25% increase in National Insurance will be canceled from November 6 and that the proposed increase in corporation tax will be canceled as planned. The planned introduction of a new health and social care tax […]

To share Tax cuts will grab the headlines, but there were plenty of other good policies here Ministers have spoken of growth before, now the policy matches that rhetoric Chancellor knows interest rates aren’t all that matters when it comes to taxation When Boris Johnson became Prime Minister in July 2019, many free-market supporters were […]

The new prime minister and his chancellor had promised a big budget statement, but almost any economic watcher – the IfG included – will be shocked at how big and sweeping Kwasi Kwarteng’s ‘mini’ budget was. Promised reversals of National Insurance and corporation tax increases, and trailing stamp duty cuts, have been accompanied by deep […]

Liz Truss said cutting taxes for wealthy and profitable businesses is not “unfair”, signaling a dramatic shift in economic policy ahead of a growth-focused mini-budget on Friday. Britain’s prime minister has approved plans to cut National Insurance, a policy that will disproportionately help the wealthy, reverse a planned rise in corporation tax and lift the […]

By Otieno Otieno Kenyan President William Ruto faces a catch-22 situation in his quest to reverse some of his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta’s policies to deliver on his campaign promises on the economy to bring down the cost of living. On his first full day in office last Wednesday, President Ruto withdrew the state subsidy on […]

A growing body of evidence around the world shows that gender diversity is linked to business innovation. An innovative mindset is six times more likely in more equal cultures than in less equal ones. If the innovation mindset in all countries increased by 10%, we could expect an $8 trillion increase in global GDP by […]

Improved ease of doing business has created a more conducive environment for the private sector in India, and it is very difficult to find a country of this size that is growing at 7%, says Jose Vinals, Group Chairman Standard Chartered Plc. In an interview with Deepshikha Sikarwar, Vinals, who was a financial advisor and […]

BRASILIA, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva could call on his centrist running mate and former rival Geraldo Alckmin to lead economic policy if he wins a third term in October, sources told Reuters four of its senior advisers. Lula’s aides said the leftist leader, who is ahead of […]

The Chancellor chosen by the new British Prime Minister will face a daunting array of problems upon taking office. Whoever takes the treasury hot seat will find themselves in a position similar to that of Rishi Sunak in March 2020 when the pandemic hit and the economy had to be shut down for several months. […]

STRICTLY ENFORCING POLICY Visitors are seen at the annual theme exhibition area of ​​the China National Convention Center during the China International Trade in Services Fair 2022 in Beijing, capital of China, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. The State Council, China’s Cabinet, has assigned task forces to some major economic provinces to oversee the local implementation […]

United States-Japan Economic Policy Advisory Committee (EPCC) held its first-ever meeting in July, with US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken hosting their Japanese counterparts, then Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI ) Koichi Hagiuda and Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi in Washington. Their Joint Statement highlighted commonalities in […]

//= do_shortcode(‘[in-content-square]’) ?> Photo by Liz Truss by Clodagh Kilcoyne/PA Wire. Andrew Potts Much of the Conservative leadership campaign has seen candidates vying for the most Thatcherite. It was understandable on some levels. As Britain faces high inflation, low productivity, rising interest rates, uncertain fuel supplies and spreading labor strikes, invoking the image of a […]

By Hasan Selim Özertem* In less than a year, parliamentary and presidential elections will take place in Turkey. Nevertheless, this time the odds will be very different for the ruling Justice and Development Party. Current economic indicators do not favor the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan due to soaring inflation and the dramatic depreciation of […]

BEIJING, Sept 1 (Reuters) – China said it would release detailed steps for recently announced economic policy measures in early September, suggesting the urgency for policymakers to revive the sluggish economy amid a resurgence of COVID and a struggling real estate sector. The government will present detailed plans to implement the 19 new policies it […]

RESULTSUCLA research finds that a state earned income tax credit (SEITC) of 10% or greater than the federal EITC was associated with a 21% relative reduction in behavioral risk reported that could put single mothers at high risk of HIV infection in the past year. Additionally, a 10 percentage point increase in SEITC was linked […]

Several dozen climate activists gathered Thursday outside the Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park, where the Federal Reserve held its annual Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium until Saturday. The event is one of the most important conferences for economists and central bankers around the world, and it has come under even greater scrutiny […]

In August 24the Biden White House announced his project to relieve Americans in debt. The amount of debt cancellation can reach $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients, and otherwise $ten,000in both cases for people whose annual income is less than $125,000 and married couples earning less than $250,000. Other elements of the plan will help ease […]

Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, delivered his address on August 26, 2022. Unsurprisingly, inflation remained the dominant factor and was used almost 44 times in his speech. Powell said the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) primary goal right now is to get inflation back to our 2% target. […]

The long lockdowns during COVID have led some economies to crumble, while the overly relaxed approach and neglect of health issues have also caused avoidable losses in others. Jakarta (ANTARA) – Health ministers of APEC members aim to strengthen global and national preparedness for future pandemics through international and regional collaboration and partnerships to improve […]

In August 24the Biden White House announced his project to relieve Americans in debt. The amount of debt cancellation can reach $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients, and otherwise $ten,000in both cases for people whose annual income is less than $125,000 and married couples earning less than $250,000. Other elements of the plan will help ease […]

Central bankers and analysts will be confronted with a unique economic context very different from that of last year’s symposium. Last year, inflation was around 5% and the assumption of the vast majority of central bankers and policymakers was that inflation was transitory. The assumption was that supply chain bottlenecks and issues that were a […]

Until this year, inflation in advanced economies like the US and UK had been so low for so long that you had to be very old to remember what life was like during oil price spikes. the late 1970s. It was bad. Annual consumer price inflation in the United States peaked at 13.5 percent in […]

Liz Truss’ economic policy resembles that of Ted Heath rather than that of Margaret Thatcher, says the director of a leading think tank. Tory frontrunner plans to cut taxes and increase budget deficit in the face of high inflation – amid warnings it could push prices even higher Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for […]

In less than a year, parliamentary and presidential elections will take place in Turkey. Nevertheless, this time the odds will be very different for the ruling Justice and Development Party. Current economic indicators do not favor the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan due to soaring inflation and the dramatic depreciation of the Turkish Lira. The […]

In the Bank of Namibia Debating Competition for University Students, the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) won top honors and the N$10,000 prize. Second was the International University of Management, winning N$5,000, with the University of Namibia in last place and a consolation prize of N$2,500. The best debater is Hillya Indongo who […]

YEREVAN – Chaired by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the two-day session of the Economic Policy Council under the leadership of the Prime Minister was summed up on August 7 at the Dilijan Training and Research Center of the Central Bank of Armenia, the government press office reported. He said that on issues related to […]

NUR-SULTAN – The government will consider business proposals when developing a new economic policy, Kazakh Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov said during an August 5 meeting with the council of national entrepreneurs and representatives of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Atameken, the Prime Minister’s press service. reports. The Kazakh prime minister addressed the draft economic […]

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-New York) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) announced last week that they had reached agreement on a comprehensive economic policy bill that would , if adopted, would be the most significant national legislation in recent years. . It was an amazing announcement. Whether congressional Democrats can hold together […]

A two-day meeting of the Economic Policy Council chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan continued at the Central Bank’s Dilijan Training and Research Center on August 7. According to the press service of the Prime Minister of Armenia, the second day of the meeting addressed issues related to the sustainable development of the agricultural and […]

YEREVAN, AUGUST 6, ARMENPRESS. Chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the work of the session of the Economic Policy Council under the leadership of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia began today, and will last from August 6 to 7, at the educational center and Dilijan research from the Central Bank of Armenia, […]

LONDON British Conservative Party leadership candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss took part in a debate on Friday where they again clashed over economic policy. The Bank of England on Thursday predicted inflation would hit over 13% and the UK faces a recession that will last more than a year. Truss said the UK should […]

Even with an economics qualification, it’s hard to imagine the Bank of England’s action yesterday. They predicted a recession longer than the global recession of 2008-2009, and comparable in severity to the recession of the early 1990s. They predicted a fall in real wages of 8% and an increase in unemployment of a million. Real […]

Liz Truss has been accused of being ‘deeply irresponsible’ for threatening to change the Bank of England’s mandate on the brink of a recession. Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has attacked the Tory leader after Truss and her allies repeatedly questioned Bank Governor Andrew Bailey’s performance and said she would review the powers of the Bank. […]

A debate over fiscal strategy has featured prominently in the Conservative Party leadership race, with Foreign Secretary Liz Truss arguing for immediate tax cuts and former Chancellor Rishi Sunak arguing for tax cuts taxes are postponed until inflation and the budget deficit are better controlled. The first approach has been criticized as irresponsible and likely […]

LONDON (Project union)— Do you believe in fairy tales? If so, you could probably make a lot of money these days as a financial trader or gain power and prestige as a central banker. As annual inflation in the US, eurozone and UK hit 40-year highs and will likely hit double digits after the summer, […]

Newly elected Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Wednesday that his government was preparing a national economic policy for the next 25 years to transform the crisis-hit country into a modern and competitive export economy. Presenting his government’s policy statement to the third session of parliament, President Wickremesinghe again urged political parties to form […]

Democrats and Republicans need to limit spending: Heritage Foundation’s Joel Griffith With inflation soaring and the Democratic-led Congress mustering enough support in the Senate to spend billions in additional spending, Joel Griffith, a fellow at the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundationtold NTD TV that if the United States […]

Economist Duma Gqubule says it is problematic that the African National Congress (ANC) does not discuss macroeconomic policy. He was reacting to the results of the party’s sixth policy conference which ended on Sunday in Nasrec, south of Johannesburg. Conference delegates proposed that the Reserve Bank’s mandate be moved beyond inflation targeting to include tackling […]

The co-hosts of “The View” erupted in a shouting match Thursday over Republican economic policies amid concerns of a deteriorating economy. The panel discussed the agreement of Democratic Senator of West Virginia Joe Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022which will partly raise corporate taxes while funding climate […]

The rapid spread of Covid-19 infections over the past month has caused the number of workers taking sick leave to skyrocket, according to official figures, further exacerbating staff shortages and forcing many employers to close parts of their business. Undermining hopes that the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants spreading across the UK would mimic the […]

View Guest co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin was the ‘skunk at the garden party’ today (her words, not mine) as Sunny Hostin lambasted her for her defense of the trickle-down economy. The argument stemmed from a conversation about Sen. Joe Manchin and Sen. Chuck Schumer reaching an agreement on the Cut Inflation Act of 2022. Co-host […]

Liz Truss lacks strong backing for her immediate tax cut plan if she succeeds Boris Johnson as prime minister. Last week, when interviewed on Radio 4 Today, she offered only one name: Professor Patrick Minford. It is therefore not surprising to find a letter in the Daily Telegraph signed by a group of economists endorsing […]

Movements of banking and fintech stocks on the Australian stock exchange in 2020. Credit: Flinders University Australia’s major banking and fintech sectors have been buoyed by the government’s early macroeconomic responses to the challenges posed by COVID-19, new research shows. Financial experts from Flinders University and Griffith University examined the economic lessons learned during the […]

United States appears to be in the midst of a major political realignment. Really, this subject is the domain of historians and political scientists, so I will largely limit myself to writing about what this means for economic policy. To be honest, it’s hard to make a considered assessment of where we’re headed. Perhaps the […]

4 minute readJuly 19 The Conservative leadership race was remarkable not for what the candidates said, but for what they did not say. Britain has been stuck in a low growth trap for 10 years, facing a recession, approaching an inflationary storm, and no one has a clear economic vision to fix it. What emerged […]

Liz Truss has pledged to bring about the biggest economic change the UK has seen in 30 years in her bid to become the next prime minister. The foreign minister said she wanted a “bold new approach” to tackle the economic crisis facing the country. During the leadership campaign, Ms Truss pledged a radical overhaul […]

FOX Business host Larry Kudlow blasts reckless government spending and reveals why small business confidence is down on “Kudlow.” So, we start tonight with a familiar phrase: Save America, kill the bill. Back-to-back inflation numbers, 9.1% CPI, 11.3% PPI – you don’t want to spend another trillion dollars worsening an already out-of-control inflation rate. Anyone […]