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Bangladesh Courts Global Investors for $1 Billion Infrastructure Push
Invest Bangladesh presented a portfolio of infrastructure and manufacturing opportunities at the World Investment Forum ...
Singapore Manufacturing Growth Slows to 3.4% in September as Biomedical Output Plunges 32.8%
Singapore's factory output grew 3.4% year over year in September, down sharply from August's 15.4%, as a 65.9% collapse ...
Angola Launches PPP Procedures Manual to Draw Private Capital Into Public Projects
Angola has published a new manual to standardise how public-private partnership projects are prepared and assessed, aimi...
UK to Inject £20.4bn into National Wealth Fund and British Business Bank
Britain plans an extra £20.4bn for its state-backed investment arms over five years, targeting AI, defence and green ene...
Egypt to Launch National Economic Transformation Programme Before End-2026, Deputy PM Says
Deputy Prime Minister Hussein Eissa outlined Egypt's 2027–2030 economic transformation plan at the Egypt Forum 2026, tar...
Peru Announces Counter-Cyclical Fiscal Policy to Mitigate El Niño Effects
Peru's government has announced a counter-cyclical fiscal policy to address external shocks, including the impact of El ...
EU Approves €500,000 Aid Scheme for Slovenian Farmers Amid Higher Fuel Costs
The European Commission has approved a €500,000 aid scheme for Slovenian farmers, fishers, and aquaculture businesses af...
Argentina's Reserves Repayment Strategy Takes Center Stage Amid Rising Country Risk
Argentina's central bank has accumulated nearly $40 billion in reserves since Javier Milei took office, with $15 billion...
Davos Report Charts Azerbaijan's Path From Digital Foundations to TradeTech Adoption
A World Economic Forum report with Azerbaijan's C4IR identifies three priorities and ten sequenced recommendations to tu...
Bank of America Sees 2027 Mortgage Volume at $1.72T, Warns of 2023-Style Housing Market Replay
Bank of America projects muted mortgage growth in 2027, with total originations reaching $1.719 trillion and only about ...
Bitget Blocks Russian, Kazakh, and Belarusian Users Amid Global Sanctions
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitget has restricted access to its services for users from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus, cit...
RBA's Kent Speaks: What the Assistant Governor's Remarks Signal for Markets
A Thai-language market feed flagged real-time coverage of Reserve Bank of Australia Assistant Governor Kent's remarks, b...
China to Expand Policy-Backed Financing to 800 Billion Yuan to Reverse Investment Slump
Premier Li Qiang's government work report raises the policy-backed financing instrument by 300 billion yuan to 800 billi...
Guinea Equatorial Faces Economic Diversification Challenge Amid 5.8% Contraction
As Guinea Equatorial celebrates 58 years of independence, the country faces a significant economic challenge: diversifyi...
US Census Bureau Unveils 2025 American Community Survey Release Schedule
The US Census Bureau will release the 2025 American Community Survey 1-year estimates on October 29, with embargoed data...
Two US Economists Win Nobel Prize for Work on Economic Stability
Robert Hall and Michael Woodford have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for their research on economic stability...
US Infrastructure Boom to Dwarf 19th-Century Railroad Boom by 2028
The US is experiencing an infrastructure boom, driven by the growth of data centers, which could cost over $10 billion a...
Russia's Central Bank Adjusts Yuan Exchange Rate to 12.536 Rubles
Russia's Central Bank has adjusted the official exchange rate of the yuan to 12.536 rubles on Tuesday, a decrease of 13....
Indian Stock Market Falls Amid RBI Measures and Economic Woes
The Indian stock market plummeted on Monday, with the Sensex falling 548 points and the Nifty slipping below 22,400. The...
China's Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing Pushes Advanced Manufacturing and Self-Reliant Supply Chains in Jilin Tour
During a three-day inspection of Jilin province, Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing called for deeper integration of scientific ...
Trump Tariffs' Inflation Legacy: 2.9% Price Hike by February 2026
A New York Fed study reveals that tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump raised consumer goods prices by 2.9% as of F...
China Unveils Guidelines to Boost High-Quality Development with New Productive Forces
China's Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council have issued guidelines to accelerate the develo...
Trump's Claim on Hormuz Impact on Gas Prices: Does He Have a Point?
US President Donald Trump has stated that the Strait of Hormuz no longer affects gas prices in the US. However, a recent...
Brazil's Financial Vulnerability Worsens in 22 States, Led by Mato Grosso
Brazil's financial vulnerability worsened in 22 states in the second quarter of 2026, with a 1.01% increase in the avera...
South Africa's Formal Sector Loses 14,000 Jobs in Q2, Mostly in Manufacturing and Services
South Africa's formal sector shed 14,000 jobs in the second quarter of 2026, with manufacturing and business services be...
France's Audit Court Urges €20B Public Wage Restraint by 2032
As unions strike over pay, the Cour des comptes calls for a €20 billion effort on France's €362 billion public wage bill...
S&P Global Eurozone Composite PMI: What the Next Flash Reading Signals for Markets
The eurozone composite PMI is the single most-watched early gauge of the bloc's economic health. Here's what it measures...
Eurozone Services PMI: How a 600-Executive Survey Moves the Euro
The HCOB Eurozone Services PMI, released on the third working day of each month, tracks activity across roughly 600 priv...
US Manufacturing Growth Remains Intact, But at a Slower Rate, Amid Broader Economic Concerns
The US manufacturing sector grew for the ninth consecutive month in September, but at a slower rate, according to the In...
G7 to Release 100 Million Barrels of Oil to Stabilize Prices, Trump Drops Export Ban Threat
The Group of Seven wealthy democracies announced a plan to release 100 million barrels of oil and fuel products to stabi...