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Friday, December 12, 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.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.