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Pacific Rim finance leaders mull ways to curb inflation

Finance ministers of major Pacific Rim economies have pledged to combat inflation and seek sustainable growth at a meeting in Bangkok ahead of a summit next month

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022

India will come out of current global turmoil, move on path of sustained growth: Finance minister

WASHINGTON: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has exuded confidence that India will come out of the current global turmoil and move on the path of sustained recovery on the back of rapid digitisation and steps taken by the government.

The Times of India · Oct 14, 2022

Why India Inc. is not taking a Hanuman leap

The one lever that the government could have pulled as it watched private investment decline was to step up public investment

The Hindu · Oct 9, 2022

Record tax take improves NZ accounts

A surge in government revenue has improved the New Zealand government's books, delighting Finance Minister Grant Robertson.

AAP · Oct 5, 2022

Russia has funds to support four regions being annexed - Finance Minister

Russia has funds to support four Ukrainian regions which President Vladimir Putin began annexing last week and these funds are part of the country's budget, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told parliament.

Reuters · Oct 3, 2022

Saudi Arabia Expects Sustainable Surplus Budgets until 2025

The Saudi Ministry of Finance disclosed estimates of its budgets until 2025, showing positive trends and expectations of sustainable financial surpluses during the medium term. The preliminary statement of the state’s general budget for the fiscal year 2023 expected total expenditures to reach about 1.11 billion riyals ($296 billion), and…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 1, 2022

Lebanon: Govt Seen Backtracking from FX Move

The Lebanese finance ministry seemed on Thursday backing away from a Nov. 1 start date to slash the official exchange rate. The ministry said on Wednesday the official exchange rate of 1,507 pounds per dollar would be replaced with one of 15,000, calling this a step towards unifying multiple rates…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 29, 2022

Lebanon to Slash Official Exchange Rate from Nov. 1, Finance Min Says

Lebanon plans to slash its official exchange rate, replacing the 1,507 per dollar rate adopted 25 years ago with a rate of 15,000 in a step towards unifying numerous exchange rates, the finance minister told Reuters on Wednesday. The pound has plunged by more than 95% from the official rate…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 28, 2022

Russia could make asset purchases under budget rule in 2023 -Ifax cites Finance Minister

Russia could make asset purchases under its budget rule next year, when oil prices are above the base level, the Interfax news agency cited Finance Minister Anton Siluanov as saying on Tuesday.

Reuters · Sep 27, 2022

Budget 2023: All the big winners in €11bn package announced by Government

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe and Public Expenditure Minister Michael McGrath addressed TDs at lunchtime today and released the highly anticipated details of next year's Budget

Dublin Live · Sep 27, 2022