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GDP growth shows no sign of improving in the short-term.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB210999
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Amid an ongoing constitutional crisis, the Law and Justice (PiS) government, which was sworn into office on November 16, has been busy revising fiscal targets and agreeing draft…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB207502
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Last month, the Senate passed a Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) bill. Both houses of Congress have approved a PHP4.5tn (USD93.4bn) budget for 2021.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB258064
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Various interest groups, including the private sector, political actors and civil society organisations, are likely to put pressure on the government to reduce its revenue targets…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273323
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The framework’s goal is to give the government flexibility to implement its policy commitments, including the Bolsa Familia welfare programme and increased minimum wages and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278687
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Thus ends eight years of economic policy oversight by the ECB, European Stability Mechanism and IMF, in exchange for some 275 billion euros (315 billion dollars) in soft loans…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB237925
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The Syriza government, trailing by a margin of around 10 percentage points (pp), has abandoned its commitment to creditors to reduce pensions and taxes in exchange for debt relief…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB244435
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It includes large federal stimulus spending to spur economic growth and to alleviate the worst impacts of the collapse in global commodity prices, particularly oil. The budget…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB210194
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With a two-year electoral cycle getting under way, the PiS government may be tempted to increase social spending. The stronger-than-expected economic outturn in the first half of…
The increase, the largest since 2002, comes despite low growth expectations and reflects concerns over rising inflation, with the Central Bank warning of a similar rate rise in…