The global economy as seen on a map: lowered growth projections

Against the backdrop of persistent inflation and higher interest rates, economists from Wall Street to the World Bank are growing increasingly persuaded that most of the world will be in recession this year. The Washington-based lender predicts that global GDP will grow by 1.7% this year, which i...

The crisis between Russia and Ukraine will have an impact on the global economy

THE CONFLICT between Russia and Ukraine is threatening to destabilise the global economy.

Not only that, but the dispute, according to Senior Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali (photo), will set back any country's efforts to advance economicall...

GLOBAL ECONOMY LIKELY TO GET DISRUPTED DUE TO US GROWTH SURGE

Highlights

• It is being said that the United States will be driving a sharp rebound in the global economic this year, but the strength of the American surge is likely to unbalance weaker economies

• The OECD now expects the global economy to reach pre-pandemic level...

PRINCE CHARLES: COVID – 19 CRISIS REPRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESET THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

Highlights

• Prince Charles emphasized on sustainable employment, growth, and livelihoods
• He believes innovation, science, and technology needs re-invigoration

Recently, at the opening of a World Economic Forum (WEF), Prince Charles ga...

Impact of the US - Iran conflict on the global economy

The US assassination of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani is likely to impact the global economy severely in many ways.

Pimchanok Vonkorpon, Director-General, Trade Policy and Strategy Office, Ministry of Commerce, Thailand suggested that the conflict between the United States and Iran...

Facebook’s Libra is not the real threat, A Chinese digital currency is

In a statement by Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, at Congress, he mentioned that the US did the right thing by regulating the latest payments technology. He mentioned that one may not like Libra, the cryptocurrency proposed by Facebook, but that a digital currency run by the Chinese state, ...

IRCTC India most profitable IPO

As the IPOs (Initial Public Offerings) were suffering all around the globe in the international markets to grab a decent IPO listing India was proving to be a huge IPO breeding ground as the nation saw some of the most successful IPO listings of all time.

IRCTC has been all over the new...

Donald Trump threatens to impose tariffs on European products inclusive of wine, cheese & planes

In the start of this week, American president threatened to impose an 11 billion dollar of tariffs on the products imported from the Europe which included wine, cheese, and planes. Although this threat wont escalate the tension of trade into another significant trade war, it might aggravate the a...