US polls countdown: Jobs report anxiety rises
August saw a decrease in the unemployment rate from 4.3% to 4.2% as employers added 142,000 jobs, which was less than anticipated...
Category : Economy
Will Dissanayake pull Sri Lanka out of the abyss?
Sri Lanka's economy is expected to grow 3% in 2024, reversing 2023's contraction, while inflation, which peaked at 70% in September 2022, moderated to 0.5% in August this year...
Rising costs squeeze German businesses hard
Since 2015, China has been Germany's most significant trading partner, and in 2022, trade between the two reached a record high...
Bangladesh’s political reset faces economic hurdles
Bangladesh's economy is in terrible shape, with foreign reserves fast depleting, prices skyrocketing, the banking system in disarray, and most economic activity coming to a complete halt...
US Elections 2024: Economy takes centre stage
The power transition from Trump to Biden occurred during the 2020-21 period, when the global economy was at a standstill due to the COVID-19 pandemic...
Is Europe becoming uncompetitive?
According to a McKinsey Global Institute report, Europe-based big businesses invested 60% less in 2022 than their American counterparts and expanded at a rate of two-thirds slower...
Kenya’s economic mess: Whom to blame?
President William Ruto’s now-withdrawn tax hikes as well as similar legislation passed in 2023 are both linked to IMF loans as Kenya staggers under the weight of a heavy debt crisis...
Indonesia’s future under Prabowo Subianto
Prabowo intends to raise the budget deficit cap, currently set by law at 3% of Indonesian GDP, as well as increase the government debt-to-GDP ratio from the current level of 38.11%...
Will remote work hurt office economy?
The worst-case scenario for workplaces depends on the continuation of high levels of remote work arrangements...
Lebanon’s economic woes deepen
A recurrence of the 2006 Lebanon War would exacerbate Lebanon's already precarious economic situation and result in a humanitarian catastrophe...