The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is expecting international growth to slow down to 2.7% in 2024, the slowest annual growth since 2020’s pandemic.The combination of rising interest rates, high inflation, and wars is predicted to cause the world economy to contract in 2019. The OECD forecasts that …
Read More »Russia expects energy export revenue to rise to $337.5 billion this year
A document from the Russian Economy Ministry, seen by Reuters, showed that rising oil export volumes, accompanied by rising gas prices, will boost Russia’s revenue from energy exports to $337.5 billion this year, an increase of 38% from 2021. This jump in revenue, if realized, would help bolster Russia’s economy …
Read More »Russian economy steeply contracts on war, sanctions
The Russian GDP from April through June declined 4 percent over last year according to new government data. Russia’s economy contracted in the second quarter as the economic consequences of its war in Ukraine took hold.The economy shrank 4 percent from April through June compared with a year ago, the …
Read More »Fed’s Daly: Inflation reins the US economy
On Tuesday, San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly said she believes the US economy will slow to below 2% annual growth as the central bank hikes interest rates, but there will be enough momentum that it will not stop growing.“I do expect the unemployment rate to rise slightly, …
Read More »Amid Overseas Turbulence, Is US Inflation Out of Fed’s Control?
Most Americans believe that the US central bank cannot fix the factors driving Inflation and recession has lately become a key word in most economic discussions.Wages are not principally responsible for the inflation we’re seeing,” Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said on Wednesday. The tragic moment came also on Wednesday …
Read More »Major Ukrainian Commodity Terminal Destroyed In Russian attack
Russian bombs destroyed the warehouses of one of the largest terminals for agricultural commodities at Mykolaiv port, authorities said on Tuesday.The attack coincided with Turkey’s attempt to develop a plan, supported by the United Nations, to start grain exports from Ukraine’s ports, and ahead of meetings on Wednesday by the …
Read More »Lavrov: Russia Not At War With NATO, This Could Raise Risk Of Nuclear War
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday that Russia does not consider itself to be at war with NATO, adding that such a development could raise the risk of a nuclear war, something which cannot be allowed.Moscow and Kyiv could already have achieved major results at peace talks, but …
Read More »Oil slips, posts nearly 5% weekly loss on growth concerns
Oil slipped on Friday, posting a weekly loss of nearly 5%, on the prospect of weaker global growth, higher interest rates and COVID-19 lockdowns in China hurting demand even as the European Union considers a ban on Russian oil that would tighten supply.Brent crude settled down $1.68, or 1.6%, at …
Read More »German exports to Russia fell 57.5% in March
Germany’s exports to Russia fell 57.5 percent to 1.1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) in March due to sanctions imposed on Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine, the German Federal Statistics Office said on Thursday. This pushed Russia down from the fifth largest market for Germany outside the European Union in …
Read More »China-EU commercial ties too hard to break despite Ukraine war
China surpassed the United States to become the European Union’s (EU) largest trading partner in 2020-21 thanks to strong demand during the pandemic. Despite EU frustrations with Beijing over its stance on the Ukraine war, trade ties will be hard to break, regardless of attempts by EU policymakers to diversify …
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