The World Economic Situation and Prospects 2026 will present global and regional economic outlooks for the year ahead, highlighting the need for global cooperation and policies to support growth and ...

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 ...

The economy in 2025 was filled with contradictions, as growth was healthy while hiring slowed, inflation stayed elevated and unemployment rose.

The global economy faced many hurdles in 2025. The U.S. government upended longstanding economic wisdom in a manner many ...

Central Asia and the Caucasus saw solid growth, new transport corridors and multi-vector diplomacy in 2025, even as conflicts ...

Oppressive heat. Species extinctions. Pollution-choked skies. This is the future that awaits the world unless humanity takes dramatic steps to end a series of mushrooming environmental crises, finds a ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2025— A proliferating set of international standards—covering everything from food labeling to the specifications of 5G cellular networks—is steadily reshaping the global economic ...

This week’s Chinese trade numbers can leave little doubt that the country’s trade surplus is unsustainable. Herb Stein famously said that if something cannot go on forever, it will stop. If ever there ...

President Donald Trump’s tariff-driven trade war is not slowing down China’s export economy. Beijing this week reported a record $1 trillion trade surplus with the rest of the world in 2025, raising ...

In 2026, the United States, Canada and Mexico will jointly host the FIFA World Cup, the largest sporting event ever staged in North America, with 48 teams, expanded venues, and one of the most complex ...

These days, gauging the health of the economy is almost like trying to figure out how Schrödinger's cat is doing. Depending on who you talk to, the economy might be on the upswing or trending downward ...

So, what’s the world going to look like in 2050 if things keep warming up? It’s a big question, and people have been trying to figure it out. We’re talking about maps that show temperature changes, ...