Gabon Hit by Oil Price Slide

While official statistics compiled by government agencies are still considered the most reliable, policymakers are increasingly using private data to get around their limitations. Claudia Sahm is a former principal economist at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and has studi ...  Show more

Price stability is the main goal for central banks, and monetary policy is how they achieve it. However, societies are always in flux, and central bankers who pay close attention to emerging trends are more likely to make better policy decisions. Bank of Korea Governor Chang Yong ...  Show more

Au Gabon le putsch mettant fin à la dynastie Bongo intervient dans un contexte économique contrasté. Le quotidien des Gabonais est très éloigné des bons chiffres macro-économiques de cet Etat pétrolier. Avec un produit intérieur brut à 8 800 dollars par habitant en 2022 selon la ...  Show more

The International Monetary Fund has warned that "the worst is yet to come" and next year may feel like a recession. It blames the war in Ukraine and rising prices worldwide. The BBC’s Business Correspondent Michelle Fleury joins us from the IMF in Washington DC. Meanwhile, the do ...  Show more

Economics is sometimes called the “dismal science.” But the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has a surprisingly positive outlook for the U.S. economy—even if public sentiment hasn’t yet caught up. Host Ravi Agrawal discusses the state of the global economy with Gita Gopinath, th ...  Show more

The IMF says the risk of a global recession has increased as it lowers its growth forecast for the coming year. Its managing director, Kristalina Georgieva, said the gloomy outlook was fuelled by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the continuing impact of the Covid pandemic. Hong K ...  Show more