Pension spend jumps 60% in Telangana in first quarter
Hyderabad: Telangana’s pension expenditure jumped nearly 60% and subsidy spending rose over 17% in the first quarter of…
Thailand faces deficit and baht risks despite S&P rating relief
Dr Amonthep Chawla, executive vice-president and head of the Research Office at CIMB Thai Bank, said the current-account…
Bangkok Post – A double dip on the cards?
An economist is concerned about Thailand’s potential dual deficit scenario, in which both the fiscal balance and current…
Budget 2026: Fiscal deficit, capex, borrowing and debt roadmap among key numbers to track
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present her record ninth straight Union Budget, with markets closely tracking…
Economic Survey: How freebies bled Indian economy. Policy document suggests Lula da Silva’s Brazilian model
The rising trend of freebies in Indian states has begun delivering an adverse visible economic cost, the Economic…
China Dials Back Budget Spending by Most in Over Four Years
(Bloomberg) — China’s broad fiscal spending slumped in October by the most since at least 2021, crippling a…
Ecuador’s Declining Oil Output Threatens to Spark an Economic Crisis
The last decade has been especially grueling for Ecuador’s economically vital oil industry. Plummeting investment, heavily corroded infrastructure,…
Is Russia’s War Economy at Breaking Point?
Some of the numbers coming out of Moscow this quarter are setting off alarms in various corridors. There…