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Global Enterprise

Data darkness in US spreads a global shadow

The two most likely 2030 outcomes are the “Resilient World” and “Time of Troubles” scenarios.
Opinion & Features

What will the global economy look like in 2030?

Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), during a curtain raiser speech ahead of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Fall meetings at The Milken Institute in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. The head of the International Monetary Fund said the global economy showed resilience to an initial wave of trade disruptions, but she warned against complacency because financial markets and growth can sour quickly without prudent policies. Photographer: Arwen Clemans/Bloomberg
Opinion & Features

IMF warns investors to fasten their seat belts

Analysts expect Beijing to roll out more stimulus to fend off a sharp slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy and support the government’s annual growth target of “around 5%”.
Global Enterprise

World Bank lifts China 2025 GDP forecast to 4.8% ahead of a slowdown next year

“The employment rate is generally high, but the young struggle to find jobs,” the World Bank said.
Global Enterprise

Asia’s youth struggle to find good jobs, World Bank warns

Minister for Law Edwin Tong and ICSID secretary-general Martina Polasek at Singapore Convention Week 2025 signing the Letter of Intent to establish an ICSID office in Singapore.
Singapore

International investment dispute body to open branch in Singapore

The Bank of Thailand has slashed its key interest rate by a cumulative 75 basis points since October to 1.75 per cent to cushion the blow to the economy from the fallout of global trade tensions and an uncertain growth outlook.
ASEAN Business

World Bank sees more monetary easing in Thailand as risks mount

The IAEA logo is seen in front of the agency’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria, June 16, 2025. REUTERS/Elisabeth Mandl
Global Enterprise

World Bank, IAEA to cooperate on nuclear power development, safety

Developing nations will need an estimated US$1.3 trillion a year by 2035 in financial assistance to transition to renewable energy and climate-proof their economies.
International

World Bank and IMF climate snub ‘worrying’, says COP29 presidency

FILE PHOTO: The World Bank logo is seen at the 2023 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund in Washington, U.S., April 13, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
International

World Bank flags drop in foreign investment to developing countries

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