Tag: public finances
Apartments urgently needed – but they are missing everywhere
The construction industry is in the middle of difficult times. Price surges in energy-intensive materials such as steel, glass and cement make construction much more expensive. At the same time,…
Public finances: poor federal government, rich countries
There is an often overlooked gap in the debate about public finances: the German state ended the past year with a deficit of a good 100 billion euros. The deficit…
El Salvador’s state finances are trembling
Mexico City, Zurich In view of the recent upheavals on the crypto markets after the bankruptcy of the FTX exchange, concerns about public finances and the savings of the population…
Petrified – the Federal Audit Office and the government
“Petrified” is a beautiful word because it’s so ambiguous. Perhaps that is why the Federal Court of Auditors likes to use it so much in its current report on state…