Tag: budget

• Friday, May 29th 2020 - 08:04 UTC

  Falklands drafting “prudent” budget with no proposal to increase fees and charges

  

  The Falkland Islands Government this week unveiled plans for a “prudent” budget that maintains the current levels of expenditure but does not propose any increase in fees and charges. The budget aims to keep the current levels of service delivery but shies away from major investments or increases in operating costs.

• Tuesday, May 5th 2020 - 06:58 UTC

  US prepared to borrow a record US$ 3 trillion in second quarter; national debt soared above 100% of GDP

  

  United States has said it wants to borrow a record US$ 3 trillion in the second quarter, as coronavirus-related rescue packages blow up the budget. The sum is more than five times the previous quarterly record, set at the height of the 2008 financial crisis.

• Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

  Brazilian Senate advancing with pensions' reform; forecasts of promulgation in a month's time

  

  Brazil’s Senate constitutional affairs committee on Wednesday approved by a vote of 18-7 a bill that would overhaul the social security system and save the federal government about 1 trillion reais (US$243 billion) over the next decade.

• Monday, February 11th 2019 - 08:51 UTC

  Institute for Fiscal Studies says more billions needed to end Hammond's austerity

  

  Philip Hammond must spend billions extra to end austerity, says think tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). To maintain per capita spending across government departments which don't have ring-fenced budgets, he must find an extra £5bn a year by 2023, it adds. And maintaining spending on unprotected services as a share of national income would require £11bn on top of spending plans set out in the 2018 Budget.

• Monday, January 28th 2019 - 09:09 UTC

  Ecuador planning IMF support to balance the budget and implement reforms

  

  Ecuador may use financing from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to balance its budget, as the South American country seeks to reduce a swollen fiscal deficit and its international debt, the finance minister admitted on Friday.

• Thursday, November 15th 2018 - 08:42 UTC

  Argentina's Senate approves austerity budget agreed with IMF

  

  After 13 hours of debate, the Argentine Senate approved the draft Public Administration Budget for 2019 early on Thursday. The project, presented by Mauricio Macri’s government, went ahead with 45 votes in favor, 24 against and just one abstention.

• Tuesday, June 26th 2018 - 09:03 UTC

  UK government under pressure to increase defense budget to 3% of GDP

  

  The British government must increase spending on the armed forces if Britain is to maintain its defense relationship with the United States, MPs have warned. The Commons Defense Committee said without further investment, UK forces would struggle to maintain “interoperability” with the US military, diminishing their usefulness as allies.

• Sunday, December 31st 2017 - 10:32 UTC

  Temer paves the way for the privatization of jumbo power company Electrobras

  

  Brazilian President Michel Temer signed a measure that paves the way for the privatization of Eletrobras, Latin America’s largest power company, according to a government official.

• Monday, June 6th 2011 - 18:13 UTC

  Falklands approves £ 45.5million 2011/2012 budget with a surplus

  

  The Falkland Islands ended the approval process for the 2011/2012 budget, following the positive report from Financial Secretary Keith Padgett to the Legislative Assembly budget session.

• Wednesday, February 9th 2011 - 20:42 UTC

  Brazil to trim budget and fight inflation by eliminating all 2009 stimuli

  

  Brazil announces 50 billion Real (30 billion US dollars) cuts from this year’s budget as President Dilma Rousseff seeks to help the central bank contain inflation and lower some the world’s highest real interest rates.