World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum Switzerland has the most highly skilled workers in the world. This is whyweforum.org - Kate Whiting For a country that fits into the state of California 10 times, Switzerland punches above its weight when it comes to global competitiveness. In the …
Bloombergflipped into Bloomberg TelevisionGreen Bonds State Street's Lacaille on Green BondsBloomberg State Street Global Advisors CIO Rick Lacaille discusses green bonds, Brexit and current risks in markets. He spoke with Bloomberg's Kathleen Hays at …
World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum 5 creative alternatives to plastic packagingweforum.org - Katharine Rooney Around 13 million tonnes of plastic leaks into our oceans every year, causing untold damage to marine life, biodiversity and human health. Most …
The Guardianflipped into BusinessBusiness UK would lose £130bn in growth if Brexit deal passed, figures suggestThe Guardian - Phillip InmanBritain is on course to sacrifice as much as £130bn in lost GDP growth over the next 15 years if the Brexit deal goes ahead, according to government figures. Estimates published by the government last
FOX BusinessSalesforce Capitalism as we know it is dead: Salesforce co-CEOFOX Business - Fox Business Salesforce co-CEO Marc Benioff discusses global economics, trade, big tech regulations, and California homelessness.
CNBCGerman Economy Rest of the world can't expect to be rescued by German economy, expert saysCNBC Klaus Regling, managing director of the European Stability Mechanism, discusses the global economy and the slowdown in Germany.
The Guardianflipped into Comment is FreeOpinion The Guardian view on the IMF and World Bank: back a global Green New DealThe Guardian - EditorialThe International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have their 75th birthday this year, but the organisations that emerged from the Bretton Woods conference in 1944 are in no real mood to celebrate at annual
Africa Inclusion Matters in Africaworldbank.org - openknowledge.worldbank.org The push towards social inclusion has garnered extensive support over the past few years. The rallying cry of the of the Sustainable Development …
Ireland Boris Johnson May Have a Brexit Deal, but the Irish Hard Border Question Could Still Be Its Undoingforeignpolicy.com - FP Editors On Thursday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker announced that the United Kingdom and the …
India News India rallies 51 nations to reject US memo on special treatmentlivemint.com - D. Ravi Kanth India rallied 51 countries at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Wednesday to reject a US presidential memorandum, which had sought to deny …
World Economic ForumPoverty This is how we've been able to measure extreme poverty over the agesweforum.org - Max Roser The poverty researcher Martin Ravallion spent decades researching how poverty can be measured and which policies can help us in our fight against …
Bloombergflipped into BloombergOpinion The Next Recession’s Cure Might Be Worse Than the DiseaseBloomberg - Mark Gongloff • Too much monetary stimulus isn’t necessarily a good thing. • Trump has trashed America’s global reputation. • Boris Johnson may not care if his Brexit deal …
David Malpass 2019 Annual Meetings Opening Press Conferenceworldbank.org - live.worldbank.org World Bank Group President David Malpass will address the press during the World Bank Group/International Monetary Fund 2019 Annual Meetings. The …
The EconomistNobel Prize A Nobel economics prize goes to pioneers in understanding povertyThe Economist Free exchangeA Nobel economics prize goes to pioneers in understanding poverty Randomised trials help policymakers grasp which policies work and which …
Reuters UKflipped into BusinessEconomics BOJ's Kuroda says global growth rebound seen delayed, signals easy...Reuters - Leika KiharaWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said any pickup in global economic growth will likely be delayed due to the widening fallout from the U.S.-China trade tensions, signaling
Money (UK) ALEX BRUMMER: Consumers pin their hopes on Boris Johnson's Brexit dealthisismoney.co.uk - By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Sajid Javid's first visit to the International Monetary Fund as Chancellor could not be better timed. By bringing with him details of Boris Johnson's …
Chicago Tribuneflipped into BusinessWorld Bank IMF head says more needed to boost growth than US-China dealChicago Tribune - By By MARTIN CRUTSINGERThe International Monetary Fund 's new leader says a trade truce between the United States and China could trim expected losses to the world economy but won't be enough to produce strong global growth.
The Telegraphflipped into BusinessBrexit Brexit deal averts a recessionary shock for the world economy – but it is no panaceaThe Telegraph - By Ambrose Evans-PritchardEurope has dodged a big bullet. So has the global financial system. A no-deal Brexit would have been the last straw for an international economy already at stall-speed and nearing the point of metastasis
SFGateSilicon Valley US-China trade war weighing on world's growth, IMF saysSFGate - By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business WriterThe global economy is slowing, largely because of the U.S. trade war with China, according to the 189-member International Monetary Fund. The Washington-based institution is the world's lender of last
Reuters UKflipped into BusinessUnited Kingdom Merkel says EU must forge free UK trade deal very quicklyReuters - Philip BlenkinsopGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a news conference at the European Union leaders summit dominated by Brexit, in Brussels, Belgium October 17, 2019. REUTERS/Johanna Geron BRUSSELS (Reuters)
FortuneWorld Economic Forum Klaus Schwab: End Economic Short-Termism by Keeping ScoreFortune With the rise of stakeholder capitalism, it is time to consider a new approach, writes the World Economic Forum's Klaus Schwab.
Seeking AlphaMoney Supply China: The Patient Is Not Responding - What This Means For Global GrowthSeeking Alpha - Eric Basmajian Changes in various monetary aggregates are often the earliest leading indicator that monetary policy (tightening or easing) is flowing through the …
Oil Oil Nosedives As EIA Confirms Huge Inventory Buildyahoo.com - Irina Slav Crude oil prices fell sharply today after the Energy Information Administration reported a 9.3-million increase in crude oil inventories for the week …
Fishing Developing countries export so much of their fish stocks that they lack basic nutrients, researchers sayweforum.org - Thin Lei Win Much of the fish on supermarket shelves in Europe comes from developing countries which can export more than 90% of their catch. Swapping fish for …
Credible government budgets are needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goalsworldbank.org - Silvia Kirova, Urška Zrinski, Jens Kromann Kristensen The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Indicator 16.6.1 reports actual primary government expenditures as a share of the originally approved annual …
Bloombergflipped into BloombergBoris Johnson Johnson’s and May’s Brexits: The Key DifferencesBloomberg - Edward Evans Sign up to our Brexit Bulletin, follow us @Brexit and subscribe to our podcast. The difference between Boris Johnson’s planned Brexit deal and that of …
The Wall Street Journal.Union Pacific Railroads Stare at an Economic Caution SignalThe Wall Street Journal. - Lauren Silva LaughlinIndustry stocks have held up in 2019, though a slowing economy could mean problems ahead Train stocks could get railroaded by the slowing global economy. Third-quarter results from CSX and Union Pacific
CNBCOECD Trade tensions have shaved more than 1% off of world's growth, OECD's Gurria saysCNBC Angel Gurria, secretary-general of the OECD, discusses the trade war effect on the global economy.
Financial TimesEducation World Bank moves to halve ‘learning poverty’ and end illiteracyFinancial Times - Andrew JackMore than half of ten-year olds in poorer countries and nearly 90 per cent of those in Sub-Saharan Africa lack basic reading skills, the World Bank said as it unveiled a new initiative to halve “learning
The Wall Street Journal.Manufacturing Manufacturing Sputters as Broader U.S. Economy SlowsThe Wall Street Journal. - Sarah ChaneyA loss of momentum in U.S. manufacturing aligns with weakening factory output overseas WASHINGTON—U.S. manufacturing production fell in September, adding to evidence that slowing global growth and trade
