.... Laos ranks among poor countries deemed to be at" high debt risk.” Railways can raise incomes by

repaid.... Some borrowers complain Chinese-built projects are too expensive and leave too much debt....

Beijing has urged builders like China Evergrande Group to meet payrolls by month-end in order to avoid the risk of social unrest. Policy for the property market remains tight even after China in December pivoted toward supporting economic growth.... Yields have been so elevated offshore that the dollar bond market remains effectively shut for refinancing, a situation that HSBC Holdings Plc analysts predict will continue for at least another six months.... Only a handful of the strongest privat

liveUK Chancellor Rachel Reeves( Image: Getty) Chancellor Rachel Reeves was accused of “ piling up

TOKYO: Japan plans to issue 22.1 trillion yen( US$ 192bil or RM808bil) in bonds to help pay for another extra budget in the pandemic, as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida looks to shore up the recovery before next year’s elections, the Nikkei newspaper reported yesterday. Some six trillion yen( RM220bil) carried over from previous stimulus and another roughly six trillion yen( RM220bil) in unexpected tax revenue weren’t enough to cover the general expenditures of a 36 trillion yen( RM1.3 trillion) ex

opposition in targeted countries rises and debts mount, paving the way for rival schemes to squeeze

generating uncertainties with mounting risks to the political economy. This is happening as over time

to have faced a debt downgrade in recent years....

Refuse collectors no longer have to self-isolate if they are alerted as a close contact by the NHS coronavirus app and can instead take a daily lateral flow test for the virus. The Government changed the rules for many key workers, including refuse collectors, last Tuesday after hundreds of thousands of people were being “ pinged ” every week. But Unison, the UK’s largest trade union which represents a range of council waste collectors across the country, has said people who are alerted by the a

government debt over the next three years and a “ steady deterioration in standards of governance ” over