Global electricity demand growth is set to outstrip GDP growth for the first time, signaling a major boon for metals key to ...

Plus, South Korea plots new chip plants, and AI brings bumper profits for memory producers ...

The country has long faced some of the world’s heaviest sanctions. The lifting of restrictions could open new vistas on trade and financial access.

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While economic activity has remained resilient in recent months, policymakers must act decisively, the BIS said, to preserve ...

Events in the Middle East have materially changed the near-term economic and financial outlook. Our updated forecasts are based on short-lived disruptions to energy production and supply of just a few ...

WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) -Threats to the global economic order have come at a furious pace during President Donald Trump's first eight months in office - from a massive tariff shock to a battle for ...

After showing notable resilience in 2025, the global economy faced a major setback in the first half of 2026. As UN DESA released the mid-year update of the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2026 ...

An exhibitor demonstrates a robotic dog during the Digital Economy Industry Expo 2026 at the China National Convention Center ...

As Middle East tensions rise, the Strait of Hormuz has again become a focal point for policymakers and markets. Roughly one-fifth of globally traded oil passes through that narrow waterway. Any ...

On this episode of The Long View, Neil Shearing, Group Chief Economist at Capital Economics and author, breaks down why he believes that the world is not deglobalizing, what he sees for the US and ...

From markets to spending to debt, usually reliable indicators that forecast where the economy is headed are proving deeply fallible. By Patricia Cohen Patricia Cohen is the global economics ...