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Argentina has reportedly asked the Paris Club to allow it to delay upcoming US$2.4-billion payment, due at the end of May, until it has reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund.
Daily Monitor
Sunday May 09 2021
The word budget originated from 15th Century France. A bougette was a small leather pouch used to carry money. It did what wallets and purses do today. After about a century, the word metamorphosed into budget, meaning the money inside the bag. And that has remained the meaning of budget since - how money gets into the bag and how and why it gets out of the bag.
Today, there’s no discussion of the budget without mention of the skyrocketing indebtedness of our blessed republic. Uganda is currently indebted to the tune of Shs70 trillion!
Read more about Shares trade with modest gains; Nifty hovers near 14,700 on Business Standard. The key equity barometers were trading with modest gains in afternoon trade. At 13:20 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, rose 201.14 points or 0.41% at 48,878.69. The Nifty 50 index gained 72.80 points or 0.50% at 14,690.65.