The war in the Middle East has disrupted the oil market on an unprecedented scale, practically blocking the Strait of Hormuz and stopping around 20 percent of the global flow of crude oil. However, prices increased only to the range of $90-100 per barrel instead of skyrocketing due to three factors.
Europe's natural gas price jumped 19 percent in July, but prices of oil, coal, and metals fell, leaving the world commodity index virtually flat, according to the World Bank.
EU signs IRIS² deal to expand satellite fleet to 348. Aimed at boosting security and emergency capacity by 50% with launches starting 2029 and billions in funding. It will provide secure and sovereign broadband services for emergency services and defense by 2029.
Political risk insurance in Ukraine amounted to $3.5 billion in 2024-2025. Export credit agencies (ECAs) provide 78%, while multilateral organizations cover 22%. The growing geopolitical tensions offset private insurers’ eagerness to enter war-related markets.
Infrastructure development does not automatically indicate efficient and effective development programs. Infra-efficiency ratio measures a project’s social rate of return versus its financing cost, to stimulate optimal investment in various cases.
Switzerland made the most of its mountainous landscape by creating a unified timetable for the different forms of transport and a single ticket, allowing for the world’s densest public transport network of buses, trains, mountain railways, and boats.
The Fed's ninth straight hold came with its most divided vote since 2016, and the hawkish undertone is already tightening India's currency, equity, and borrowing conditions across seven sectors.
A comprehensive analysis of how hub-and-spoke networks have evolved in global maritime shipping over the last twenty years.
President Taye addresses debt relief and the milestone of the GERD at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
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At the World Economic Forum's Summer Davos in Dalian, World Bank data shows China's total goods and services exports at $3.77 trillion, up from virtually nothing in 1980. Renewable energy exports hit 68GW in March 2026 and EV exports reached $9.1 billion monthly, up from under $1 billion in 2022. Yet retail sales growth was just 0.2% year-over-year in April 2026, the lowest since 2022. China targets 5% GDP growth in 2026 as it balances dominance in manufacturing and clean energy with slowing domestic consumption.
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The world bodies like the International Labour Organization (ILO), World Bank, and World Economic Forum (WEF) have come up with detailed figures that show the potential as well as the obstacles of investing investment into good employment opportunities in the world. The ILO in its World Employment and Social Outlook Update 2025 has reduced its expectations to create 53 million new jobs from the initial projection of 60 million new jobs in the world.
The growth in the global economy in the future is becoming more focused on sectors that are propelled by technological innovations, sustainability needs, healthcare growth, and the development of digital infrastructure in 2025. According to the Global Industry Projections and the Future of Jobs Report 2025 by the World Economic Forum, the demand for AI specialists, data scientists, machine-learning engineers, and AI governance professionals has been growing at a rapid rate, making AI an influential force in the economy and the main source of high-skilled jobs.
Discover how women's sports are driving a $3 billion global economy in 2026. Explore investment growth, market expansion, commercial revenue, and the local economic multiplier effect transforming the global sports industry.
In a world long dominated by the financial tides of the US dollar, a new story is unfolding, driven not by a grand, planned design but by an unexpected external force: the tariff policies of Donald Trump. His administration, in…
The new World Bank report, Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations: Intertwined Crises, Multiple Vulnerabilities (2025), paints a sobering picture of the world's most vulnerable economies. Fragile and conflict-affected situations, or FCS, are defined in this report as states where weak institutions,…
