While global economics can sometimes seem boring, at its core lies the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita. This figure represents the total income earned by a country’s people and businesses, ...

President Trump’s tariffs barrage has landed the heaviest blow on the very nations that global trade was supposed to help: poor countries. For decades, the U.S. and other rich countries have granted ...

Like many Americans, most countries are in a lot of debt. Developing countries, alone, carry nearly $31 trillion worth of debt. Enough debt to give everyone in the world a check for $3,750. Or to pay ...

A falling dollar is normally good for the developing world. Because poor countries borrow more in the greenback than rich ones, their debt bills become less burdensome. At the same time, imports ...

Most of the attention on global environmental issues goes to climate change, and not without reason. The carbon dioxide we’re adding to the atmosphere — where carbon-concentration levels have almost ...

Global stocks continue to fall, and fears of a recession are growing, after Donald Trump rejected calls to scale back his order to institute sweeping tariffs on most of the world. The move will be ...

Developing nations facing worsening debt crisis Debt service is eating up liquidity, curbing development New initiative calls for collective relief Global multilateralism in jeopardy as US, UK pursue ...