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While inflation has eased from its recent highs, it continues to be a pressing concern for households, businesses and policymakers. UN DESA’s latest Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation ...
Argentina's monthly inflation rate slowed more than expected to 2.8% in April, data from national statistics agency INDEC ...
The global economy is at a precarious juncture, marked by heightened trade tensions and elevated policy uncertainty, according to the World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2025.  The recent ...
During the global recession of 2020 food insecurity increased substantially in many countries around the world ... external economic growth, and harvest shocks) to isolate exogenous variation in ...
Inflation is getting closer to the Federal Reserve's 2% target.
Trade tensions, whether resolved or not, create an incentive for firms and households to postpone spending, reducing ...
“If the large increases in tariffs that have been announced are sustained, they’re likely to generate a rise in inflation, a slowdown in economic growth, and a rise in unemployment,” Powell sai ...