The largest disruption to the global oil market in decades should have sent prices soaring. But after spiking at the start of the war in the Middle East, crude prices soon settled in a range of $90 to ...

French startup Mistral AI’s recent financing round was led by ASML, a Dutch maker of semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Such cross-border investments—even when small relative to US deals—are not ...

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European countries face rising spending pressures and higher interest costs that could sharply increase debt and threaten growth if left unaddressed. The paper argues that maintaining fiscal ...

Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), announced today the appointment of Silvana ...

The IMF Executive Board today concluded the 2026 Article IV Consultation and completed the Fifth Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement and the Second Review Under the Resilience and ...

Cambodia’s economy has remained resilient, but growth is projected to slow in 2026 amid higher energy prices, trade policy uncertainty, weak tourism, and subdued domestic demand. Inflation has risen, ...

The new administration aims to raise potential growth through deregulation and tax reforms, while consolidating the fiscal position via expenditure cuts. While the economy remains resilient, fiscal ...

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This paper studies how dollar stablecoins affect parallel foreign-exchange markets in economies with fixed or heavily managed exchange rates. When foreign currency is rationed, the true degree of ...

The war in the Middle East is expected to weigh on growth, slowing it to 2.6 percent in 2026, and to raise inflation to an average of 5.4 percent.