The WTO sees expanding goods trade but an uneven recovery in services. Pakistan needs to distinguish rising global transaction volumes...
Global growth is not the same as broad prosperity. Pakistan’s outcomes will depend less on the global average than on the channels through which external demand,...
Global inflation is rising again in 2026, and energy is the main cause. The International Monetary Fund expects global headline inflation to climb to 4.7% this...
The debate over tariffs is often framed as a simple contest between protection and globalization. The WTO’s 2026 research takes a broader view: rules reduce uncertainty...
The European Union and China have reached a trade understanding that would sharply limit Chinese hybrid-car imports, reduce selected Chinese tariffs on European goods and ease...
Central banks are now raising rates, not cutting them, as oil tops $100. Here’s where the Fed, ECB, inflation, and crude stand, and what to watch...
The global economy is entering a period in which geopolitical conflict, artificial intelligence, energy markets, trade policy and public debt are increasingly moving together. That was...
Key Takeaways If you have federal student loans, 2026 is the year the rulebook got rewritten while you were still holding the pen. Plans closed, new...
Key Takeaways Ask ten bankers which of these two firms leads global finance and you will get ten answers, usually shaped by which floor they work...
Executive Summary Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump met in Washington, D.C., marking President Xi’s first official state visit to the United States in over a...