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Half of poorest countries have cut health spending despite Covid, says Oxfam

Analysis of budgets finds rich nations, including UK, ‘exacerbated explosion of economic inequality’

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss dreams of growth – but even if she pulls it off, it won’t help Britain

Incomes have stalled while the rich get richer. It’s clear the obsession with GDP has to change, says the University of Sheffield’s Michael Jacobs

The Guardian - UK

Government ‘burying head in sand’ over health inequality, says bishop of London

Exclusive: UK’s most senior female bishop calls for long-awaited white paper promising ‘bold action’

The Guardian - UK

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Ukraine takes first step towards joining OECD economic group

Ukraine took a first step in the process towards joining the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development on Wednesday after the OECD said it could be a prospective member.

Reuters

Big Brazilian gold refiner delisted amid Amazon mining probe

One of Brazil’s biggest gold refiners, which processes gold suspected of being mined illegally in the Amazon rainforest, has been stripped of an important industry seal of approval that global manufacturers from Apple to Tesla rely on to root out abuses in their supply chains

The Independent UK

One year in, Japanese PM’s ‘new capitalism’ faces old complaints

Japanese leader’s signature economic strategy has been criticised for lacking concrete details or targets.

Al Jazeera

Banks raise interest rates in response to RBA – as it happened

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Donald Trump sues CNN claiming defamation, RBA to raise rates again, and Ringo Starr cancels concerts — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for and all the news that happened while you snoozed. This is The Loop: your quick catch-up on this morning's stories as they happened.

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Orthodox thinking won't cut it: why Mathias Cormann's leadership of the OECD has economists worried

In June 2007, Jean-Philippe Cotis, the chief economist of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, declared that 2008 was going to be a great year.

The Conversation

Multinational tax reform gets under way

The Albanese government has opened consultations on international corporate tax reforms to close tax loopholes exploited by multinationals.

AAP

Google UK staff earned average of more than £385,000 each in 18 months

Figures to end of December come as tech firm gave almost £1bn in share-based payments

The Guardian - UK

Australia's public education funding went backwards during COVID pandemic

Public funding of education was cut in Australia during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, as most of the OECD did the opposite, according to a new report.

ABC News

How the government plans to make multinationals pay their share of tax

The federal government has begun moving on international tax reforms.

The Canberra Times

‘Severe economic slowdown’ awaits Europe as energy crunch bites

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published a gloomy economic forecast for 2023 on September 26 – suggesting that Europe faces a very difficult economic climate if the current energy crisis worsens, with winter temperatures likely to be a decisive factor.

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The Times of India

World economy jolted by war with recessions now seen looming

PARIS: The world as a whole has been jolted by the war in Ukraine, according to the OECD, which cut almost all growth forecasts for the Group of 20 next year while anticipating further interest-rate hikes too.

The Independent UK

OECD: War in Ukraine to drag on global economy into 2023

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says Russia’s war in Ukraine and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are dragging down global economic growth more than expected and driving up inflation that will stay high into next year

AAP

Australia not safe from economic downturn

The troubles facing the global economy are far from over and Australia is unlikely to get away unscathed, an OECD report says.

The Guardian - AU

Without radical tax reform, Australia faces an insoluble public finance problem

Simplifying our complex tax code of tens of thousands of pages is essential. It enables legal structuring of affairs to minimise tax liabilities

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The Independent UK

OECD: Russia war, virus and climate hurting world's poorest

Russia’s war against Ukraine, the lingering coronavirus pandemic and the damage of climate change are putting intense pressure on the world’s poorest, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warns

The Conversation

Despite high hopes, multi-employer bargaining is unlikely to 'get wages moving'

One of the key measures announced to “get wages moving” in the wake of the federal government’s jobs summit was greater access to multi-employer agreements.

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand avoids recession as eased Covid measures help spur 1.7% GDP growth

After a decline in the previous quarter, the economy rebounded on the back of spending on travel and recreation

Foreign Affairs

The Unkept Promises of Western Aid

How donor countries cook their books and let down the developing world.

The Independent UK

Kwarteng plan to boost growth ‘could take decade to achieve target’

Expected ‘sugar rush’ of tax cuts could knock growth off track by forcing up inflation and interest rates, economists warn

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand food inflation highest for 13 years as vegetables and dairy drive prices

Grocery costs rose 8.3% in August, figures show, thanks to a 6.7% rise in eggs last month and a 15% surge in fruit and vegetables

Insider UK

UK sees one of the biggest drops in OECD real wages

Mostly people have fallen into economic inactivity rather than being unemployed

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