Political debates about the United States federal budget
Kuwait Parliament Passes Deficit Budget
Kuwait's parliament Thursday passed the budget for the 2017/18 fiscal year, projecting a deficit for the third year in...
US First-Quarter Growth Revised Up Sharply To 1.2%
The US economy grew much faster than originally reported in the first quarter due to sharp increases in business and...
Fitch Forecasts Higher 2017 Budget Deficit
Rating agency, Fitch, has forecasted that the 2017 budget deficit would narrow to 7.5% of GDP on a cash basis, and...
Will the 2017 ‘Asempa’ Budget Bear Fruits?
The Akufo-Addo government on March 2 presented its 2017 Budget and Economic Policy statement dubbed the Asempa Budget...
Ex Fed Chief Bernanke Says 3% US Growth Unlikely
The former head of the US Federal Reserve on Monday cast doubt on the Trump administration promise to expand the...
Trump Cuts Spark Fears of Global Tax War
Donald Trump's plans to slash corporate taxes in the United States have sparked concerns of a new global fiscal race to...
US Growth Rate Hits Three-Year Low
The US economy slowed dramatically in the first three months of the year, according to official data. GDP expanded at...
US Growth Hits 3-Year Low At 0.7% In Trump’s 1st Quarter
US growth slowed to its lowest level in three years in the first quarter as consumer spending and government...
EIU Backs Government’s Growth and Deficit Targets
UK-based research firm Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) is backing government to achieve its economic growth target of...
Address Fundamentals Before Implementing Growth Initiatives
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), says government must focus on addressing the macro-economic fundamentals before...
FirstBanC MD Says 2017 Budget Is Achievable But Warns of Risk Factors
The Managing Director of FirstBanC financial services, Mr. Amenyo Setordzie has observed that although the...
Tokyo 2020 Seen Having $284 Bn Economic Impact
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are expected to give an overall 32.3 trillion yen ($284 billion) boost to the Japanese economy,...
‘Asempa’ Budget ‘shallow’, A Run-Away-From-Reality
Former Deputy Finance minister Mona Quartey has predicted the Akufo-Addo government will backtrack on its economic...
Economy Projected To Grow By 6.3% In 2017
Government has projected a real GDP growth of 6.3 percent; with oil for the year 2017, while non-oil real GDP growth...
2017 ‘Asempa’ Budget
Hon. Speaker, Honourable Members of Parliament, on the authority of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, I beg to...
Tax Reforms and Debt Management To Dominate 2017 Budget
President Nana Akufo-Addo, in his state of the nation address last week assured Ghanaians that the 2017 budget will...
Tax Reforms To Dominate Budget – Groupe Nduom
The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, in his state of the nation address last week, assured Ghanaians that the 2017...
Tax Reforms and Debt Management To Dominate 2017 Budget – GN Research
The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, in his state of the nation address last week assured Ghanaians that the 2017...
Tax Reforms, Debt Management To Dominate Budget
The research division of Groupe Nduom, is projecting major tax reforms to come out of Thursday’s budget statement....