I’ll use a real-world analogy. Imagine your monthly spending is as follows: • January: You spend $1,000 more than you earn (deficit). • February: You spend only $500 more than you earn ...

Production slowdowns and shortages of goods as varied as hand sanitizer (which required speciality chemicals imported into the United States during the pandemic) and airplanes (Airbus faced delays in ...

Germany's economy ministry published plans on Tuesday to diversify the sourcing of crucial components used mainly in offshore ...

Global economic growth is on track for its weakest decade since the 1960s, according to a new analysis by the World Bank, which cites President Donald Trump’s trade war as a major factor ...

World economy faces ‘pivotal moment,’ central bank body BIS says By Reuters Published June 29, 2025, 4:49 p.m. ET ...

OPEC said the global economy may perform better than expected in the second half of the year despite trade conflicts and ...

UNTIL 1700 the world economy did not really grow—it just stagnated. Over the previous 17 centuries global output had expanded by 0.1% a year on average, a rate at which it takes nearly a ...

The global economy is projected to slow sharply this year as President Trump’s trade policy disrupts international commerce and increases economic uncertainty, the World Bank said on Tuesday in ...

Hyun Song Shin, the BIS's main economic adviser, also flagged the sharp fall in the dollar. It is down 10% since the start of the year and on track to be its biggest H1 drop since the free ...