ASIAN governments are actively implementing swift policy responses to high energy prices and security risks, including inflation-suppressing measures such as fuel subsidies, price caps, work-from-home ...

The Federal Government has signalled that the success of Nigeria’s ongoing tax reform programme will be assessed primarily on ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria has said it is on course to reduce inflation to single digits as it transitions to an inflation-targeting monetary policy framework.This was disclosed in a statement issued ...

Spread the loveIn recent years, China has faced a complex economic landscape characterized by stagnation, deflationary pressures, and sluggish domestic consumption. As a response, the Chinese ...

When Gov. J.B. Pritzker proposed a General Fund budget for Fiscal Year 2027 last month, he made it clear spending on services was constrained due to fiscal challenges facing the ...

Productivity is another essential part of the reform effort. And here, deeper market-oriented structural reforms are critical. Enabling a greater role for markets to direct resources to areas of ...

Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz soon after the U.S. and Israel launched their strikes on the country, choking the maritime artery through which nearly all of the Persian Gulf’s oil and natural gas ...

Europe’s defense spending is undergoing a historic shift. With NATO members expected to reach 2% of GDP and discussions underway to increase targets to 5% by 2035, this paper examines the possible ...

Christopher Sims, the John J. F. Sherrerd ’52 University Professor of Economics, Emeritus, and a Nobel laureate whose work ...

The yield on the benchmark 10-year UK gilt rose to 4.927%, its highest since July 2008, while the two-year yield climbed 11 basis points to 4.522%, the highest level since January 2025. Bond yields ...

The Fund's I-shares returned 0.16% net over the fourth quarter and outperformed the benchmark by 2bps. Read more here.