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Elon Musk as IMF data shows India outpacing US in growth: Balance of power is changing
Citing the latest data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on countries driving global growth — which places…
Oil Drives Saudi Economy to Highest Annual Growth Since 2022
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Strait of Hormuz fears and low EU storage reignite uncertainty over European gas prices — TradingView News
European gas prices, already on a downward trend, face fresh uncertainty after heightened rhetoric between the US and…
Large taxpayers: Tobacco drives VAT growth amid dull economic trends
Despite a slowdown in the broader economy, value-added tax collection from large companies, particularly in tobacco and beverages,…
35.33% of govt’s operating expenditure goes to interest payments in Q1
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Japan manufacturing PMI jumps back into expansion as demand and hiring surge
Japan’s manufacturing sector returned to growth in January, posting its strongest improvement since 2022 as demand, output and…
China’s export-led growth is looking more and more unsustainable while a real estate crash and reeling consumers fuel deflationary spiral
The flood of Chinese exports around the world helped the economy blow past President Donald Trump’s massive tariff…
Trade war, global instability push de-dollarisation into China’s academic mainstream
Interest in de-dollarisation has spiked in Chinese academic and policy circles, as Beijing grows increasingly wary of the…
Euro Rally Is Latest Risk to ECB’s Inflation Outlook
NBS, Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — The surge in the euro is set to loom large over the European Central…
Open Questions | Lawrence Lau on why China must ‘work smarter’ and how it can invent from scratch
Lawrence J. Lau is a Hong Kong economist specialising in economic development and East Asian economies. He was…