Beware risks of voter giveaways to public finances, countries facing elections told IMF says reduction in national insurance may have made cutting UK national debt more difficult The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2024
IMF Forecasts India's GDP To Grow 6.8% In 2024-25 IMF raises India's GDP forecast to 6.8% for 2024-25, signaling economic resilience and global potential. Top News · Apr 17, 2024
Investors Await China GDP Amid Crumbling Sentiment Investor sentiment in Asia is influenced by China's GDP data release and global uncertainties, impacting market dynamics. Top News · Apr 16, 2024
Asian Shares Fall As Fed Reconsiders Rate Cut; China GDP Asian shares decline as investors react to Fed rate cut reconsideration. China's GDP data awaited amid market volatility. Top News · Apr 16, 2024
Middle East oil shock would lead to higher interest rates, warns IMF; FTSE 100’s worst day in nine months – as it happened IMF scenario shows how a 15% jump in oil prices would push up global inflation by 0.7 percentage points The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2024
Chinese Economy Beats Growth Expectations In First Quarter Beijing has set a target of around five percent growth for the year, a goal officials last month admitted would "not be easy" and which analysts said was ambitious given the headwinds the country is confronting. International Business Times · Apr 16, 2024
Guarantee is precarity, welfare is self-care A comparison of expenditure on “NDA schemes” with “United Progressive Alliance schemes”. The Hindu · Apr 15, 2024
China's Q1 GDP Growth Expected To Slow China anticipates a slowdown in Q1 GDP growth, prompting discussions on additional stimulus measures to support the economy. Top News · Apr 15, 2024
IMF Raises Spain's 2024 GDP Growth Forecast To 1.9% IMF raises Spain's 2024 GDP growth forecast to 1.9%, indicating positive economic prospects and potential opportunities for growth. Top News · Apr 13, 2024
Risky premise: On Asian Development Bank forecast, India’s GDP growth The ADB’s latest growth forecast for India’s GDP is slower than the 7.6% pace that India’s National Statistical Office has estimated for the 12 months that ended on March 31 The Hindu · Apr 12, 2024
Economists 'can safely say' recession is over after February GDP rise, but growth still slow The meagre growth, not helped by torrential rain that hammered the construction sector, marks a slowdown from a 0.3% advance in January Evening Standard · Apr 12, 2024
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak duel on defence as Labour vows to back nuclear submarines Starmer says Trident is ‘bedrock’ as he commits to spending 2.5% of GDP on defence Evening Standard · Apr 12, 2024
Former Royal Mail chief exec says he ‘was not aware’ group’s lawyers were prosecuting post office operators – as it happened Adam Crozier tells Horizon IT scandal inquiry that he was unaware lawyers within the group conducted prosecutions The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2024
India's GDP to grow 6.1% in 2024: Moody's Analytics Moody's Analytics projects India's economy to grow 6.1% in 2024, lower than 7.7% in 2023, due to COVID impact. The Hindu · Apr 12, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2024 UK takes another step on path out of recession as GDP rises February growth of 0.1% comes despite construction and retail being hit by wet start to year
WEKU · Apr 12, 2024 Vietnam sentences real estate tycoon to death in its largest-ever fraud case Truong My Lan, the 67-year-old chairwoman of the real estate company Van Thinh Phat, was formally charged with fraud amounting to $12.5 billion — nearly 3% of the country's 2022 GDP.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2024 FTSE 100 at highest close in a year as UK recession enters ‘rearview mirror’ – as it happened Chancellor cheers 0.1% rise in GDP, but IoD fears economy still fragile
Evening Standard · Apr 11, 2024 Figures expected to show UK economy grew in February, but only just A survey of City economists for Refinitiv suggest GDP in February rose by 0.1%, giving the UK its first consecutive months of growth since August to September
Evening Standard · Apr 11, 2024 Vietnamese billionaire sentenced to death for multi-billion fraud case The fraud committed amounted to nearly three per cent of Vietnam’s GDP
Radio France Internationale · Apr 10, 2024 France's state finances deteriorate as it misses target on cutting deficit France's finance ministry will raise its deficit target for 2024 to the equivalent of between 5 percent and 5.1 of GDP on Wednesday, up from an original target of 4.4 percent due to a rapid deterioration of state finances, reported a leading French financial newspaper.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 10, 2024 Post Office Horizon IT cases ‘the greatest scandal I have ever seen’, says former senior judge – as it happened Sir Anthony Hooper tells inquiry: ‘We’ve had many miscarriages of justice, but nowhere near as many as these’
The Hindu · Apr 8, 2024 Households’ debt surged to fresh high by December 2023: report India's household debt hits 40% of GDP, net financial savings at 5%, raising concerns about financial distress.
Top News · Apr 4, 2024 Chile's Central Bank Raises 2024 GDP Growth Forecast Chile's central bank raises GDP growth forecast for 2024, reflecting confidence in economic recovery and future growth.
France 24 · Apr 3, 2024 World Bank, UN estimate Gaza infrastructure damage at $18.5 billion A new report by the World Bank and the United Nations, based on remote data collection sources, shows that damage to critical infrastructure in Gaza between October and January represents 97 percent of the GDP of the West Bank and Gaza from 2022. In this edition, we see how Israel's…
The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2024 Taylor Swift among 141 new billionaires in ‘amazing year for rich people’ Combined assets of $14.2tn are more than the GDP of every country except China and the US