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Global power shift: The world’s 20 largest economies ranked for 2026

October 2025 outlook, the 2026 world economy faces a delicate balancing act. The global expansion that characterized the early 2020s has entered a phase of measured restraint, shaped by rising ... Read More

China used its trade juggernaut to withstand US tariffs. Can it keep its edge?

Whether China can maintain its level of exports to the rest of the world – and expand back into the US market after the recent truce, is a consequential question for the world’s second-largest economy ... Read More

Europe and the US Are Drifting Apart and It Isn’t Just Because of Trump

Donald Trump is often blamed for the US’s hostility toward the EU, but the roots of the rift run deeper. Europe’s manufacturing-heavy economy and tough regulation of US tech have put it on a collision ... Read More

US-China Trade War Clouds Global Economic Outlook as 'New Normal' Emerges

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -International finance chiefs are returning home with a measure of relief over the surprising resilience of the global economy to the cascade of policy shocks through the first ... Read More

How markets could topple the global economy

The shock, and weaker American demand, would spill over to low-growth Europe and deflationary China, compounding the blow to exporters from President Donald Trump’s tariffs. And because foreigners ... Read More

Europe Loses Big In U.S.-China Economic War

As Sino-American economic competition increasingly includes sanctions, the losers can be found worldwide. Europe is one of the biggest losers of this rivalry. Read More

IMF Sees ‘Significant’ Risks to Global Growth from US-China Row

Supply Lines is a daily newsletter that tracks global trade. Sign up here. The International Monetary Fund sees “significant downside risks” to global growth due to renewed frictions between the US ... Read More

China's exports suffer worst downturn since Feb as tariffs hammer US demand

It's a stark reminder of the manufacturing juggernaut's reliance on American consumers even as it woos buyers elsewhere. Read More

China Blames US for Trade Tensions, Warns Against Decoupling

China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao on Thursday blamed the recent escalation in trade tensions with the US on American actions following the latest bilateral round of talks, in Madrid last month. Read More

IMF Warns Global Debt Nears 100% Of GDP: Could Bitcoin Be The World's Safe Haven?

In its latest Fiscal Monitor Report, the IMF said global public debt now exceeds $91 trillion, up $5 trillion in just a year. The U.S., China, and several European economies are driving the surge, ... Read More

People are having fewer kids. Their choice is transforming the world's economy

The global economic system developed in an era of rapid population growth. With aging populations and people deciding to have smaller families, economists are raising concerns about future prosperity. Read More