The pace of global rate cuts is slowing as the European Central Bank nears the end of its easing cycle, the U.S. Federal ...

The AS global debt chartbook is my attempt at presenting an overview of global debt levels and an easy way to compare them ...

WTI holds above $70 as GDP beats and Fed pause fuel bullish sentiment; traders eye tariff risks and OPEC+ output talks for ...

South African economists taking part in the Economist of the Year competition have lowered their GDP growth forecasts as ...

Senegal's finance ministry said officials were recalculating the country's GDP using an updated base year, a move that could improve its debt metrics.

The first half of 2025 generated plenty of news flow to worry about, including tariffs, wars, and the DeepSeek moment. Yet, ...

But it’s not the only state giant on this Earthly scale. No. 2 nationwide for GDP is Texas at $2.8 trillion, which would rank No. 8 on this global yardstick.

America’s share of the global stockmarket is 2.3 times its share of GDP —a ratio that has never been higher.

KPMG International forecasts a slight increase in global GDP growth in 2025, followed by a dampening in 2026 due to the incoming U.S. administration's expected policies. The December 2024 KPMG Global ...

Back then, the Trump administration threatened to apply so-called “reciprocal” tariffs of up to 50% against many trading partners, plus an eye-watering 125% on Chinese imports. In April, we modelled ...

As Richter shows in the chart below, the new, expanded BRICS represent roughly 45 percent of the world’s population and 35 percent of global GDP when measured at purchasing power parity.