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Global Enterprise

World Bank cuts global growth outlook to 2.5%, warns of drop to 1.3% if war fallout spreads to markets

Global growth is expected to improve to 2.8 per cent in 2027 and 2028

Kristalina Georgieva has been through the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, the tariffs turmoil and now the conflict in the Middle East.
Global Enterprise

IMF chief warns world isn’t ready for shocks that are piling up

The best ammunition against such crises is objective analysis, she adds

Should disruptions persist into 2027, global growth would slip to 1.8%, according to the OECD.
Global Enterprise

Global economy risks slump on prolonged Iran conflict: OECD

Fiscal expansions will likely shoulder most of the burden

David Rubenstein, co-founder and co-chairman of The Carlyle Group, warns against “just trying to do deals for the purpose of doing deals, as opposed to getting high rates of return”.
Opinion & Features

Private equity giant Carlyle can grow bigger but needs to stay on its toes: co-founder David Rubenstein

Billionaire is a workaholic who encourages other wealthy people to give back

Meteorologists are expecting that El Nino will emerge from June to August, and strengthen in subsequent months.
International

A scorching Asian summer will add to risk of surging gas prices

Forecasts currently point to hotter-than-normal summer temperatures in East Asia

Overall, the numbers add to evidence that the growth and inflation shocks to the world from the Middle East crisis are spreading, complicating the task for central bankers.
International

War weighs on global growth with inflation worries intensifying

The worst impact was seen in the eurozone

Some traders forecast that key Asian countries, including those in Asean, might face physical shortages of gasoil around a month before Europe does.
Opinion & Features

Asean could be hard hit by intensifying Iran crisis as G7 broods

Vietnam and Indonesia may be among the most vulnerable

Humanoid robotics may lift economy-wide productivity more than other AI forecasts suggest – but it will also affect more jobs.
Opinion & Features
THE BOTTOM LINE

Bond yields may be finally baking in an AI world

Investment firms are reassessing the long-term macroeconomic impact of artificial intelligence

US indexes have surged back to record highs in the month-and-a-half since the markets’ Iran war scare bottomed out at the end of March.
Companies & Markets

Global bonds battered as flaring inflation spooks investors

Rising Treasury yields have a broad impact on other assets around the globe

US President Donald Trump's positions have forced into focus a collision of economic, trade and strategic imbalances that are reshaping the global order, says the writer.
Opinion & Features
NEW GLOBAL ORDER

The collision of imbalances shaping a more contested world – and why tariffs are not the answer

Uneven gains and strategic tensions are driving politics and fuelling scepticism towards globalisation

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