Quebec lost residents to rest of Canada for 30 years straight beng Mon, 07/06/2026 – 14:57 EST. READ TIME 3 MIN. In Canada, where people can move between provinces in search of higher living standards and new opportunities, migration patterns can indicate the relative success or failure of provinces. And as noted in a new…
Newfoundland government should reform policy to help unlock massive natural gas potential beng Tue, 07/07/2026 – 09:23 EST. READ TIME 2 MIN. The Wakeham government recently announced a series of initiatives to advance offshore gas development. And that may be good news for Newfoundlanders and Labradorians. According to the government’s latest estimate, there’s 27.6 trillion…
Election workers count Fulton County ballots at State Farm Arena on November 4, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. Jessica McGowan | Getty Images A federal judge in Atlanta on Tuesday blocked a Department of Justice subpoena seeking the names of election workers in Fulton County, Georgia, from the 2020 election. President Donald Trump has falsely claimed…
The scenarios provide ‘a structured way of exploring plausible AI futures’ to support more robust policy development, the government said The UK’s Government Office for Science (GO-Science) has set out five scenarios that could unfold over the next four years as artificial intelligence begins to ‘reshape our world’. The ‘AI Scenarios 2030’ report has been created to…
This is the traditional view of the UK housing market. House prices soaring. You can’t go wrong with housing. But now the housing market increasingly works only for those whose parents are already on the ladder. Back in 1980, houses were 4 times income; today, it is closer to seven times income. Even when prices…
Today the Tax Justice Network published two reports on real estate transparency. The first one, “Beneficial ownership of real estate around the world” summarises the findings of the Financial Secrecy Index on real estate transparency. It also it updates the report “Beneficial ownership registration around the world 2022” by assessing the state of play of…
Record of the Financial Policy Committee meeting on 26 June 2026 Headline judgements and policy actions Overall summary Vulnerabilities in risky asset valuations, sovereign debt markets, and risky credit markets, including in private credit, previously highlighted by the Financial Policy Committee (FPC) remain, and some have become more pronounced since the December 2025 Financial Stability…
News release Today marks a major milestone in the modernisation of the UK’s payments landscape, with the Retail Payments Infrastructure Board (RPIB) launching a consultation on the future design of the UK’s next-generation retail payments infrastructure. The new infrastructure will provide a secure foundation for innovation, greater choice and more seamless payments, while supporting existing…
Affordable, secure, and clean energy is a central goal for policymakers worldwide. Against this backdrop, the Council on Economic Policies convened a series of country roundtables in Paris, London, Washington, D.C., New Delhi, and Berlin, followed by a global convening in Zurich to explore policy packages – combining fiscal, regulatory and market design measures –…
Retail sales taxes are a major revenue source for most states, accounting for 32 percent of state taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments from individuals or businesses to cover the costs of general government services, goods, and activities. collections and 13 percent of local tax collections (24 percent…