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French economists and public auditors alike breathed a sigh of relief as the national statistics agency INSEE on Tuesday published an annual report showing that the country’s 2022 budget deficit dipped below 5% of GDP. Public debt also slightly decreased. Despite these hopeful figures, France still remains one of the…

Fed weeks always make for a good time with trading, and last week was no different. While the Fed Funds rate did not really move the market as it hit where it was expected with a 25 basis point increase.

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg urged member countries to speed up increases in defence spending as new figures showed fewer than a quarter of them meeting the alliance's target.

Flights between Thailand and China on Spring Airlines have recovered to 50% of pre-pandemic levels and are expected to resume normal frequencies this year, aided by high demand and a forecast of 5% Chinese GDP growth.

The World Bank on Monday said the February earthquakes are expected to have caused Syria's real GDP output to contract by 5.5% in 2023, with recovery and reconstruction needs estimated at $7.9 billion over three years.

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UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt confidently described his first budget of 2023 as a “budget for growth”. He went on to offer a fairly upbeat assessment of both economic performance and future prospects, arguing: “The declinists are wrong and the optimists are right.”

Britain’s GDP is forecast to fall by less than previously expected, but is still behind all other major economies