Learn how fiscal policies like government spending and tax changes impact budget deficits. Understand their influence on economic stability and growth.

Learn how changes in fiscal policy, like government spending or tax rates, can multiply economic growth by increasing GDP and ...

The Executive Board discussed the Independent Evaluation Office’s review of IMF fiscal policy advice from 2008 to 2023.

President Lee Jae Myung said Thursday the government has no choice but to pursue an expansionary fiscal policy for the time ...

Maddie Brown Shirley is a Master of Public Policy Student at the George Washington University. She served as the Ed Lorenzen fiscal intern in Fall 2025. For more information about Ed Lorenzen and his ...

(Yicai) Dec. 12 -- China will press ahead with a “more proactive” fiscal policy next year, keeping deficit, debt, and ...

The federal government uses fiscal policy -- taxation and government spending -- to steer the economy in the right direction by increasing or decreasing the demand and availability of goods and ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. China’s decision to loosen monetary policy aggressively—and creatively—to support ...

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday made it clear that reducing debt-to- GDP ratio will be the central pillar of ...

Fiscal policy is how governments shape the economy. Adjusting interest rates can determine whether getting credit is easy or expensive. The tax code can raise money from businesses and individuals to ...

After a year of cuts, Chhad Aul says the BoC is likely to step back next year, leaving growth up to other factors ...