As one of the world’s most outwardly facing economies, Singapore is especially susceptible to disruption to global trade. The finance, commerce and shipping hub acts as a vital conduit, connecting China with the west, and has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of the era of globalisation.

Visa forecasts structural economic transformation driven by AI adoption, supply chain rewiring and accelerating business investment that supports stable 2.7% global growth Global GDP projected to grow 2.7% in 2026, with surface stability masking ...

How come it feels like it's all bad news in the global economy these days? According to one economist, something he calls the "doom loop."

The latest Interim Economic Outlook from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) projects global growth slowing from 3.3% in 2024 to 3.2% in 2025 and 2.9% in 2026, as early stockpiles of goods accumulated in anticipation of higher ...

International economics have always been interwoven with the contest for global power. That truth has only become more evident in the last year. As the United States slapped partners with tariffs, as Beijing and Washington alternated between trade wars and ...

National economies are increasingly moving in sync and responding to the same booms and busts as a result of near-instantaneous communications and interdependent global supply chains. This is a sharp change from much of the 21st century, when economies ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -International finance chiefs are returning home with a measure of relief over the surprising resilience of the global economy to the cascade of policy shocks through the first nine months of Donald Trump's second U.S. presidency but ...

I’ve recently read two books that help clarify the competing sides in today’s growing intellectual debate over free trade, globalization, and neoliberalism. On one side is Trade Wars Are Class Wars (2020), by Matthew Klein and Michael Pettis—a ...

8 January 2026 - Global economic output is forecast to grow by 2.7 per cent in 2026, slightly below the 2.8 per cent estimated for 2025 and well below the pre-pandemic average of 3.2 per cent, according to the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2026 ...

Discover what autarky means, its economic implications, and real-world examples like North Korea and Nazi Germany's self-sufficient policies.