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 ...

How can we make use of that? Global 3000 is now Global Us - because now, more than ever, we need to act together. How do we tackle the world's most pressing problems? Climate change and ...

Slowing Ocean Current Could Ease Arctic Warming -- A Little Oct. 25, 2024 — The Arctic is warming at three to four times the global average. However, new research suggests the slowing of a key ...

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, ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Now in its 15th edition, the Global Wealth Report 2024 offers you leading insights into household wealth and prosperity across the world. Here we highlight leading trends shaping wealth in the US. See ...

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 ...

New reports from the World Trade Organization and a Washington think tank showed how robust global trade could quickly be derailed by violence. By Ana Swanson Ana Swanson covers international ...

Global inflation, meanwhile, is likely to drop to 3.5 percent by the end of next year, a bit lower than the average during the 20 years prior to the pandemic, having peaked at 9.4 percent in the ...