Assembly lines around the world are starting to hum again, marking a turn in a years-long manufacturing slump. The nascent industrial recovery is led by the world’s two biggest economies. Chinese manufacturing has made a strong start to the year, boosting the economic outlook, and US factory activity unexpectedly expanded last month for the first … Read more
New Delhi: The global trade growth is expected to pick up gradually this year after a contraction in 2023 but regional conflicts, geopolitical tensions and economic policy uncertainty pose substantial downside risks, according to a WTO forecast released on Wednesday. The World Trade Organisation (WTO), however, lowered the trade growth projection for 2024 to 2.6 … Read more
The impact of the Israel-Hamas war on the world economy may take time to become apparent but it would worsen if it spread to the Middle East, notably Iran, a major oil producer and Hamas sponsor. The global economy would be affected by rising oil prices near $90. Further escalation of the conflict towards other … Read more
The Economic Survey 2022-23 is a conservative, low-key document with no great rhetorical or policy flourishes. Such Surveys are not reliable indicators of the budget to follow. But one can hazard a guess that Wednesday’s budget will also be fiscally prudent and conservative. The Survey projects GDP growth in the current fiscal year at 7%, … Read more
New Delhi: With COVID-19 still dominating major developments globally, the world economy is not likely to re-attain pre-pandemic output levels before 2022, says a report. According to Dun & Bradstreet Country Risk and the Global Outlook, “nothing about the pandemic can be classified as over, despite recoveries in activity levels in some economies in Q3, … Read more