Economic crisis

In a matter of weeks, the highly contagious disease has pushed the world to the brink of a recession more severe than the 2008 financial crisis. The Photo shows a visitor wearing a protective face mask walks past a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, on March 2, 2020/ Reuters

Thoughts

Coronavirus and the economic crisis: The worldwide response

Greater intervention by the public sector is justified by the emergency for as long as exceptional circumstances persist, but it must be provided in a transparent manner and with clear sunset clauses

Economy

Bangladesh's GDP growth to be less than 4%: EIU

Economy

Outbreak starts to look more like worldwide economic crisis

Protesters hold up their hands during an anti-government protest at Yoho Mall in Yuen Long, Hong Kong, China November 21, 2019/ Reuters

Global Economy

Hong Kong to gift $1,200 cash to adult residents

A sprawling 1,063-acre property development located in Noida, just outside New Delhi, Wish Town was supposed to give would-be home buyers sparkling shopping malls, pristine golf courses and modern medical clinics.

World+Biz

The crisis that shattered India's economic dreams

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends a news conference after the Libya summit in Berlin, Germany, January 19, 2020. Photo: Reuters

World+Biz