Economics
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Sri Lanka facing imminent threat of starvation, senior politician warns
Speaker tells parliament ‘there will be very acute food shortages’ and economic crisis is ‘just the beginning’…
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Sri Lanka facing imminent threat of starvation, senior politician warns
Speaker tells parliament ‘there will be very acute food shortages’ and economic crisis is ‘just the beginning’…
- Asia Pacific, Business, China, Chinese economy, Economics, Europe, Global economy, UK news, Ukraine, US news, World Bank, World news
Ukraine war to slow growth and drive up poverty in Asia, World Bank warns
Conflict adds strain to developing economies in east Asia and Pacific already struggling with Covid and inflat…
- Australia news, Business, Cost of living crisis, Economics, Energy industry, Europe, Federal Reserve, Food & drink industry, Food poverty, Germany, Global development, Global economy, Inflation, International trade, Italy, New York, Pakistan, Poverty, South and Central Asia, Supply chain crisis, US economy, US news, World news
The rise in global inflation – the hit to living standards across the world
Analysis: From Pakistan to the US, Australia to Germany, the cost of living is rising to new highs and causing…
- Airbnb, Asia Pacific, Business, China, Chinese economy, Coronavirus, Economics, Global economy, H&M, Hong Kong, HSBC, International trade, Standard Chartered, US foreign policy, US news, World news
‘No light at the end of the tunnel’ – Americans join Hong Kong’s business exodus
Worsening Sino-US ties, strict Covid rules, and the crackdown on dissent have dented the territory’s fabled al…
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Rise in Covid cases slows manufacturing in China to weakest in two years
Output is contracting as Beijing’s tough pandemic measures force some factories to shut downCoronavirus – late…
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Low-carbon ambitions must not interfere with ‘normal life’, says Xi Jinping
President signals more cautious approach to climate crisis and says China must ‘overcome notion of rapid succe…
- Business, Economics, Global economy, India, International trade, Politics, South and Central Asia, Trade policy, UK news, World news
UK could gain ‘first-mover’ advantage with India trade deal
Resolution Foundation report also highlights risk of British firms being undercut by lower cost rivalsGains fr…
- Business, Coronavirus, Economics, Food security, Global development, Global economy, Society, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, World news
‘There is no money left’: Covid crisis leaves Sri Lanka on brink of bankruptcy
Half a million people have sunk into poverty since the pandemic struck, with rising costs forcing many to cut …
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China housing market slumps again as another developer runs into trouble
House prices, sales and construction all fell in November as Shimao Group shares plunge and Beijing assesses w…
- Alibaba, Asia Pacific, Business, China, Commercial property, Economics, Evergrande, Real estate, Stock markets, Technology, World news
China’s indebted property sector highlights a fading economic revival
Xi Jinping’s mission is not only to control the housing bubble but rein in untethered industries and foreign c…
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China unveils package to boost economy as Evergrande teeters
Beijing to increase business lending and build more affordable housing, but reports say property giant has mis…
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Climate-vulnerable countries call for help forcing high emitters to act
Those most at risk warn countries such as Australia they will lose out economically if they do not raise targe…
- Asia Pacific, Belt and road initiative, Brexit, Business, China, Chinese economy, Economics, Europe, Global development, Global economy, Globalisation, India, North Korea, Russia, South and Central Asia, Supply chain crisis, Trade and development, Trans-Pacific Partnership, US news, World news
How Covid spread fear of globalisation and threatens a new world order
From China backtracking on coal to Britain’s ‘chicken king’ calling for a rethink of food production, the viru…
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China sends jets and bombers near Taiwan as Beijing opposes island’s trade deal bid
Nuclear-capable bombers entered air defence zone, says Taipei, amid simmering row over competing bids to join …