This week’s issue of “Our Economy and the World” includes:
Key Global and Regional Developments over the Past Week
- Reuters: Fed lowers rates but projects slower pace of further cuts, firmer inflation
- Reuters: UK factories report plunge in output, adding to economic slowdown signs
- Bloomberg: Brazil Central Bank calls new spot auction as currency craters
- AP: Chinese leaders pledge ‘moderately loose’ monetary policy, more support for slowing economy
Special Analysis
- UNDP: Human Development Report 2023-24
Developments in Financial and Commodity Markets in the Past Week
- Bloomberg: Bitcoin retreats from record high after Fed cools risk appetite
- CNN: Dow plunges more than 1,100 points and marked its longest losing streak since 1974
- Reuters: Oil settles up after US crude stocks fall, Fed’s 2025 outlook curbs gains
