Ukraine and Russia together account for over a quarter of global trade of wheat. The war has closed major ports in Ukraine, and severed logistics and transport links.
It's not the responsibility of Wall Street to come out with better forecasts. The responsibility is on the end users to spend a few hours digging into the research.
Ahead of the release of the updated World Economic Outlook next week, IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva says she now expects growth to moderate slightly this year.
World Bank warns of substantial uncertainty beyond 2021. Growth in low-income nations is expected to be the second-slowest of the past 20 years, held back by lack of access to vaccines.
Emerging and developing economies are vulnerable to richer countries hoarding their doses because their fragile health systems are straining under the weight of mounting infections.
While global growth is still on course to rebound from the recession of last year at some point, it may take longer to ignite and not be as healthy as previously forecast.
In an outlook for 2021, Morgan Stanley recommended investors overweight equities and corporate bonds against cash & government debt, and sell the US dollar.
Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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