Breaking Through the Low-Income Ceiling

African economies began tapping into overseas markets for funding in the early 2000s, after debt burdens had been alleviated by the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. However, surging interest rates on dollar- and euro-denominated loans in recent years have prompte ... Show More

Unprecedented debt levels are pressing governments to make tough choices. While aging populations demand more public spending, resources are stretched thin, and the days of cheap borrowing that allowed the debt burden to be kicked down the road are behind us. Rodrigo Valdés and E ... Show More

The most prosperous of civilizations were the most open. The Romans, for example, expanded their empire by integrating the populations they conquered, creating a melting pot of new ideas. Johan Norberg's latest book, Peak Human, examines the rise and fall of seven golden age civi ... Show More

L’économie du développement, c’est l’économie qui s’intéresse aux pays qui ont des niveaux de revenus par habitant relativement modestes. On a une classification en quatre niveaux de revenus : faibles, moyen-faibles, moyen-élevés et riches. Ou peut donc considérer que l’économie ... Show More

Japan's economy has been stagnant for 2 decades, and while some economists look at this as an outlier, it might be something that just happens to all advanced economies, and Japan just got there first. After suffering the "lost generation", can Japan come back and recover growth, ... Show More

<p>Across the economy, the outlook is for slower growth.  Slower growth in demand, in employment, in profits and in inflation.  Recession is by no means certain.  However, a slow-growing economy is rather like a slow-moving bicycle – the slower its moves, the easier it is to topp ... Show More

The past few years have been marked by two economic trends that have affected pretty much everyone on the planet. The first is the cost of living crisis that followed the Covid pandemic and was made worse by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. That saw prices in the shops soar - in man ... Show More

<p>On today’s show we are looking at one of the most convincing economic indicators in advance of next week’s Federal Reserve meeting.</p> <p><br></p> <p>We hear politicians talking about how the economy is strong and how unemployment is near record lows. Inflation is coming down ... Show More

<p>Oh today’s show we are talking about the current macro economic climate and provide a forecast for interest rates for the second half of this year. </p> <p>The fact is that we live in an interconnected world and the attempts by central bankers to look at the economic condition ... Show More

What are the long-term trends shaping the global economy? What countries are likely to power global growth in the decades to come? In the latest episode of Exchanges at Goldman Sachs, Kevin Daly, co-head of the economics team covering Central & Eastern Europe, the Middle East and ... Show More

Over the past decade Sri Lanka was one of the fastest growing economies in Asia. However, they took on too much debt and now the country is collapsing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices