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The Agentic Economy Needs A New Trust Infrastructure
Alex Zuck, General Manager, Third-Party Risk, at Dun & Bradstreet. For nearly two centuries, modern commerce has depended on a basic question: Who are you doing business with? Every generation inherits a defining commercial…
The Economics Of AI And What Makes Adoption Sustainable
Hani Assi, Director at Advanced Technology Company, Driving the Future of AI-Powered Healthcare. An AI project can work exactly as intended and still be a poor investment. It might save time that an organization cannot put to use, require more…
Three things we've learnt about the UK economy from the IMF
Mitchell Labiak Business reporter Countries around the world have had their future economic prospects assessed by influential body, the International Monetary Fund (IMF). What the IMF says matters - it aims to keep the global economy stable and its…
Just 1 in 4 approve of Trump handling of economy: Survey
Roughly one-fourth of respondents to a recent survey approve of President Trump's handling of the economy, with midterm early voting already underway in some states. Just 28 percent of 2,275 respondents to the Financial Times/Focaldata poll…
2026 Economics Nobel: How to keep an economy stable using policy tools
If the government and the central bank followed the dictum that the government should not intervene and that the markets will price things correctly on their own, inflation can potentially soar quite high. That would hurt most Indians, since they…
IMF warns global economy 'could soon test the limits of resilience'
The global economy “could soon test the limits of resilience”, as emergency oil stocks run low and government budgets become overstretched, the International Monetary Fund has warned. In its twice-yearly World Economic Outlook, the…
Why the AI Boom Is Papering Over Cracks in Global Economy
This article is for subscribers only. I'm Ben Holland, a senior editor covering the IMF-World Bank meetings in Bangkok. Today we're looking at the fund's new forecasts for the global economy. Send us feedback and tips to. And if you aren't yet…
Rejecting Rosebank and Jackdaw could cost UK economy £10.8 billion, report warns
News from the City, market updates plus comment and analysis from our business desk I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Failing to approve the controversial Rosebank and Jackdaw…
The Nobel Prize in Economics Is a Message to the Fed
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has a fantastic sense of humor. At a time when Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh has turned central bank “forward guidance” into a banned phrase, the academy awarded the Nobel Prize in economics…
Global Economy Is Resilient, but Risks Loom, IMF Says
How much the IMF expects the global economy to grow this year—assuming that war in the Middle East doesn't drag on and energy flows gradually return to normal. But, in its latest World Economic Outlook, the IMF also warned that if borrowing…
Nobel Prize in Economics Celebrates the Power of the Individual
The mysterious, Earth-moving forces of the free market's great invisible hand may very well be pulling the strings of the global economy, but the real power is in our own hands, in our everyday decisions to take the family out to eat, splurge on…
The economy is made of people: Lessons from the Economics Nobel for India
What does a central bank's interest-rate decision mean to a household struggling with food prices, a small business deciding whether to expand or a company weighing a new investment? These may seem like very different questions. Yet they lie at the…
In charts: How one of the world's biggest economies got trapped by debt
France's National Assembly begins debate on the revenue side of the 2027 budget on Oct. 13 as lawmakers confront a difficult fiscal outlook. France posted a 5.1% budget deficit and debt of 115.6% of GDP in 2025, leaving the country under pressure…
Americans Hall and Woodford win economics Nobel for stabilisation models
Americans Robert Hall and Michael Woodford were awarded the Nobel economics prize Monday for their work on how monetary and fiscal policy can better stabilise disruptive economic fluctuations. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The two were honoured…
IMF Warns of Global Economic Setbacks as Shocks Test Resilience
The global economy has been remarkably resilient in the face of the worst energy shock in decades, but if borrowing costs and inflation go unchecked, a sharp slowdown looms, the International Monetary Fund said. In its latest World Economic…
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