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Realistic Romania 2025 budget deficit target is 7.5% of GDP, president-elect says

BUCHAREST (Reuters) -An "optimistic, realistic" budget deficit target for Romania in 2025 is 7.5% of...

22nd May, 2025

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UK budget strains deepen ahead of Reeves' spending review

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -Britain's government kicked off the 2025/26 financial year in April b...

22nd May, 2025

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Global roundtable sees rising debt risks for low-income countries as uncertainty mounts

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -More work is needed to improve the sovereign debt restructuri...

23rd April, 2025

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Analysis-Britain's growth risks put bond investors on high alert

By Naomi Rovnick and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's public finances, strained by growing de...

17th March, 2025

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German spending plans are dangerous without cost cuts, banker warns

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Plans in Germany for big increases in infrastructure and defence spending are...

10th March, 2025

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UK's Reeves risks breaking budget promises, IFS think tank says

LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rachel Reeves could have to choose between tax rises and...

6th March, 2025

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Explainer-UK's Reeves working to get budget goals back on track

By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rachel Reeves is working out how sh...

5th March, 2025

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Italy's 2024 public accounts prove sweet and sour for PM Meloni

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's economy grew by 0.7% last year, below the government's official 1% forecast...

3rd March, 2025

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UK's Reeves faces budget pressure after January tax shortfall

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government ran a budget surplus of 15.4 billion pounds ($19.5 billion)...

21st February, 2025

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France can no longer afford to put off belt-tightening, public auditor says

PARIS (Reuters) - France can no longer afford to put off belt-tightening efforts as debt payments sn...

13th February, 2025

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Bayrou rams through France budget, but should survive no-confidence vote

By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou will use special constitution...

3rd February, 2025

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UK budget deficit surges in December as debt interest hits

(Reuters) - Britain ran a bigger-than-expected budget deficit in December, swelled by debt interest...

22nd January, 2025