Our Economy and the World Issue 340

29-10-2023

This week’s issue of “Our Economy and the World” includes:

Key Global and Regional Developments over the Past Week

  • CNBC: Yen slumps back to fresh low for year as intervention risk rises
  • Bloomberg: ECB’s Lagarde says fight against inflation isn’t over yet
  • Reuters: US crude, gasoline stockpiles rise as refiners run less oil -EIA
  • BBC: World shift to clean energy is unstoppable, IEA report says

Special Analysis 

  • IMF: Global recovery remains slow, with growing regional divergences and little margin for policy error

Developments in Financial and Commodity Markets in the Past Week

  • Reuters: Stocks struggle as soft earnings compound interest rate headache
  • Reuters: Oil prices settle up about 2% on worries about Middle East