A new global assessment of the planet's environmental health was unveiled this week at the seventh UN Environment Assembly ...

Reforms that were adopted in the derivatives markets in response to the global financial crisis have succeeded in bolstering ...

The fall of the French government on Monday because of its failure to get through parliament an austerity program to deal with rising government debt is a very sharp political expression of the ...

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British banks will no longer need to hold so much capital, as the U.K. joins the U.S. in unwinding some measures put in place ...

Part 1 of this two-part series looked at the factors which may make a new financial crisis inevitable. Part 2 looks at the transmission of shocks, and the global economy's resilience and capacity to ...

Stock in UBS is back to highs last seen before the global financial crisis hammered it and other banks. The Swiss bank's ...

Economic pressures from steep new U.S. tariffs will push global public debt above pandemic-era levels to nearly 100% of global GDP by the end of the decade as slower growth and trade strain government ...

Japan's PM Sanae Takaichi wants to spend big to boost sluggish growth, despite the country's already huge debt load. With bond yields already rising, a sudden spike could shock the financial world ...

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A cyclist and a horse-cart carriage pass each other in a flooded area after heavy rain caused a river overflow, submerging scores of homes in Bandung, Indonesia on March 16, 2025. The global water ...