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For the moment, businesses, households and financial markets are locked in an elaborate game of wait-and-see. Companies ...
A recession is defined by negative economic activity over several months with an accompanying decline in GDP. However, given ...
Consumer spending and exports fell slightly in the latest estimate, leading to a downward revision. Imports, which dragged ...
As Opec reshaped oil, Africa must now define its own terms in the mineral economy. It must be a rule shaper, not a rule taker. It is time to end the export of raw minerals. Cobalt, lithium and ...
The result? A 2025 economy that measures and manages by 1989 rules. That’s not just outdated, it’s unsustainable. It doesn’t have to be this way.
For all the trepidation about world trade, debt and inflation, it could well be worker shortages that define economic trends this year - on both sides of the Atlantic.
The ball hasn’t dropped yet, so before we put the year in the rearview mirror and move into 2025, let’s pause for a moment and look back at 12 charts - one for each month - that defined 2024.
These two use cases have served the burgeoning digital economy well, as evidenced by bitcoin's roughly $2 trillion market cap and millions of institutional and retail users around the globe.
The holiday shopping season in 2024 has been anything but typical in the U.S., as retailers have learned to adjust to near-constant disruptions to their supply chains, and falling inflation rates have ...