On Thursday and Friday this week, a summit is being hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron to lay out a plan for reducing the debt loads of low-income nations while freeing up more money for climate spending. In order to… Read More ›
Geopolitics
IMF Developing Platform For Global Central Banks’ Digital Currencies
According to IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, the IMF is developing a framework for central bank digital currencies (CDBCs) to promote trade between nations. “CBDCs should not be fragmented national propositions… To have more efficient and fairer transactions we need… Read More ›
More Countries Are Affected By The Continued Toxic Syrup Risk, Claims The WHO
Toxic cough syrups continue to represent a hazard on a worldwide scale, the World Health Organisation (WHO) told Reuters, adding that it is now collaborating with six more nations than previously disclosed to track the potentially lethal children’s medications. After… Read More ›
Ford Chairman Says The US Can’t Yet Match China In The EV Sector
Bill Ford, the executive chairman of Ford Motor, claimed that the United States wasn’t yet prepared to compete with China in the manufacture of electric cars. “They developed very quickly, and they developed them in large scale. And now they’re… Read More ›
EV Startups Are Expected To Continue Their Explosive Rally
On Friday, electric vehicle startups Nikola and Lordstown Motors were poised to continue a ferocious share surge that had placed the cash-strapped businesses on course for substantial weekly gains. Since there has been no clear news or catalyst for the… Read More ›
Tesla’s China Growth Encounters A Roadblock Due To Oversupply In The Sector
The approval of China to develop 70 hectares (172 acres) of former farmland that is currently overrun with wildflowers is crucial to Tesla’s ambitious aim to increase auto production in Shanghai, its most valued facility internationally. Tesla may now be… Read More ›
The EU Must Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 90 To 95% By 2040, According To Experts
As Brussels sets a new objective to reduce Europe’s contribution to climate change, official experts suggested that the European Union should pledge to reduce its net greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 95% by 2040. The third-largest economy in… Read More ›
Fed Maintains Rates, But Anticipates Two Modest Increases Before The End Of 2023
In response to a stronger-than-anticipated economy and a slower-than-expected decline in inflation, the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday but hinted in new projections that borrowing costs may still need to rise by as much as half a… Read More ›
China’s Economy Slowed In May, Strengthening The Need For Additional Support
May saw a downturn in China’s economy as both industrial output and retail sales growth fell short of expectations. This raised concerns that Beijing would need to do more to support the wobbly post-pandemic recovery. The economic recovery that began… Read More ›
Winter Downturn In The Euro Zone Economy; More Difficulties To Come
Data from the statistics agency Eurostat revealed on Thursday that the euro zone economy entered a technical recession in the first three months of 2023, as indications rise that the region’s prospects for future development will be hampered by central… Read More ›