Bloomberg Finland needs more steps to boost jobs and cut spending to stop public debt growth in the medium term, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said, after concluding a health check on the Nordic country’s economy. The government’s planned employment measures are “unlikely to produce sufficient fiscal gains” to halt debt growth mid-decade given its pre-pandemic decision to expand the ...

Bloomberg Global talks on how to clean up shipping are set to begin on Monday as momentum builds to cut pollution from the sector. The International Maritime Organisation (IM)) is under pressure to do something,” said Edmund Hughes, who was previously responsible for greenhouse gas emissions at the United Nations body, which is shipping’s global regulator and the host of ...

Bloomberg Canadian retail sales rebounded in October after slipping a month earlier, a sign of robust consumer spending. Retailers sold 1.0% more goods in October, according to preliminary estimates released Friday by Statistics Canada. That more than offset a 0.6% drop in September, a month hampered by supply chain bottlenecks. The decline in September was smaller than the 1.9% contraction ...