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Fiscal muscle gives Saudis oil market optionsA combination of massive currency reserves and a 2013 spending plan based on a conservative oil price projection means Saudi Arabia has considerable flexibility in deciding its oil output policy this year. The world's top oil More… |
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Congress may plunge off fiscal cliffThe "fiscal cliff," a metaphor drawn from nature, was actually created by members of the US Congress, who designed it to be so horrible that they and the president would come to their senses and avert it in the nick o More… |
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UAE nets $10bn budget surplus in 2011The UAE booked a consolidated state budget surplus of Dh36.2 billion ($9.9 billion) in 2011, the country's finance ministry said yesterday, publicly releasing such data for the first time. The ministry said the figure included More… |
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World Bank warns of Palestinian fiscal crisisA fiscal crisis in the aid-dependent Palestinian economy will worsen unless foreign funding increases and Israel eases its restrictions in the occupied West Bank, the World Bank said on Wednesday. More… |
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Global economy 'may see seven lean years'German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said the global economy may see "seven lean years" as a result of needed fiscal consolidation programmes, even as top US economists questioned the effectiveness of austerity measures. In a speech More… |
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Massive fiscal tightening must: IMFDeveloped countries with big budget deficits must start now to prepare public opinion for the belt-tightening that will be needed starting next year, the No. 2 official at the IMF said on Sunday. John Lipsky, the International Monetary Fun More… |
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Dubai unveils $3bn surplus budgetDubai has unveiled a surplus budget of Dh11.4 billion ($3.10 billion) for the 2008 fiscal, more than double the level of Dh5.1 billion in 2007. Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ru More… |
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India to meet fiscal targetsThe Indian government expects to meet its revenue and fiscal deficit targets for the year to March on the back of robust corporate and income tax receipts, Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said yesterday. He also said there was 'a More… |
