Global economy shows signs of steady but subdued growth: UN
The World Economic Situation and Prospects 2026 predicts that global economic output will grow by 2.7 percent this year. The global economy has shown resilience
Embracing AI in Europe: New evidence from harmonised central bank business surveys
Artificial intelligence is spreading quickly among European firms. Using new surveys from Germany, Italy, and Spain, this column shows that adoption rates of generative AI
Northern insights: Measuring geopolitical risk through Finnish news media
Much of what we know about geopolitical risk is filtered through a narrow informational lens of global English-language media. This column constructs a geopolitical risk
Beyond just IT: cybersecurity as a foundation for economic growth
A cyberattack against Morocco’s National Social Security Fund, which resulted in the leakage of the personal and financial details of nearly two million people; a cyber heist of US$ 1.5 billion in Ethereum, from the
The future is Africa: Shaping AI-enabled EdTech for skilling the next generation
By 2050, one in three of the world’s children will live in Africa. Yet this demographic shift coincides with a profound learning crisis: over 70 percent
Post-pandemic trends in extreme poverty around the world
Years of shocks and imbalanced recoveries have significantly impacted longstanding global poverty trends. In just the last five years, the economic pressures induced by the crises of
When agri-food prices rise, who bears the cost?
During a visit to El Salvador, we met María Alexandra Tamanique, a maize farmer in La Libertad. She told us about the difficult decision she
Don’t swap tariffs for minimum prices on Chinese electric vehicles
One year after the European Union imposed sweeping anti-subsidy duties on battery electric vehicles imported from China, the data tell a story very different from
The risk of tariffs as a tool to attract manufacturing investment
Recent tariff increases have sparked a debate over whether trade protectionism can effectively attract foreign investment. This column analyses how firms adjust their investment strategies
Bank of Israel cuts interest rates by 25 basis points
The central bank’s benchmark rate was reduced to 4.00% from 4.25%. The Bank of Israel unexpectedly cut its short-term interest rate by 25 basis points
