Half a decade after the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, China is now confronting a new viral outbreak, this time caused by the human metapneumovirus (HMPV). Reports and social media posts highlight ...

China says its economy grew a bit more in 2023 than earlier thought, according to an economic census conducted every five ...

A third of the global economy will be in recession this year, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned. Kristalina Georgieva said 2023 will be "tougher" than last year as the ...

"Unlike during the Great Financial Crisis, China will not drive the global economic recovery in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic," he said. "As its economy continues facing downward ...

Across the world, a structural growth slowdown is underway: at current trends, global potential growth ... In the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis, economic growth in emerging and developing ...

Since then, its sister publication, the World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP), first issued in 1999, has served as the lead publication in the annual discussion of current economic trends ...

Mass cuts and economic headwinds have created a global job security crisis, with more than a third ... planning to increase their hours at their current job, and about a fifth said that they ...