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Tax administration: The ocean liner is changing course
4 minute read
It’s easy to imagine tax administrations as big administrative beasts, slow to adapt to the challenges of an increasingly digital world, like cumbersome ocean liners requiring space and time to adjust their heading.
But the reality for a modern…
Turbulent times for SMEs
4 minute read
In recent years, the global economy has experienced a number of deep shocks, due to escalating geo-political tensions, global financial risks, tighter monetary and fiscal policy stances, financial-sector stress, labour shortages, trade barriers and slowing integration in global value chains.…
New estimates provide insights on CO2 emissions from global shipping
2 minute read
Released today: The OECD just released experimental estimates for CO2 emissions from global shipping. The new database, developed using a near-real time data…
A fiscal squeeze may be coming
5 minute read
This analysis by John Mitchell highlights shifting government spending patterns over the past 20 years, with rising health and social protection spending, accompanied by decreases for education, defence and public debt transactions. But recent increases in long-term interest rates combined…