The Global Financial Development Database is an extensive dataset of financial system characteristics for 214 economies. It contains annual data, starting from 1960. It has been last updated in ...

Despite an improvement in near-term prospects, the global outlook remains subdued by historical standards. In 2024-25, growth is set to underperform its 2010s average in nearly 60 percent of economies ...

Oct. 25, 2024 — The Arctic is warming at three to four times the global average. However, new research suggests the slowing of a key ocean current could reduce projected Arctic warming by up to ...

Held every four years, the Global Refugee Forum is the world’s largest international gathering on refugees. It brings together UN Member States, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, ...

October 23, 2024 • Their wages have always been low. With rising inflation and falling prices paid by Western companies for clothing, they're protesting for better pay — and hoping the new ...

Global warming and climate change are often used interchangeably as synonyms, but scientists prefer to use “climate change” when describing the complex shifts now affecting our planet’s ...

China’s Russia imports, hampered by payment sanctions, drop as exports swell Though China’s exports to Russia have been on the rise, imports are falling as cross-border payments become more ...

Global citizenship is the umbrella term for social, political, environmental, and economic actions of globally minded individuals and communities on a worldwide scale. The term can refer to the ...

Barnes Group has agreed to be acquired and taken private by Apollo Global Management APO-0.25%decrease; red down pointing triangle in an all-cash deal that values the company at $3.6 billion.

Watch the online edition of Global News Hour at 6 BC. The non-profit BabyGoRound said prices have increased 46 per cent in the past two years, leaving parents who have to rely on pre-mixed formula ...

LONDON/TOKYO, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Global factory activity weakened in September as soft demand and economic uncertainty pointed to a tough outlook, surveys showed, keeping policymakers under ...

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