Our Economy and the World Issue 350

21-01-2024

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

Key Global and Regional Developments over the Past Week

  • Bloomberg: OPEC sees robust oil demand next year in first look at 2025
  • Bloomberg: Suez Canal traffic drops to lowest since 2021 blockage
  • Financial Times: China’s population decline accelerates as economy reaches low growth target
  • CNBC: Germany skirts recession at the end of 2023 but faces prolonged slump

Special Analysis 

  • World Economic Forum: Global Risks Report 2024

Developments in Financial and Commodity Markets in the Past Week

  • Reuters: Oil near flat as extreme cold’s hit to U.S. output offsets China data
  • Reuters: Gold retreats to over one-month low after data dims rate-cut hopes