Fiscal policy is the way governments take in revenue through taxes and spends it on different public services. Browse ...

Cyclical fiscal policy refers to the systematic adjustment of government spending and taxation in response to the phases of the business cycle. Countercyclical measures entail increasing expenditure ...

This two-day conference—organized jointly by the IMF, Inter-American Development Bank, Faculty of Business and Economics (University of Chile), and Faculty of Economics and Management (Pontifical ...

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MUMBAI, Jan 21 (Reuters) - India's fiscal policy is expected to turn more growth-supportive as the federal government shifts to targeting the debt-to-GDP ratio starting April 2026, several economists ...

Uncertainty around the real-time output gap has important implications for fiscal policy. This study uses successive vintages of the World Economic Outlook for emerging markets (EMs) during 1998-2022 ...

The Japanese government’s strong response to the economic fallout from COVID-19 presents an opportunity to examine whether expansionary fiscal policies raise long-term inflation expectations.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s first several months in office have reflected a shift towards economic policy driven by national security concerns and ambitious populist programs. Drawing on ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (2nd from L) speaks at a joint meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy and the Council for Japan's Growth Strategy on July 21, 2026 at her office in ...

In recent weeks, a number of signs have appeared suggesting that the recovery of the U.S. economy from the recent recession is on a bumpy path. During the second quarter of 2002, real GDP grew at an ...