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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
TopicGlobal recession

Topic: Global recession

How close the world is to its first recession since 2009

The IMF’s new boss, Kristalina Georgieva, sees a “serious risk” the slowdown will spread, and it’s likely to cut its 2019 global growth forecast from 3.2%.

Global smartphone supply will be affected by 100-year-old strife between Japan & South Korea

With South Korean electronic device manufacturers reliant on chemicals from Japan, any delay in their production has the potential to disrupt global tech supply chains.

World economy edges closer to a recession as trade dread deepens

While tight labour markets globally and the recent shift by central banks should provide a cushion, economists are starting to war game for how a recession could happen. 

Kanwal Sibal takes on ‘Left-liberals’, T.T. Ram Mohan criticises ‘imported economist’ Subramanian

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

An economist explains what happens if there’s another financial crisis

The big concern is that governments do not have the policy tools they had in 2008 to prevent a financial shock turning into a freefall.

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India’s think tanks double up as lobbyists, give no disclosures. Hurt policymaking

Many 'independent' reports, intended to shape policies, are sponsored by industry groups or entities with deep pockets and vested interests. This process must become transparent.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.