fiscal policy
China dials back budget spending by most in over four years
The move suggests authorities are leaning towards containing debt risks now that Beijing’s growth target of around 5% looks safely within reach
UK’s CBI tells Reeves to break tax promises and build fiscal headroom
[LONDON] British finance minister Rachel Reeves should break election pledges not to raise taxes on working people so she can build “real fiscal headroom” in her budget this month, the Confederation o...
UK’s Reeves should go big on tax increases in November, think tank says
[LONDON] British finance minister Rachel Reeves should raise taxes by a lot in next month’s budget to exit the “Groundhog Day scenario” of continuously having to find measures to patch up the public f...
Asean+3 macro research office wants to be ‘gym trainer’, not doctor, for region’s economies
The focus should be on practical solutions that cater to the member economies’ realities, says Amro chief, Yasuto Watanabe
IMF warns tariffs aren't the answer to global imbalances
The report took aim at US President Donald Trump’s imposition of higher import tariffs against nearly every trading partner
Why global imbalances do matter
If the US wants to accelerate a worldwide discussion with a policy intervention, the obvious one would be a tax on capital inflows
Gold could test US$4,000 an ounce amid fiscal fears, escalating trade tensions: market watchers
A debt-to-GDP ratio not seen since wartime levels has stoked fiscal fears over the world’s largest economy
There’s a ticking time bomb in Trump’s ‘big, beautiful Bill’
Investors are fretting about a clause that would penalise foreign holders of US assets
These Singapore names are potential winners from election Budget, tariff volatility: Maybank
Property-related stocks and real estate investment trusts stand to gain
South Korea proposes 12.2 trillion won extra budget to underpin growth amid tariff turmoil
The budget plan comes as the country earlier this month prepared support packages for its auto and chip sectors
