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1 – 10 of 16The completion of residential housing units reached a post-Soviet record of 110 million square metres. This strong expansion in construction activity was demand-led, stimulated by…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286017
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Homelessness has become a major political issue in recent years, as has related concern about a shortage of small, affordable homes. State and municipal efforts to tackle…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284459
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The new rules, which include steeper taxes on foreign purchases of existing domestic properties, are part of a Labor strategy intended to free up more housing stock. The…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284915
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The legislation would establish the Housing Australia Future Fund, which is intended to mobilise long-time public investment in social and affordable housing as the national…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281131
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The statement projects substantially higher deficits than previously forecast, together with slower reductions in debt. In terms of expenditure, the items on the Liberal…
France’s economy has performed better than its peers this year, due to weaker inflationary pressures and strong export performance in the second quarter. However, the latest…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282655
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Inequalities have increased in recent years and the post-election tightening of fiscal and monetary policy threatens to exacerbate the problem. Children, Kurds, earthquake…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281463
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The IMF forecast assumes UK interest rates peak at 6.0% (from 5.25% currently), and linger at 4.0-4.25% through to 2028. The IMF’s forecasts are similar to those of the Bank of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282782
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Voters elect representatives from their geographic constituencies (73 seats) and vote separately for a political party, which then fields 34 legislators-at-large not tied to a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284670
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The move, which is clearly targeted at Atlantic Canada where the Liberals need to buttress their support, has produced calls for more exemptions as well as triggering further…