Our blog’s Chart of the Week series tracked how the global economy evolved in 2025, with the top five charts highlighting some of the key issues shaping economic and policy discussions.

Key Takeaways President Donald Trump could boost global economic growth by 0.5 percentage points if he negotiated away his ...

FEDEX reported a $126 billion direct and indirect contribution to the global economy in fiscal year (FY) 2025, including ...

A reordering of the rules of trade, set on top of transformational change in technology, demographics and climate, is ...

Economic growth across the globe will be highly uneven, with some major economies accelerating while others hit the brakes.

The European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged for a fourth straight meeting against a backdrop of near-target ...

The sun is setting on 2024, but the consequences of its many events will be felt around the world well into next year and beyond. This year, Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza escalated and spilled ...

The oft-cited proverb, “If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together,” gained renewed prominence when former U.S. Vice President Al Gore invoked it during his 2007 Nobel Peace ...

Discover how a national debt crisis affects global economies, disrupting trade, boosting inflation, and affecting currency values worldwide.

Gold’s movements in 2025 reflected global monetary uncertainty, reacting strongly to shifts in the rate‑cut cycle. Oil prices were driven ...

To understand what’s driving small business' decisions, it’s helpful to look at the broader forces shaping the economic ...

A view from orbit: Digital power may be invisible, but its infrastructure is now as critical as any territory on Earth. Unsplash+ In 2024, the world’s digital economies constituted about 15 percent of ...