The Eurogroup welcomes the political agreement, which was reached in February 2024 on a comprehensive reform of the EU's economic governance framework and looks forward to its timely adoption by the ...

The twin deficits hypothesis has long been central to macroeconomic debates, positing that a government’s chronic fiscal deficit may generate or exacerbate a current account deficit. This ...

Fiscal policy uncertainty (FPU)—ambiguity in government spending and tax plans, as well as in public debt valuation—is widely regarded as a source of economic and financial disruptions. However, ...

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This paper introduces the first narrative-based dataset on fiscal consolidations for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Drawing on staff reports from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during the period ...

As the Union Budget 2026 approaches, fiscal policy becomes the backbone of every major announcement from tax relief and welfare schemes to infrastructure push and borrowing plans. The Budget is not ...

Understanding the differences between monetary policy and fiscal policy is crucial for investors in 2024 and beyond. Fiscal policy has a more significant impact on the stock market than monetary ...