Can Iraq rebuild its economy?
Iraq is looking to strengthen its economy after decades of war, sanctions, sectarian division and the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS). It has achieved some progress in recent years More...
Slowdown grips Indian economy; how do we emerge unscathed?
The vastly conflicting signals Indian economy was throwing up until late 2018 appear to have finally aligned. Nearly every macro and micro economic indicator is now pointing towards a slowdown that is tightening More...
Near Goldilocks Economy Gives Trump an Edge in 2020, Suggests Wall Street Firm
By CCN: Brace yourselves for six more years of MAGA. One of Wall Street’s oldest investment banks, Goldman Sachs, is betting on Donald Trump in 2020. Goldman economists have predicted that President Trump More...
Pakistan PM’s attempt to woo western audience to boost economy in despair
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s “peace missive” suggesting PM Narendra Modi as the best bet is an outreach to the Western audience and big powers amid the precarious state of the country’s More...
The Trump economy is going gangbusters (and even liberal economists are starting to admit it)
Last week it was reported that the U.S. economy expanded by 2.9 percent in 2018, when measured from the 2017 annual level to the 2018 annual level. By a different metric, one that measures from the fourth quarter More...
US economy now growing at less than 2 percent due to shutdown, JP Morgan says
J.P. Morgan economists said the government shutdown is beginning to take a bigger toll on the U.S. economy, and growth is now below 2 percent, despite resilience in the private sector. The economists slashed their More...
Government shutdown bites US economy
Emily Hunt, a flight attendant for Southwest Airlines, drops off a donation of food for TSA workers at Orlando International Airport on Jan. 15. Florida airports are helping federal workers who aren’t getting More...
Playing catch-up in the digital economy
The increasing diffusion of ICT in developing countries including India and the greater ICT-led convergence across sectors that we are witnessing now follows the emergence of the inter-related digital technology More...
India to retain status as fastest growing major economy in 2019-20: World Bank
Fuelled by policy reforms and rebound in credit, India’s economy is forecast to expand by 7.5 per cent during the 2019-20 fiscal year and retain its position as the fastest growing major economy in a world More...
Goldman Sachs: As long as consumers keep shopping, there’s hope for the economy
David Goldman | Getty Images Shoppers carrying bags walk up Fifth Avenue in New York City. For a market that’s become increasingly jittery over the U.S. economy, Goldman Sachs has a message: All is More...