Fiscal policy refers to how the government uses taxation, public spending, and borrowing to influence the economy. Simply put, it answers three key questions: The main goals of fiscal policy are to ...

People learn about a self-cleaning robot at the 4th Global Digital Trade Expo in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, Sept 25, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] Editor's note: China will continue to implement ...

India’s fiscal policy is expected to become less contractionary from FY27 as the Centre prepares to pivot from a fiscal-deficit-focused approach to a debt sustainability framework, according to a ...

As the Union Budget 2026 approaches, fiscal policy becomes the backbone of every major announcement from tax relief and welfare schemes to infrastructure push and borrowing plans. The Budget is not ...

Matthew Rees, Head of Global Bond Strategies at L&G Asset Management, says investors are pricing in a massive premium at longer-end JGBs over fears that the Japanese government will inflate its debt.

South Africa’s budget will show government debt stabilising relative to gross domestic product for the first time in almost 20 years, said the head of the National Treasury. It will also show a third ...

My first year in the U.S. Senate gave me a crash course on how Washington works. It isn’t pretty. I arrived last year worried about the amount of money Congress spends. Our country was more than $35 ...

The House aims to finish its work on fiscal 2026 appropriations bills this week, after releasing a four-bill package early Tuesday headlined by funding for the Pentagon and the Department of Health ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the Big Apple's wealthiest residents must pay more in taxes to help close a looming budget deficit that tops $12 billion. Mamdani, a Democrat, downplayed fears ...

Discover non-standard monetary policies, those beyond traditional methods, and their role in economic recovery; see examples like quantitative easing and negative rates.

The Master of Public Policy (MPP) at the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Delaware provides advanced analytic and substantive knowledge of public ...

How much control does the president really have over inflation? Hiranmayi Srinivasan is a former Associate Editor for Investopedia. She covered personal finance topics such as budgeting, saving, ...