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28 Mar 23
The 2020s are looking like a “lost decade” with the maximum level of growth achievable without causing inflation falling to a 30-year low, the World Bank has suggested.
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17 Mar 23
A “slightly more optimistic” global economic outlook should not be enough to keep central banks from raising interest rates, despite the harm it does both to households and developing countries, the...
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14 Mar 23
The removal of Covid-19 restrictions in China will boost global growth this year but concerns over inflation and high interest will limit growth, economists at Fitch have said.
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7 Mar 23
China will target “around 5%” economic growth this year – a lower show of ambition than the ruling Communist Party has shown on that front in decades despite the end of lockdown restrictions.
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13 Jan 23
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20 Dec 22
North America’s two major economies will experience low growth and tight financing conditions as interest rates get pushed further upwards, analysts have said as they looked towards next year.
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25 Nov 22
The strategy that yielded early pandemic success in keeping Covid-19 cases contained is now “weighing” on China’s economy, a senior figure at the International Monetary Fund has warned.
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21 Nov 22
Recessions in major economies and increasing borrowing costs are likely to hurt the global economy, particularly in developing countries, in the new year, analysts have warned.
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31 Oct 22
Japan will spend trillions of yen to help households through the energy crisis and to support young families in a bid to boost the country’s sluggish growth.
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28 Oct 22
The possibility of recession was not enough to keep the European Central Bank from doubling its deposit rate in an attempt to get inflation down.
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13 Oct 22
China needs to rebalance its economy in order to meet its emissions goals and dampen the threat of climate change, according to the World Bank.
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12 Oct 22
Inflation, the energy crisis and stresses in the three biggest economies will hit global output, according to new forecasts.
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11 Oct 22
Japan’s “robust” governance and improving public finances were enough to maintain investor confidence despite low growth prospects and ever-high debt levels, as rating agency Fitch affirmed its...
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27 Sep 22
A recent package of tax cuts announced by the UK government “doesn’t help” global economic uncertainty, a US Federal Reserve official has warned amid an overwhelmingly negative investor reaction.
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16 Sep 22
Central banks raising interest rates to slow inflation risk “devastating” the lives of people in poorer countries if their actions push those countries into recessions, World Bank president David...
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24 May 22
Experts are divided on whether bond yield behaviour indicates that a recession is on its way
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12 May 22
The Lebanese political establishment is “completely out of touch with reality” according to a United Nations report that had particularly harsh words about the country’s central bank’s role in the...
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9 May 22
Donald Trump’s $2trn package of tax cuts failed to deliver the promised increased investment in the US economy, a paper from the International Monetary Fund has found.
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14 Apr 22
A shortage of workers across the global economy could pose some big challenges for governments.
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7 Apr 22
The International Monetary Fund has cut its projections for Japan’s GDP growth amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, which it said has increased commodity prices and global economic uncertainty.
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28 Mar 22
Rating agency S&P Global has cut its growth forecasts and raised its inflation predictions for the Asia Pacific region as its confidence in the post-coronavirus recovery falters.
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21 Mar 22
Supply chain issues stemming from the Ukrainian invasion is set to hinder Europe and hit global economic growth this year, according to ratings agency Fitch.
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28 Feb 22
Thailand’s economy grew by 1.6% in 2021 after Covid-19 lockdown measures impacted on international trade and tourism.
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23 Feb 22
The Mexican government’s finances have remained sound since the onset of Covid-19 but the government needs an “ambitious” set of reforms to cement the economic recovery, the OECD has said.
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18 Feb 22
Politics both domestic and continental could threaten the generally steady economies of Central and Eastern Europe, according to rating agency analysts in a round-up report looking at the region.