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BBC political editor Chis Mason examines the fiscal dilemmas facing the government over spending and growth.

The chancellor’s Spring Statement must draw lessons from October’s flawed Budget

Don’t let the budget rule tail wag the democratic dog

Republicans are indulging in budgetary chicanery in order to preserve Trump’s tax cuts

The government needs to make bold choices ahead of the autumn Budget

H&M on Thursday posted weaker-than-expected fiscal first-quarter sales in a slow start to the year for the world's second-largest clothing retailer.

Plus the US fiscal impulse

Plus the US fiscal impulse

the need to raise the debt ceiling is symptomatic of a bigger issue: the federal government is broke.

Government’s internal debate will only move forward when focus shifts to income tax or reversing national insurance cuts

Labour’s policy mix will not break the cycle of making irreconcilable promises on tax, spending and public services

Official forecasts show how easily Reeves’ plan could run into trouble

Chancellor criticised over decision to stick with £9.9bn of budgetary headroom

Chancellor criticised over decision to stick with £9.9bn of budgetary headroom

Chancellor criticised over decision to stick with £9.9bn of budgetary headroom

Chancellor criticised over decision to stick with £9.9bn of budgetary headroom

Plus Germany’s fiscal space and European equities

Also in this newsletter: Merz’s fiscal revolution up for a vote in the Bundestag

The very tight rein in all aspects of policy — fiscal, monetary and regulatory — is easing

MaPS, they don’t love you like we love you

Institute for Fiscal Studies also warns Reeves over her focus on sticking with fiscal rules regardless of real world events. In an interview with ITV’s Good Morning Britain, Rachel Reeves , the ...

Officials vow to cut bureaucracy and fiscal burden amid fears they could hurt investment

FT survey finds ‘large fiscal capacity’, but economists urge would-be chancellor Friedrich Merz to spend funds wisely

Fiscal watchdog’s preliminary forecasts based on UK borrowing costs exclude recent rise in gilt yields

The chancellor’s Spring Statement is a chance to get away from the UK obsession with fiscal tightening that kills growth

Beijing’s leaders are ordering fiscally strapped local governments to spend more to help workers, consumers and businesses.

Chancellor will rely on a spending squeeze to try to ensure she complies with her fiscal rules

Institute for Fiscal Studies accuses official statisticians of ‘jumbled economic reasoning’, in latest setback for agency

Office for Budget Responsibility warns a global trade war risks eliminating UK chancellor’s fiscal headroom

The chancellor is on track to meet her own fiscal rules, so why is there talk of tax rises in the autumn?

In rushing its fiscal fences, the Spring Statement risks otherwise well-meaning reform being botched

Office for Budget Responsibility warns a global trade war risks eliminating UK chancellor’s fiscal headroom

Office for Budget Responsibility warns a global trade war risks eliminating UK chancellor’s fiscal headroom

The chancellor is on track to meet her own fiscal rules, so why is there talk of tax rises in the autumn?

In rushing its fiscal fences, the Spring Statement risks otherwise well-meaning reform being botched

Congressional fiscal watchdog’s forecasts come after Moody’s warned on the country’s public finances this week

Vows by European leaders to increase borrowing to ramp up military spending have reshaped the fiscal picture that the central bank must confront.

Promising a return to “fiscally responsible initiatives,” the Agriculture Department ended two Biden-era programs that paid farmers to provide food to schools and low-income families.

Senate Republicans aren’t planning to be a rubber stamp for President Trump’s sweeping operation to shrink the federal government as lawmakers look to fiscal 2026 funding. Conservatives in both ...

That comes on the back of the German parliament voting in favor of a major fiscal package, which includes changes to debt policies for higher defense spending.