The International Monetary Fund raised its global economic growth expectations for this year, citing the strength of the US and some emerging markets, while warning that the outlook remains cautious given the persistence of inflation and geopolitical risks. . Global economic activity will grow 3.2% this year, according to the World Economic Outlook report released ...
The spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, and the World Bank began. On the first day, an alert was launched about the points that pose a challenge for countries seeking financing. Firstly, there is the increase in poverty in those territories that want credit, as well as a slow level of GDP growth. ...
U.S. industrial production rose for a second month in March, driven by a bigger-than-expected rise in factory output as the manufacturing sector shows new signs of stabilization. The 0.4% increase in output at factories, mines and utilities matched the previous month's revised increase, Federal Reserve data showed Tuesday. Mining and energy extraction fell, while utility ...
Financial markets will face the new week worried about geopolitics, with much at stake over whether Iran's unprecedented weekend attack on Israel triggers rounds of retaliation. The escalation of the Middle East crisis, already roiled by inflation and the prospect of higher interest rates for longereither, will inject new volatility when trading resumes. When Hamas ...
Amid the tensions unleashed by Iran's attack on Israel, Colombian President Gustavo Petro made an urgent call for caution. According to X, the president said that “we are facing the prelude to World War III” at a time when the world “should rebuild its economy toward the rapid goal of decarbonization.” The president's words come ...
Nike's US women's track and field kit is unnecessarily revealing and sexist, several female athletes said after the US sportswear brand unveiled the clothing for the Olympics. The images made public on Thursday of the women's kit on a mannequin, in which a very high cut of the panties can be seen, They unleashed criticism ...
The head of the Ukrainian army said on Saturday that the situation on the eastern front had worsened in recent days, as Russia intensified its armored assaults and battles are fought for control of a town west of the devastated city of Bakhmut. Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi's statement, more than two years after the beginning ...
A gauge of emerging market currencies fell to the lowest level in more than two months as rising Geopolitical tensions added to a rise in risk aversion amid a change in the outlook for US rates this week. Msci's currency indicator for developing economies fell 0.2% in a third day of declines as investors sought ...
An attacker who fatally stabbed six people in a shopping center was shot dead by police on Saturday in Bondi, a coastal suburb of Sydney, as hundreds of people fled the scene. The attacker was killed by a police officer after attacking shoppers at the busy Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centerthe police reported in a ...
The United States on Friday issued sanctions targeting a Hamas spokesman and leaders of its drone unitreported the Treasury Department, which added that the European Union is simultaneously imposing sanctions aimed at the Islamist group. US sanctions target Hudhayfa Samir 'Abdallah al-Kahlut (al-Kahlut)also known as “Abu Ubaida”, spokesperson for the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades (al-Qassam ...
