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The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database contains selected macroeconomic data series from the statistical appendix of the World Economic Outlook report, which presents the IMF staff's analysis and ...
The next FIFA World Cup is set to take place in 2026. The tournament starts on Thursday, June 11, 2026, and runs until the final on Sunday, July 19, 2026.
World Bank retains India’s growth forecast at 6.3% for FY26 The multilateral institution was more optimistic about the coming year, as it projected the economy to grow 6.5 percent in FY26 and 6. ...
According to the World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects report, released on Tuesday, the UAE’s GDP growth forecast for 2025 has been revised upwards by 0.6 percentage points to 4.6 per ...
The World Bank slashed its 2025 global growth forecast Tuesday, citing trade tensions and resulting policy uncertainty, as US President Donald Trump's wide-ranging tariffs strained ties and ...
The World Bank on June 10 cut its forecast for global growth this year and warned that the 2020s are on track for the weakest performance for any decade since the first Apollo moon landing.
The World Bank has now advised Kenya to raise taxes on tobacco and other harmful products that include alcohol and sugar sweetened beverages (SSB). Since 2016, ...
The World Bank's latest forecast, released on Monday, showed economic growth in Australia's largest trading partner — China — was expected to slow to 4.5 per cent in 2025 and 4 per cent in 2026.
[WASHINGTON] The World Bank on Tuesday (Jun 10) slashed its global growth forecast for 2025 by 0.4 percentage point to 2.3 per cent, saying that higher tariffs and heightened uncertainty posed a ...
London (CNN) — 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 ...
The son of a 70-year-old Irish woman currently in Israeli detention has pleaded for her release amid concerns over his mother’s health.. Deirdre Murphy, who has eight grandchildren and two great ...
India's extreme poverty rate has declined from 27.1% in 2011-12 to 5.3% in 2022-23, according to World Bank data. In contrast, nearly 45% of Pakistan's population lives in poverty, with 16.5% ...