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Chancellor’s remarks come despite industrial action being major factor in zero GDP growth in February

The World Bank and International Monetary Fund's Spring Meetings kicked off this week with concerns over high inflation, rising geopolitical tensions, climate change and financial instability. World Bank Senior Managing Director Axel van Trotsenburg told FRANCE 24 that "we need to stay engaged with developing countries. More than ever, problems…

While inflation came in lower than expected in March, rising worries about a potential recession due to the recent financial crisis are expected to keep the stock market under immense pressure in the near term. Amid this, let’s find out if UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), and Altus…

As recent banking failures in US and Europe show, rich countries can act quickly when they want to

Latest GDP report shows that civil service and teachers’ strikes held back service sector growth, leading to no growth in February

The fragile process for dealing with insolvent economies is now at risk of unravelling completely owing to a powerful and unpredictable force in sovereign debt

Jim Chalmers says his budget will be built on the expectation that the economy will "slow considerably" but Australia is "better placed than most to deal with this global uncertainty".

Washington (AFP) - World Bank member countries have endorsed measures allowing a $50 billion lending boost over the next decade, its outgoing president David Malpass said Wednesday.

Britain is ready to provide an extra $500 million of loan guarantees to Ukraine, taking the total this year to $1 billion, British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Wednesday.