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NIKKORDINAW AĦJAR IL-VUĊI MALTIJA FIL-FORA EWROPEA
Frisk fil-ħatra tiegħu bħala l-Gvernatur il-ġdid tal-Bank Ċentrali ta’ Malta, il-Professur Edward Scicluna saħaq mal-KullĦadd li qed iħares ’il quddiem għal din l-isfida l-ġdida tiegħu fit-tmexxija ta’entità, li hi mill-aktar kruċjali għal kull pajjiż. Il-President tar-Repubblika Dr George Vella ħatar lil Scicluna bħala Gvernatur tal-Bank Ċentrali ta’ Malta, fuq rakkomandazzjoni tal-Prim Ministru Dr Robert Abela.…
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Il-governanza fiskali li kellna tul dawn iż-żewġ leġiżlaturi kienet strumentali
Il-imxija tal-COVID-19 ġabet magħha konsegwenzi bla preċedent fuq l-ekonomiji globali. Il-mod mgħaġġel li bih infirex il-virus ikkawża pressjoni kbira fuq is-sistemi tal-kura tas-saħħa internazzjonali li ma kientx antiċipata. L-attivita’ ekonomika ħadet daqqa kbira hekk kif bdew jiġu mposti lockdowns f’ħafna pajjiżi sabiex tiġi kemm jista’ jkun limitata l-firxa ta’ dan il-virus. Il-Gvernijiet madwar id-dinja rrispondew…
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L-Aċċenn fuq il-Kwalità
It-tema li ġiet magħżula għad-dokument li jiġi preparat qabel il-Baġit hija ‘Fostering a Quality Culture’. Għaliex intagħżel dan is-slogan u x’messaġġ irid iwassal il-Gvern? Il-Gvern dejjem ifittex l-aħjar biex ikun fuq ta’ quddiem. Fil-ħajja ta’ kull familja, meta tkun bdiet mix-xejn u tibda tiżviluppa, l-ewwel essenzjal jaqa’ fuq l-ikel. Meta tistà taffordja l-ikel, imbagħad tibda…
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ĦIDMIETNA SABIEX INLESTU MALTA GĦALL-FUTUR
X’impatt dirett ħalla fuq il-poplu Malti l-Baġit 2018? Ir-reazzjonijiet li kien hemm għall-Baġit 2018 minn kull faxxa tal-ħajja juru biċ-ċar li l-impatt kien wieħed pożittiv ħafna. Dan joħroġ ukoll mir-reazzjoni tal-korpi kostitwiti. X’impatt għamlet l-ekonomija fit-turiżmu? Żdied l-infieq tat-turisti? Din is-sena mistennija tkun sena oħra rekord għall-industrija tat-Turiżmu u għas-sena d-dieħla, in-numru ta’ turisti mistenni…
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We need to use carrots and sticks
You rounded off your Budget speech by saying it was time to start taking “tough decisions”. However, there was nothing of the sort. Why? Decisions are tough and will be taken now. The government will not shirk its responsibility even though such decisions will have medium- to long-term effects. Some problems have been accumulating over…
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‘You cannot fight the market’
If ever there was a job to which the old saying ‘you can never win’ applies, surely it would have to be the Minister of Finance. Traditionally, as the man who holds the key to the national treasury, he is inundated with pressure from Cabinet colleagues demanding ever-increasing allocations. And once the annual Budget exercise…
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The four main areas of poverty and how each budget has tackled them
Finance Minister Edward Scicluna meets with The Malta Independent on Sunday in order to fill us in on what the government’s term plan is and how this budget fits into the grander scheme of things. Professor Scicluna divulged the systematic approach taken by this government to tackle issues in various sections of society. Some…
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How Finance Minister Scicluna builds his Budget
Faced with criticism that the middle class was forgotten in the Budget, Finance Minister Edward Scicluna says the exercise is part of a five-year plan and cannot be viewed in isolation. The Labour Party was under pressure by its traditional voters to deliver a more social Budget after three years of wealth generation that did not reach…
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Iktar mill-Baġit
Ta’ kull sena l-gvern jippreżenta baġit maħsub biex mhux biss jippreżenta pjan għas-sena li jkun imiss, iżda joffri wkoll rendikont ta’ dak li l-gvern ikun kiseb is-sena ta’ qabel fil-qasam finanzjarju. Iżda llum, meta għall-gvern il-qagħda finanzjarja hija prijorità kbira, il-baġit m’għadux biżejjed. Dan wassal biex qed ikun ippubblikat rapport annwali mill-Ministeru tal-Finanzi. Dwar dan…
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Sibt il-Punt – ONE Radio – 13-02-2016
Waqt il-programm ta’ Manuel Micallef, Sibt il-Punt fuq ONE Radio 92.7, fejn iddiskjutejna dwar l-andament tal-ekonomija u l-finanzi ta’ pajjiżna. – ONE Radio : 13.02.2016