Topic: Finance Ministry

Strong capital investment helped the Japanese economy grow by 0.4% in the October-December period compared with the same period the previous year, revised government figures out Monday show.

Falling exports saw Japan open up a $538 million trade gap with the rest of the world in July, official figures out Thursday show, raising a question mark over the durability of a current growth spurt.

Russia's central bank hiked its main interest rate by more than 40% on Tuesday in a bid to tame surging price inflation and 24 hours after the ruble plunged to a 16-month low.

A windfall tax on oil and gas production for North Sea operators would be suspended should crude oil and natural gas prices drop below a certain threshold for a sustained period, the British finance ministry said Friday.

The International Monetary Fund said it has reached a staff-level agreement to provide Ukraine with $15.6 billion, a much-needed four-year loan to aid the country in continuing to function amid war with Russia.

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ruled in favor of Ukraine in an ongoing fiscal dispute over $3 billion in bonds. The court decision means Russia's conduct towards Ukraine will be scrutinized in the dispute.

Britain said it will impose further economic, trade and transport sanctions against Belarus on Tuesday over its support of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The United States blacklisted a Hamas finance official and an expansive network of facilitators and companies across the Middle East and North Africa that generate funds for the Palestinian militant organization.

For the first time in Sri Lanka's history, the economically ailing nation has defaulted on its debts amid an ongoing financial and political crisis exacerbated by the Ukrainian war and COVID-19 pandemic.

Officials have declared a state of emergency in Costa Rica after government computers there were targeted by a crippling ransomware attack, authorities said.