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Southeast Asia's digital economy to hit $368 billion
In Southeast Asia, generative AI has become an essential part of daily life, actively used by 243 million people (58% of the working population) and scaling four times faster than the rollout of the mobile internet. This has major implications for…
From AI boom to economic bust
OXFORD — The divide between artificial intelligence (AI) fantasists and doomsters is growing. The fantasists believe AI will turbocharge growth and create a utopian world of abundance. The doomsters believe it poses an existential threat to…
Six Charts That Explain the Forces Shaping China's Economy
China's breakneck economic growth – which lifted incomes at home and reshaped markets abroad – once seemed as inevitable as a law of nature. That presumption is now being tested. In March, China's government lowered its official 2026…
How Nonprofits Can Build Career Opportunities In The AI Economy
Maria Trochimezuk | Founder and Executive Director of IO Scholarships Foundation. A scholarship changed what I believed was possible for my own future. I came to the United States from Argentina and received a scholarship to attend UCSB. That…
How the Trump administration's crackdown on international students could affect the economy
A new proposed $70,000 fee for international students who are seeking to work in the U.S. after graduation is the latest Trump administration policy targeting scholars from abroad. 'We've never, until now, seen this deluge of policies that have…
Voters wanted Trump I's economy. They got tariff chaos
First-term midterm elections are generally disastrous for the party in the White House. The 2018 midterm elections ended with mixed returns, seeing the Republicans lose control of the House while expanding their majority in the Senate. There are a…
France's threat to the US's economic recovery
There is every prospect that France's public debt will continue to mushroom, considering that, on present policies, its budget deficit is projected to increase from 5.4% of GDP today to 6.8% of GDP by 2030. It also does not help matters that…
Tightening the economic belt
My friend from Nyamiyaga called me the other day and suggested that we should start using the same car to work. The prices of fuel have become unbearable, the dollar is misbehaving, and our salaries are fixed. They cannot rise similarly. And I…
South Korea expands intelligence agency's economic security role
Oct. 20 (Asia Today) -- South Korea's National Intelligence Service is expanding its activities into economic security as the country strengthens its response to industrial technology theft, foreign-backed hacking and threats to critical supply…
Burnham government 'not working for the economy', PM's former advisor warns
A former adviser to Andy Burnham has warned a key plank of the government's economic plan does “not work” as he urged ministers to protect the Treasury's “headroom” in next week's Budget. Andy Haldane, a former chief…
How the 'Walmart effect' is major warning sign for the American economy
Walmart may be the siren before an economic storm - at least that's what one financial expert believes. Economist Jim Paulsen calls his theory the “Walmart Recession Signal” (WRS). When Walmart's stock goes up and shares of luxury…
Hong Kong promotes 'Finance +' to enhance real economy: Christopher Hui
Hong Kong is taking efforts to advance 'Finance + Trade' and 'Finance + Green Development' under its first five-year plan, aiming to make finance better serve the real economy, the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui…
Bradford's new rail station predicted to bring £1bn to local economy
The Department for Transport has announced plans for a new railway station at Bradford Interchange to transform transport links across the North of England. Scheduled to open in the 2030s, the new facility will replace the 1970s structure and form…
Chinese official says economy resilient but recovery momentum remains weak
China's economy has withstood pressure and continues to expand steadily, but the recovery foundation and momentum are relatively weak, an economic official at the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) told a press conference on Tuesday.
China's Finance Minister calls for Asia-Pacific cooperation amid global economic challenges
Asia-Pacific economies must deepen macroeconomic policy coordination and practical cooperation to navigate mounting global economic challenges and geopolitical conflicts, Chinese Finance Minister Lan Fo'an said on Tuesday. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH…
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