Investing in the early years is one of the smartest things a country can do to eliminate extreme poverty, boost shared prosperity, and create the human capital needed for economies to diversify and ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — Nonprofits focused on fiscal policy are concerned about the federal spending bill that would cut $1.1 billion from the District of Columbia’s budget. The bill treats D.C. as ...

We build the first global quarterly narrative database of discretionary government spending actions by applying a fixed GPT–4 ...

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From the US to Japan, long-term borrowing costs for the world’s biggest economies are surging as investors question the ability of governments to cover massive budget deficits. Thirty-year bond yields ...

After the global financial crisis, the monetary-fiscal policy mix was the key to preventing a more severe and persistent ...

NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - U.S. fiscal health is expected to deteriorate further as political polarization makes it hard for any new presidential administration to negotiate steps needed to reduce ...

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Recent volatility in traditionally “sleepy” Japanese bonds bears watching as fiscal policy becomes the chief policy lever globally. While markets may appear calmer on the surface, a closer look ...

Republicans and Democrats today both make the same mistake: they insist on letting voters believe that they can maintain a large welfare state without imposing the requisite level of taxes on the ...

With the 2026 two sessions kicking off in early March, global attention is focused on China's macroeconomic policies and growth prospects. The Central Economic Work Conference in December set the tone ...