Over 120 countries now have self-imposed fiscal straitjackets, up 7% since Covid. Britain, whose finance minister Rachel ...

Indeed, by one measure, AI spending contributed roughly 1.1 percentage points of the 1.6% annualized increase in U.S. gross ...

Q: What is the basic job of the Business Cycle Dating Committee? A: The NBER’s Business Cycle Dating Committee maintains a chronology of US business cycles. The chronology identifies the dates of peak ...

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The current financial year 2025-26 has been interesting for many reasons. It started with great relief for personal income taxpayers, as the government announced a rise in the annual exemption limit ...

The first priority should be given to counter-cyclical measures, which are the most effective approach to boosting income, improving expectations and stimulating consumption in the short term, ...

PETALING JAYA: The government’s limited revenue base has weakened its capacity to fund essential sectors such as education, healthcare and infrastructure, leaving Malaysians and taxpayers to bear a ...

Follow us on Facebook and join our Telegram channel for the latest updates. China’s deflation eased in September, even as the pace of improvement is failing to halt the country’s longest streak of ...

[BEIJING] China’s deflation eased in September, leaving the country on track for the longest streak of economy-wide price declines since market reforms in the late 1970s. Prices at the factory gate ...

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Estimating the value of global investment in immunization programs is critical to helping decision makers plan and mobilize immunization programs and allocate resources required to realize their full ...