Global World News The Global Economy Is On The Brink – And Neither Trump Nor Biden Can Pull It Back

Global uncertainty is here to stay, says the head of the IMF

A gauge of uncertainty co-developed by IMF staff illustrates this. While market measures of volatility and business surveys suggest investors and firms are relatively sanguine about economic prospects ... Read More

Trump's tariffs to dim global economy 'in the short and the long term': IMF

The impact of President Trump's tariffs is expected to weigh on economic growth worldwide in 2025, according to the International Monetary Fund's new World Economic Outlook released Tuesday. "The ... Read More

Can the Global Economy Be Healed?

But Rodrik also believes there can be no return to the pre-Trump global system, which relied on one-size-fits-all trade rules enforced by transnational agencies such as the World Trade Organization. Read More

‘Premature’ to conclude that Trump’s tariffs haven’t hit the global economy, the IMF says

Higher US tariffs have so far had a smaller impact globally than expected, but it would be “premature and incorrect” to conclude they have had no effect on economic growth, the International Monetary ... Read More

The Trump Economy Is Here, and It’s So Much Worse Than Biden’s

While President Donald Trump continues to gamble with the U.S. economy—threatening tariffs, chickening out on tariffs, attempting to bully the Federal Reserve, interfering with the Bureau of Labor ... Read More

Global economy shrugs off Trump’s tariffs, at least for now, IMF says

The global economy is performing better than expected amid a historic upheaval in U.S. trade policy, but President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs are beginning to erode prospects for future growth, ... Read More

Trump Expands Global Technology Net With Rules Covering Subsidiaries

The Trump administration issued a rule to automatically extend trade restrictions for organizations on the “entity list” to any majority-owned subsidiary. By Ana Swanson Ana Swanson covers ... Read More

Why Trump is not a death knell for global climate action

Matt McDonald has received funding from the Australian Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council in the UK. In his rambling speech to the United Nations last month, United States ... Read More

The Trump Economy Is Here, and It’s So Much Worse Than Biden’s

Jobs are stagnating, prices are skyrocketing, and many states are already in recession. But the president and his investor-class cronies don’t care. While President Donald Trump continues to gamble ... Read More