
Europe should innovate on defence, play it safe on debt
Strengthening existing safe assets should be a strategic priority for any new joint borrowing. Europe’s looming defence spending needs

Strengthening existing safe assets should be a strategic priority for any new joint borrowing. Europe’s looming defence spending needs

Faced with the prospect of the US government imposing higher trade tariffs, European consumers are rethinking what they buy.

Europe has recently pivoted to regulatory simplification with the aim to boost competitiveness. This column argues that in banking

Although the source and duration of the destruction differ, wars and natural disasters disrupt economies in similar ways. This

In Paris, authorities closed more than 1,000 schools — and the summit of the Eiffel Tower — during last month’s heatwave.

For years, the World Bank Group’s systems for measuring results operated in parallel tracks: corporate Scorecards that monitored performance

In the fight against poverty, timely, reliable, and open data is our compass. Without it, we are unable to

Agricultural commodity prices continued their downward trend in the second quarter of 2025, with the World Bank’s agricultural price

Central banks raise interest rates to reduce aggregate demand and bring inflation down. This column uses credit register data

The US dollar has traditionally dominated the invoicing of international trade. But could other currencies one day replace it?

Strengthening existing safe assets should be a strategic priority for any new joint borrowing. Europe’s looming defence spending needs

Faced with the prospect of the US government imposing higher trade tariffs, European consumers are rethinking what they buy.

Europe has recently pivoted to regulatory simplification with the aim to boost competitiveness. This column argues that in banking

Although the source and duration of the destruction differ, wars and natural disasters disrupt economies in similar ways. This

In Paris, authorities closed more than 1,000 schools — and the summit of the Eiffel Tower — during last month’s heatwave.

For years, the World Bank Group’s systems for measuring results operated in parallel tracks: corporate Scorecards that monitored performance

In the fight against poverty, timely, reliable, and open data is our compass. Without it, we are unable to

Agricultural commodity prices continued their downward trend in the second quarter of 2025, with the World Bank’s agricultural price

Central banks raise interest rates to reduce aggregate demand and bring inflation down. This column uses credit register data

The US dollar has traditionally dominated the invoicing of international trade. But could other currencies one day replace it?




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