Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson told lawmakers in the capital, Accra on Tuesday that his goal for the West African nation’s primary budget balance, which excludes debt-service costs ...

The fiscal rules, passed early in leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's term in 2023, combines primary budget balance targets with a spending cap allowing expenditures to grow up to 2.5% ...

Americans Love Meat More on the Summary Deportation of Venezuelan Aliens, as We Await D.C. Circuit’s Ruling Per The Hill, Republicans are set to campaign for a Balanced Budget Amendment ...

Analysts say it is unlikely Japan will meet its aim of getting the primary budget balance, excluding new bond sales and debt servicing costs, into the black by the fiscal year-end in March 2026.

At this juncture, the “exit strategies” should strike a balance between three ... Figure 1: Budget Cuts in 2010-15 (adj) e Primary Balances in 2009 (pbax), % GDP Source: author’s ...

The government would need to introduce new legislation to lower this year's primary goal, which was set at 155.9 billion Reais, or 3.1% of GDP. Brazil's overall budget balance, which includes ...