May 30, 2025/Oilprice.com Tom Kool Editor, Oilprice.com A turbulent week for global energy markets saw oil prices slide amid OPEC+ uncertainty and escalating U.S.-China tensions. Friday, May 30th, 2025 The double whammy of OPEC+’s unpredictability and Donald Trump’s heated rhetoric over China ‘totally violating its agreement’ with the US put […]
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Debt is Higher and Rising Faster in 80 Percent of Global Economy
(Credit: fcafotodigital/iStock by Getty Images) May 29, 2025/IMFBlog By Era Dabla-Norris and Davide Furceri Global public debt could increase to 100 percent of global gross domestic product by the end of the decade if current trends continue, according to projections in our latest Fiscal Monitor. The rising ratio of public debt […]
African Economic Outlook 2025—Africa’s Short-Term Ooutlook Resilient Despite Global Economic and Political Headwinds
AfDB Senior Vice president Marie-Laure Akin Olugbade (third from left), Vice President Kevin Urama (fourth from right) and high-level attendees at the launch of the African Economic Outlook during the AfDB Annual Meeting. Image Credit: AfDB With the right policies, Africa has the potential to mobilize an additional $1.43 trillion […]
