Fitch lifts South Africa rating in first upgrade in two decades http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TSvcgT #SouthAfrica #FitchRatings #CreditRating #FiscalDiscipline #EconomicGrowth

“For Rajadhyaksha, it is “simple and uncomfortable.” The developed​ world “has too much #debt, too little #fiscaldiscipline, and no political appetite for fixing either.” If there’s a trigger, it has been the #Iranwar and the resulting #shock to #oilsupply.”

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Liberals, Conservatives haggle over a deficit that is both smaller and larger
Tabling the spring economic update in the House of Commons on Tuesday, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne celebrated his government's fiscal discipline. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was unpersuaded.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-poilievre-carney-update-deficit-analysis-9.7180486?cmp=rss

Kerala High Court cancels Rs 20 crore Nava Kerala programme, citing Rules of Business violations and warning against ‘colourable’ fund use ahead of polls. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/kerala-hc-sets-aside-20cr-pr-allocation-tub72bka?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #KeralaHighCourt #NavaKerala #PublicFunds #FiscalDiscipline

ICYMI: Be Disciplined, the Era of Free Money Is Gone - Adesina Tells African Nations https://www.rainsmediaradio.com/2025/04/be-disciplined-era-of-free-money-is.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon Follow, Like & Share #AfricaEconomy #FiscalDiscipline #EconomicSummit #Adesina #AfDB

Be Disciplined, the Era of Free Money Is Gone - Adesina Tells African Nations https://www.rainsmediaradio.com/2025/04/be-disciplined-era-of-free-money-is.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon Follow, Like & Share #Africa #EconomicSummit #FiscalDiscipline #DebtCrisis #Finance

"Prohibiting Interest Rates Beyond the Legal Limits Act 2017 shld be amended to give "more teeth" against defiant creditors .. to seize excessive interest charges as "ill-gotten gains" .. Most importantly, #Thais should be educated in #fiscaldiscipline, starting at the school level, as more Thai youths hv recently become addicted to online gambling .. All attempts by the government to tackle the #informaldebt prob will be in vain if most Thais do not hv fiscal discipline"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2696033/rethink-debt-servicing