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Tamil Nadu made sincere efforts in 2024 to realise its $1 trillion economy dream by 2030 as the ruling DMK government secured some big ticket investments and rolled out sector-specific policies, among others. Measures regarding ease of doing business were also announced by the State government. The DMK government conducted its maiden Global Investors Meet […]
Article content According to the recent Eby government’s fiscal update, the government will run an eye-popping $9.4 billion budget deficit in 2024-25. That’s $2.8 billion larger than the deficit during the height of COVID-19 in 2020, even after adjusting for inflation. The government also plans to run large deficits in 2025-26 and 2026-27 and rack […]
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says a rate freeze on electricity in 2025 is achievable, despite another forecasted financial loss at Crown-owned Manitoba Hydro. Kinew’s NDP government promised a one-year freeze in the last election campaign as a way to help people with the rising cost of living. That has raised concerns with the Consumers Coalition, […]
China must address a rising problem of overinvestment in large but inefficient projects that is more rooted in habitual practice than any consideration of economic productivity, think tank scholars said. Governments must make rational adjustments and “know where to hit the brakes and where to step on the gas” in order to ensure sustainable economic […]
Understanding sub-national governance in Papua New Guinea is never easy as the data is hard to come by. To address this, I created the Provincial Budget Database earlier this year to track subnational fiscal data back to 2007. I have now expanded the database. This post reveals some of what we can learn from the […]
A two-month break from the federal GST takes effect today. The federal government announced the plan to temporarily waive the five per cent goods and services tax in a bid to help ease affordability concerns during the holiday season. Provinces with a harmonized provincial and federal sales tax will see the full HST waived. The […]
A coalition of cycling advocates has launched a court challenge against Ontario’s new provincial legislation mandating the removal of Toronto’s busiest protected bike lanes. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday by Cycle Toronto and individual cyclists Eva Stanger-Ross and Narada Kiondo, argues the law violates Charter rights to life and security for cyclists and pedestrians. “Without those […]
The legislative election takes place after the collapse of a fragile coalition, with the economy being a top concern. Icelanders are electing a new parliament after disagreements over the economy, immigration, and the fallout from volcanic eruptions forced Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson to pull the plug on his coalition government and call an early election. […]
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Taoiseach Simon Harris has appealed for Government coalition parties “not to rewrite history” with attacks on each other during the election campaign. He was speaking after Fianna Fáil justice spokesman Jim O’Callaghan said the Department of Justice needs “new political control and direction” after 14 years with a Fine Gael minister. Mr O’Callaghan said there […]