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Takaichi Moves to Replace Japan’s Annual Fiscal Target With Multi-Year Rule

She will direct work in January on a replacement framework to underpin a planned stimulus.

Poilievre Courts Young Voters, Rebukes Carney’s ‘Sacrifices’ Message Ahead of First Budget

CBO Puts 2025 U.S. Deficit at $1.8 Trillion as Debt Nears $38 Trillion

Ottawa Shifts to Fall Budgets, Unveils Capital Framework as Watchdog Warns on Deficit

PBO Flags $68.5 Billion Deficit and Rising Debt as Business Leaders Press for Fiscal Anchors

Germany Faces €172 Billion Budget Gap as IW Charts Soaring Social Costs

PBO Warns Canada’s Finances Are Deteriorating, Projects $68.5 Billion Deficit

PBO Warns Deficit Jumps to $68.5 Billion as Debt Ratio Rises

OBR Signals Productivity Downgrade, Tightening the Squeeze on Reeves’s November Budget

Reeves Sets November 26 Budget as Rising Gilt Yields Tighten Fiscal Room

UK Long-Term Borrowing Costs Near 27-Year High, Tightening Reeves’s Budget Choices

Prabowo Defends Welfare-Led Growth and Unveils Ambitious 2026 Budget

Congress Heads Into Recess Without Full-Year Budget

Merz’s Cabinet Approves Draft 2026 Budget Despite €172 Billion Deficit Projection

Mexico’s Deputies Approve 30% Program Consolidation and Launch Debates on 2026 Budget

French Senate Proposes Up to €50 Billion in 2026 Budget Cuts to Hit EU Deficit Target

Parliamentary Budget Officer Warns Ottawa’s New Fiscal Anchors Are Undefined

Left Party Demands Debt Brake Loosening to Back Saxony’s 2025/26 Budget

Senate Split Over Trump’s $150 Billion Border Security Funding Deepens

Treasury Secretary Bessent Interrupts Democrats in Heated Tariff Hearing