Spain's public debt ended 2020 at 117.1% of gross domestic product as the coronavirus pandemic and the measures imposed to curb it lifted borrowing and led to a deep economic contraction, the Bank of Spain said on Wednesday. (Reporting by Inti Landauro, editing by Andrei.
Britain's financial watchdog, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), said on Tuesday it was in touch with Jersey's financial services watchdog after reports that veteran investor Neil Woodford's future business proposal may operate out of Jersey.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stressed the importance of cooperation with the European Union in a call with the European Commission's vice president for the economy, Valdis Dombrovskis, on Tuesday, the U.S. Treasury Department said.
British finance minister Rishi Sunak's annual budget on March 3 is set to have a green tinge, even as the country goes hundreds of billions of pounds into the red to fund its response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Zambia has scaled back, postponed or cancelled projects to reduce the southern African copper producer's debt exposure as it holds talks to secure a programme from the International Monetary Fund, the central bank governor said on Wednesday.