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The U.S. dollar has suffered its worst start to any year since 1989 as the Trump administration has put forward once ...
What is a reserve currency? How did the dollar come to dominate global trade and finance? And why might some countries prefer ...
In recent years, Ethiopia has embarked on an ambitious and indigenous economic reform journey that has now gained notable recognition from global leaders. During the 2025 IMF and World Bank Spring ...
Kevin Warsh, the presumptive heir to Jay Powell as Federal Reserve chair, gave a speech last Friday acknowledging “new ...
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has sharply revised its end-of-year inflation target for 2025 to 12%, down from an earlier projection ...
The global growth forecast has been lowered to 2.8% for 2025 and 3% for 2026. US growth is expected to slow to 1.8%. India ...
The IMF now expect Botswana’s economy to contract by about 0.4% this year, while the World Bank now projects 0.6% growth.
At a media briefing marking the conclusion of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank Group Spring Meetings in Washington DC, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, ...
Pakistan’s growing dependence on Chinese loans has led to significant dollar repayments, exacerbating current account deficits. While China has extended loan maturities, critics warn this lifeline ...
Botswana’s government said it’s optimistic that Anglo American will find a buyer for its diamond unit De Beers this year.
Sam Woods, chief executive of the BoE’s Prudential Regulation Authority, said the regulator had stepped up monitoring of banks during the market volatility triggered by the US president’s “liberation ...
Amid trade tensions and policy uncertainty stemming from the tariff war, a China analyst advises Washington to become more ...