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Japan Faces Record FY2027 Interest Bill as Budget Requests Top ¥130 Trillion

Higher long-term JGB assumptions after BOJ rate normalisation raise projected debt-servicing costs.

Jamie Dimon Tells Chancellor Higher Bank Taxes Could Push Jobs and Investment Out of the UK

Hacienda Raises Diesel Subsidy to Roughly 76% While Trimming Gasoline Supports

Milei Announces Law to Bar Argentina’s Central Bank From Financing the State

Brazil Extends R$0.44 Gasoline Subsidy for 30 Days

Burnham Announces 20% Business‑Rates Cut for Pubs, Clubs and Live‑Music Venues

Government Sets October 6 Budget and Releases €8.5bn Fiscal Envelope

Burnham Removes VAT on Household Electricity From October 1

UK Removes VAT on Household Electricity to Cut Bills from October

June Borrowing Falls to £16bn as New Government Faces Tight Fiscal Test

OBR Says Government Is Assuming State Pension Age Will Rise to 68 in 2037–39

Dimon Warns Burnham as JPMorgan Pauses on Canary Wharf Tower

Markets Trim 2026 Inflation Forecast but Raise 2028 Estimate, Raising Long‑Run Concerns

Argentina Sees Record Household Delinquency as Credit Defaults Spread

Senators Seek Fast-Track Vote to Force Social Security Solvency Plan

Government and Agro Bloc Fail to Reach Deal on Rural Debt Renegotiation

Germany Approves Draft 2027 Budget to Rapidly Ramp Up Defence Spending

Hospitality Petition Tops 250,000 as Treasury Rejects Permanent VAT Cut

Brazil Launches Debt-Relief Plan for Microentrepreneurs and Pushes MEI Ceiling Hike

Social Security Trust Fund Projected to Run Out in 2032 as Lawmakers Propose Revenue Fixes