
The Commodity Markets Outlook in eight charts
The views expressed in the Let’s Talk Development blog are solely those of the author(s). Commodity prices are projected

The views expressed in the Let’s Talk Development blog are solely those of the author(s). Commodity prices are projected

Why budget reliability matters Accurate revenue and expenditure forecasting is crucial for effective budgeting to ensure that governments can

In 2018, after 3 years of droughts, the city of Cape Town in South Africa faced severe water shortages.

The conventional wisdom is that uncertainty leads to economic contractions, but recent evidence challenges this assumption. This column introduces

Pseudo-wealth is a perception of wealth that is not backed by real economic resources. When people have widely different

Oil prices climbed about 2% to a two-week high on Monday after the U.S. and China agreed to temporarily

NRG Energy said on Monday it would acquire power generation assets from energy infrastructure investment firm LS Power in

Since mid-2021, the euro-area economy has gone through several shocks, leading to the highest inflation since the creation of

Government spending on defence, particularly defence R&D, can have significant economic spillovers. This column argues that the forthcoming European

The recent shift in trade policy by the new US administration is impacting global trade and creating volatility in

The views expressed in the Let’s Talk Development blog are solely those of the author(s). Commodity prices are projected

Why budget reliability matters Accurate revenue and expenditure forecasting is crucial for effective budgeting to ensure that governments can

In 2018, after 3 years of droughts, the city of Cape Town in South Africa faced severe water shortages.

The conventional wisdom is that uncertainty leads to economic contractions, but recent evidence challenges this assumption. This column introduces

Pseudo-wealth is a perception of wealth that is not backed by real economic resources. When people have widely different

Oil prices climbed about 2% to a two-week high on Monday after the U.S. and China agreed to temporarily

NRG Energy said on Monday it would acquire power generation assets from energy infrastructure investment firm LS Power in

Since mid-2021, the euro-area economy has gone through several shocks, leading to the highest inflation since the creation of

Government spending on defence, particularly defence R&D, can have significant economic spillovers. This column argues that the forthcoming European

The recent shift in trade policy by the new US administration is impacting global trade and creating volatility in




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