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Arizona House GOP backs universal school voucher expansion
2 years, 6 months ago

Arizona House GOP backs universal school voucher expansion

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Republicans in the Arizona House approved a massive expansion of the state’s private school voucher program Wednesday, voting to allow any of the state’s 1.1 million public school students to apply to use public money to attend private schools. In addition to all current public school students, about 59,000 current private school students would be newly eligible under …

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Private consumption expenditure and demand: Please ma’am, we need some more
2 years, 11 months ago

Private consumption expenditure and demand: Please ma’am, we need some more

Live Mint  

Slowdown in personal consumption is the single biggest problem facing our economy. The double whammy of lower employment and Covid-19 has meant a significant reduction in consumption for low and lower-middle income households. This has meant a delayed recovery on many key sources of consumption – automotive, high value durables, OOH and discretionary spends like retail, restaurants and personal care. …

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Tenuous revival: On boosting Indian economy
3 years, 7 months ago

Tenuous revival: On boosting Indian economy

The Hindu  

The national income estimates released by the NSO posit an economy that appears to have found some footing in the January-March quarter before the pandemic’s second wave hit. GDP expanded by 1.6% in the final quarter of the last fiscal, an acceleration from the 0.5% growth in the preceding three-month period, that marginally softened the extent of the full-year’s record …

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Public spending for private revival
4 years, 2 months ago

Public spending for private revival

The Hindu  

A chapter in the October 2020 edition of the International Monetary Fund’s biannual publication, Fiscal Monitor, argues that as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and to support the recovery as COVID-19 induced lockdowns are relaxed and the world moves to a post-pandemic phase, enhancing public expenditure is crucial. This ties in with the IMF’s position that, other than for …

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Coronavirus: Government has set aside £10bn for test and trace system for England
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus: Government has set aside £10bn for test and trace system for England

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Newcastle University public health professor and Independent Sage member Alysson Pollock described the £10bn budget …

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RBI cuts rates by 25 bps: India Inc hails central bank decision, says it will induce liquidity in economy
5 years, 7 months ago

RBI cuts rates by 25 bps: India Inc hails central bank decision, says it will induce liquidity in economy

Firstpost  

The Reserve Bank of India cut its policy interest rate by 25 basis points in a widely expected move on Thursday, while also changing its monetary policy stance to “accommodative” after the economy grew at its slowest pace in over four years in the January-March quarter. Jayant Mehrotra, Chief Financial Officer, Lodha Group RBI’s decision on rate cut by 25 …

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