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1 – 10 of 26This marks the eighth annual budget since Prime Minster John Key's National Party-led government took office in November 2008. New Zealand's fiscal position has strengthened…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB211424
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Weak trade and fiscal policy constraints suggest global GDP growth will slow somewhat in 2024, with China and the United States losing momentum. Hopes for growth-boosting rate…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283146
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The economy’s performance has been aided by strong fiscal support, less exposure to high international energy prices and a resilient services sector. Headline inflation fell…
The RBNZ’s no-change stance reflects major world central banks’ recent retreat from tightening. While current New Zealand economic growth is firm, the RBNZ and the government are…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB241897
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This seventh successive monthly increase takes the RBA’s benchmark cash rate to a nine-year high. With inflation now expected to exceed even the more recent RBA forecasts, further…
This has contributed to rising food prices in the south. Yemen’s economy is suffering from years of conflict and deep political divisions as well as more recent problems…
Central-East European (CEE) economies grow faster than most in good times but are more vulnerable in bad times, lacking the political and financial capital and competences to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274456
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The economy has recovered somewhat from the one-third contraction in 2022 caused by Russia's invasion. Government spending, mainly on defence, dominates but agriculture has…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283880
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Prospects for the euro-area economy to end-2022.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB270811
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Global food stocks and prices have remained largely stable, but the globalised nature of the Gulf states’ food security strategies leaves them vulnerable.