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  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
    Central banks must keep rates high until inflation is tamed, says OECD

    Organisation sees no case for monetary easing in rich nations despite economic strains and trading tensions

    Clare Lombardelli
  • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
    FT SeriesThe Return of Big Government
    Big government is back. How will we pay for it?

    Countries are spending heavily on defence, welfare and the green transition. With debt levels already high, taxes look certain to rise

  • Monday, 4 September, 2023
    Economists grow gloomier on 2024 as central banks delay rate cuts

    Combination of stronger US economy in 2023 and stickier inflation trigger downgrades for next year

    Pedestrians cast long shadows on the ground as they walk past Wall Street
  • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
    Chris Giles
    The five global economic shifts happening now

    As uncertainty and inflation challenge central bankers and policymakers, they must also adapt to structural changes

    James Ferguson illustration of trucks driving on wavy lines on a chart, with a road sign reading 3% to indicate the speed limit of global economic growth
  • Monday, 31 July, 2023
    Markets InsightDaniel Blake
    Moving towards a multipolar world need not be a bad thing

    There are three good reasons for carefully de-risking the global economy

    An employee works at a chip manufacturing company in China
  • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
    FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
    A glimmer of hope for the global economy

    Alphabet revenue beats forecasts on robust digital ad performance

  • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
    IMF upgrades forecasts but warns global economy ‘not out of the woods’

    Chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas says chances of US soft landing have risen as consumer spending remains strong

    Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas
  • Friday, 21 July, 2023
    The Big Read
    How an era of extreme heat is reshaping economies

    As record-breaking heatwaves become the new normal, a range of industries brace themselves for changes to the way they do business

    Fires in Greece, low river levels hampering transport and industry in Germany and a construction worker in Spain
  • Friday, 14 July, 2023
    Markets InsightDavid Lubin
    Has the global trade recession already started?

    Economic forces put risk appetite of investors towards emerging economies in jeopardy

    A container ship docked at the container terminal in Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico
  • Monday, 3 July, 2023
    Asia-Pacific companies
    Call for entries: High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2024

    If your company grew its revenues through the pandemic, apply for a place in the sixth annual FT-Statista ranking

  • Sunday, 2 July, 2023
    Ruchir Sharma
    Here’s a tale of economic ‘resilience’ — but it’s not the one you think

    Emerging markets are proving less vulnerable to rising interest rates than many analysts feared

    A spice and grain market in New Delhi, India
  • Tuesday, 13 June, 2023
    Martin Wolf
    Developing countries have hit the financial rocks

    The dire situation on debt has become pressing — urgent action is needed

    James Ferguson illustration of a ship hitting rocks in high seas, with the hull of the boat represented by the southern hemisphere of the planet
  • Thursday, 20 April, 2023
    Free LunchMartin Sandbu
    The latest from the guardians of economic policy orthodoxy Premium content

    Highlights from the publications of the World Bank-IMF spring meetings

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  • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
    Chris Giles
    The dire outlook for global growth — and for forecasters

    The IMF has labelled the slowdown since 2008 ‘predictable’ but experts did not foresee the universal downturn

    The Anji Khad bridge
  • Wednesday, 12 April, 2023
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    EY: Breaking up is hard to do

    The IMF is forecasting a ‘hard landing’ for the global economy if high inflation continues

  • Tuesday, 11 April, 2023
    IMF warns of ‘hard landing’ for global economy if inflation persists

    Fund cautions that higher-for-longer interest rates could amplify financial risks

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  • Tuesday, 11 April, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The fragile global economy

    World Bank and IMF meetings must tackle financial and climate risks

    A man offloads a sack of beans from the back of a lorry as another man sits on a wooden stool on the tailgate
  • Sunday, 9 April, 2023
    Global Economy
    Global economy fends off geopolitical and banking threats

    China, US, eurozone, India and UK well-placed to avoid slowdown going into IMF-World Bank spring meetings

    An assembly line at a factory in Fuyang, in China’s eastern Anhui province
  • Thursday, 6 April, 2023
    Global economy set for years of weak growth, IMF chief Georgieva warns

    Prospects for the medium term are the worst since 1990, says fund’s managing director

    Kristalina Georgieva
  • Wednesday, 5 April, 2023
    Global trade
    ‘Friendshoring’ is a risk to growth and financial stability, warns IMF

    Fund points to foreign direct investment increasingly flowing between countries that are geopolitical allies

    A container ship enters the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California
  • Monday, 27 March, 2023
    FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: economy and trade
    World Bank warns global economy at risk of lost decade of growth

    Fallout from pandemic and war in Ukraine could be exacerbated if financial turmoil sparks recession

    A woman stands in front of a destroyed building after a deadly strike in the eastern Ukraine town of Sloviansk
  • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
    International Monetary Fund
    IMF chief warns of increased risks to financial stability

    Kristalina Georgieva says uncertainties in the world economy remain ‘exceptionally high’

    Kristalina Georgieva
  • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
    Ajay Banga
    What the World Bank needs to do now

    The institution must work with the private sector if we are to meet the challenges that lie ahead

    Ajay Banga wearing suit and Sikh turban gestures with his left hand. Behind him is a background image of black children working a field
  • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
    Free LunchMartin Sandbu
    The bad news in the good economic news Premium content

    Evidence is accumulating that tightening is not a good idea, but the IMF is not for turning

    Shoppers in the SoHo neighbourhood of New York
  • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
    Global Economy
    World Bank warns global economy on ‘razor’s edge’ of recession

    Officials say worst-case projections in summer 2022 are now their baseline scenario

    Workers form the extract of cooked ground soyabeans by wrapping it at a tofu factory in Bogor, Indonesia
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