Paraguay’s central bank held its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 6% a week after it raised its outlook for inflation and economic growth https://t.co/V31pTte10p ...

Namibia unveils an ambitious development plan targeting average economic growth of 7% over the next five years https://t.co/5WLPB8c5Im ...

Here's the thing. Economically, it is expected to provide a boost, provide, of course, an energy mix there as well, unlock areas of growth there, perhaps even siphon in a lot of materials, cement, steel. It does carry some risks, though.And I think we're just at the very beginning, early innings of this as well. Things like damage to biodiversity. India, of course, tensions there as well, given, of course, where it is literally speaking.That's because certainly when you look at the river that does run throu ...

Coming into this interview, I just kind of refreshed myself as to where we are on the state of play with a number of trading partners of the US, and I counted at least four overseas delegations scheduled to be in town this week. You've got the Europeans, as you mentioned, the Taiwanese said their trade negotiator negotiating team is going to be in Washington this week. The Koreans said their negotiator is coming.And just before the election in Japan, the chief trade negotiator, Alcazar, said he was planning ...

Core Viewpoint - The Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR® Fund ETF (NYSEARCA: XLY) has underperformed in early 2025 due to economic challenges, higher interest rates, and other external factors, but there are expectations for improvement in the second half of 2025 as certain trends begin to shift [1]. Group 1 - The Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR® Fund ETF (XLY) has faced economic headwinds and higher rates in 2025 [1]. - There is an anticipated improvement in trends for the second half of 2025 [1]. - The analysis emphasizes a focus on both short- and long-term market trends [1].

There are less controversial ways to boost growth than cutting public holidays, writes @chrismbryant (via @opinion) https://t.co/U9d77ynkJQ ...

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Sir Keir Starmer and Friedrich Merz face similar challenges: an overreliance on American military kit, anaemic economic growth and a noxious migration debate fuelling hard-right parties https://t.co/mG6UlQ8RJY ...

Good afternoon. And I'm going to be dangerous when you go off script. Before I begin my speech, because the movie reminds me when I was seven years old, my father woke me up one morning to tell me to the United States and landed on the moon in 1969.I was seven years old and it is very inspirational to see that the remarks brought back from that are still the same people all over the world today. And it shows what we can do when we work together in a partnership with the United States and Japan and the techn ...

India is now #3 in global unicorns, and was the #1 fastest growing economy in the world from 2015-2025. How did that come about?Hemant was a colleague of mine at a16z and is now a partner at Lightspeed, which has $25B+ under management. We give an overview of Indian tech for people who know nothing about India.For the full episode with @MohapatraHemant:📺YouTube: https://t.co/YKCiHJ8Wbt🔊Spotify: https://t.co/00vJAuXQVK🍎Apple: https://t.co/m9ZtEQ3yV8 ...