In January they arrived in Sheraro, a town in northern Tigray that hosts thousands of other refugees from the western zone ...

Thailand cut its estimate for economic growth this year to 2.5-3.5% after suffering its worst slump in more than two decades in 2020 due to the shock from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Taiwan's economy is expected to grow 2.54% in 2020, the slowest in four years but far better than many of its regional peers, as a strong rebound in exports and consumer confidence helps the island ...

There is a high risk the resurgence in coronavirus cases halts the global economic recovery by year-end, according to Reuters polls of around 500 economists, a majority of whom expected the rebound ...

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to Joel Mokyr (Northwestern Univ.), Phillippe Aghion (London School of ...

A new round of restrictions in Thailand aimed at containing a fresh wave of coronavirus infections will likely derail the economy's nascent recovery from its 2020 slump.

If 2020 was the year the Federal Reserve overhauled its game plan for supporting the U.S. economy, 2021 will be the year its new approach gets tested should a coronavirus vaccine deliver the lift that ...

In a week when leading forecasters boosted their view of the U.S. economic recovery, data on retail store traffic, small business hiring and other high-frequency indicators largely worsened, signaling ...

The World Bank has cut its 2020 economic growth forecasts for Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan because of the coronavirus crisis but expects the three South Caucasus nations to recover next year.

Chile's central bank on Wednesday softened its prediction for an economic contraction in 2020 due to the impact of the coronavirus on the world's top copper producer to between -4.5% and -5.5% from ...

South Korea's central bank is expected to keep its interest rates on hold on Wednesday as its concerns over rising household debt and property prices would most likely put a bar on any policy changes.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) trimmed its 2020 oil demand forecast on Tuesday, citing caution about the pace of economic recovery from the pandemic.