The global economy showed notable resilience in 2025, performing better than anticipated despite repeated shocks and heightened uncertainty. Trade flows continued to expand, and overall activity held ...

What is a recession? What are the key indicators of a recession? How do government and central banks respond to recessions? What are the causes of recessions? How can individuals and businesses ...

The global economy is as uncertain as ever. This year’s Economic Outlook will feature experts from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business examining some of the biggest issues facing the ...

When we think about money, it’s easy to get lost in the numbers. How much money is there in the world? It’s a big question with a lot of different answers. From physical cash to digital currencies, ...

On this episode of The Long View, Neil Shearing, Group Chief Economist at Capital Economics and author, breaks down why he believes that the world is not deglobalizing, what he sees for the US and ...

Long-term crude oil prices are held down by growing wage and wealth disparities, which reduce the purchasing power of the middle class and thus limit demand for oil-intensive goods and services.

In a stride toward refining our understanding of the global economy, the United Nations Statistical Commission unanimously approved the sixth iteration of the System of National Accounts (SNA) this ...

Daniel Björkegren is an assistant professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University, New York City, New York, USA. How will artificial intelligence reshape the global economy? Some ...

The cornerstones of our digital world—from smartphone apps to new digital assets and artificial intelligence tools—didn’t exist back in 2008, the last time the world’s statistical community overhauled ...

SpaceX has reshaped the global space industry with a speed and scale few thought possible. This two-part white paper from SpaceNews Intelligence examines how the company transformed launch economics ...