Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman delivered her seventh budget speech on Tuesday, pledging to create more jobs, boost spending on infrastructure while still reining in the fiscal deficit. The closely-watched …
A smaller-than-expected poll victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading to worries among bond investors about greater populism. Fiscal discipline has been a hallmark of Modi’s decade-long administration, and …
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 27, 2023 1:40 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size The federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $4.3 billion from …
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 27, 2023 4:12 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Higher costs to fight wildfires and lower natural gas prices have …
“They are not in a position to give forward guidance because we are in many ways such uncharted territory. We have a fairly low unemployment rate below what had been …
Whoever takes the presidential oath of office at noon Jan. 20, 2025, Democrat or Republican, will face a choice that so far has seen surprisingly little public discussion: keep Americans’ …
“I think it is just that bond yields are going to stay relatively high for a while. They have gone up sharply as everybody knows in the last few months, …
The US Treasury is set this week to begin a ramp-up in issuance of longer-dated securities that’s likely to stretch into next year, forced by a rapidly deteriorating budget deficit …