Tag: Economy
Pandemic To Trigger $4 Trillion Loss In Global Real GDP In...
Data presented by Buy Shares indicate that the global economy is projected to lose $3.94 trillion in real GDP. The loss will be recorded...
UK’s Economic Recovery Comes To A Sudden Stop, With Minimal Impact...
The UK’s economic recovery stalled in September, with businesses reporting that profits were down 21% - unchanged from a month earlier.
Perhaps more concerningly, business...
‘Racing Covid´s Capital Chasm’ Report: The Need For Capital Will Spell...
· European rates for new equity capital being raised have fallen by nearly 50%, from 380 annually between 1997 and 2007 to 220 annually...
Worldwide Banking and Securities IT Spending to Decline Before Post-COVID-19 Rebound
Despite Current Restrictions, New Sources of Revenue will be Critical to Extended Recovery, According to Gartner, Inc.
Worldwide IT spending in the banking and securities...
Monthly Number of ATM Transactions in the UK Plunged by 40%...
The surge in the online payments amid coronavirus lockdown has caused a massive hit on the ATM transactions in the United Kingdom. Even before...
Helping Bangladesh Recover from COVID-19: Interview With IMF’s Representative Ragnar Gudmundsson
To help Bangladesh during this crisis, the IMF has approved emergency loans totaling around $732 million. IMF Country Focus spoke with the IMF’s resident representative for Bangladesh Ragnar Gudmundsson about...
Remarks By IMF Kristalina Georgieva On Italy, Europe and the Global...
Buon pomeriggio ! We are at a point in our history where it is paramount to concentrate on what this crisis entails, what are the risks...
COVID-19 Prompts Biggest Peak In Money Transfers Since Records Began For...
The trajectory of the money transfer and remittance industry is an interestingly polarising one of late, with many variables leaving the sector on a...
Recession, Job Losses, Another Pandemic and Protectionism Are The Top Risks...
· “Prolonged global recession”, “high unemployment”, “another outbreak of infectious disease” and protectionism dominate the list of near-term worries for companies, according to the...
This Is How The UK Economy is Starting To Emerge From...
· Manufacturing and construction businesses appear to have benefited from restrictions easing, while other sectors still struggle. This is the first sign of the...
Market Recovery, Though Quicker Than Expected, Remains Limited
Rupert Thompson, Chief Investment Officer at Kingswood tells us here that economic recovery might happen sooner than experts first expected as markets have now...
Value of Companies Trading on the London Stock Exchange Dropped by...
The coronavirus pandemic has hit the global stock market hard, wiping off billions in stock values amid extreme volatility and massive sell-offs. Historic losses...
Markets Bounce As Investors React To Federal Reserve’s Emergency Rate Cut
Markets have bounced as investors react to potential stimulus measures, including the Federal Reserve’s emergency rate cut, which has been made to mitigate the...
Automotive Sector Is Vulnerable To The Coronavirus Crisis, Warns GlobalData
As the coronavirus crisis deepens, there are rising concerns over the potential economic impact, including for the global automotive industry
As the Financial Times has...
UK And US Firms Predict A Global Recession, But The Chinese...
· 46% of UK firms and 45% of US businesses predict their country will go into recession in 2020
· A third UK firms (37%)...
5 Economic Events That Will Help Shape the Next Decade
As we kick off the 2020s, let’s reflect on the economic events of the last decade and how they might shape the next one....
Malaysia Economy Outlook: Towards Card Payments Digitisation
South East Asia is a buoyant region. With a 5.2 per cent growth rate on average for the last 5 years, the region is...
Changing Christine Lagarde At The ECB
By Nikki Howes, Investment Associate at Heartwood Investment Management, the asset management arm of Handelsbanken in the UK
On 1 November, former IMF chief Christine Lagarde...