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Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

Developing countries need a new approach to long-term financing 

“As these projects get underway, they will create jobs, increase income for citizens, and unlock consumption potential,” said Jia Kang, who now leads the China Academy of New Supply-Side Economics, a private think tank.
International

China ready for US$1.4 trillion fiscal bazooka, top economist says

FILE PHOTO: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves gives a speech at the Treasury in London, Britain, to an audience of leading business figures and senior stakeholders, announcing the first steps the new Government will be taking to deliver economic growth. Picture date: Monday, July 8, 2024. Jonathan Brady/Pool via REUTERS//File Photo
International

Chancellor Reeves says she’ll fix ‘mess’ of UK public finances

Janet Yellen, US Treasury secretary, speaks following a tour of Suniva solar cell manufacturing plant in Norcross, Georgia, US, on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. Yellen is visiting Norcross to showcase the reopening of a US solar-cell manufacturing facility that shut in 2017 under the pressure of "cheap imports flooding the market." Photographer: Alyssa Pointer/Bloomberg
International

Yellen to warn of 'significant risks' from use of AI in finance

The global decline in birth rates may well be transitory, but there are reasons to expect a structural fall for a while.
Opinion & Features

Destiny and danger where demography meets finance

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Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

Public net worth – the measure of financial strength and success

From left: Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde, and Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda at the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank's annual economic policy symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on Aug 25, 2023.
Opinion & Features
THE BOTTOM LINE

The five global economic shifts happening now

Singapore needs to consider the size of public spending and how to fund it, including how much to extract from the state’s reserves.
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

Debt and spending: How we can be fair to both current and future generations

AGO has found lapses in the evaluation and award of three tenders at the People’s Association.
Singapore

Auditor-General flags lapses in public agencies, including improper money management practices

Current policy debates on public debt sustainability do not take into account the long-term positive socio-economic and environmental impact of public investments in laying the foundations of inclusive, resilient and sustainable prosperity.
Opinion & Features

Rethinking public debt as positive investment in sustainable development

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