The ramifications for the social and economic welfare of the Chinese people are substantial. Public health problems, mass migration, forced resettlement, and social unrest are all the consequence ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a turn for the worse in some parts of the world, and the global economy is projected to grow by 5.9 percent in 2021 and by 4.9 percent in 2022 (0.1 percentage point ...

Amid exceptional uncertainty, the global economy is projected to grow 5.5 percent in 2021 and 4.2 percent in 2022. The 2021 forecast is revised up 0.3 percentage point relative to the previous ...

Globally, Christians remain the largest religion category in number, while Muslims and religiously unaffiliated people were the fastest-growing groups from 2010 to 2020. The rise of the “nones” was ...

Note: PCE data are released monthly as part of the Personal Income and Outlays Release of the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Summary statistics on this page will be updated monthly a few days following ...

China’s role in Latin America and the Caribbean has grown rapidly since the turn of the century, promising economic opportunity but also raising concerns over Beijing’s influence. China’s ...

And economists don't know exactly why. So today on the show, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago plays economic detective and helps us investigate some different theories about ...