The World This Week: 13th March
Consumer and Business Behaviour
China takes the number one spot for the most ‘new’ foreign direct investment in 2020
According to the latest UN figures, the Chinese economy attracted $163 billion in foreign direct investment last year. This 4% year-on-year increase is in contrast to the US economy’s 46% decline from $251 billion in […]
Economic News
U.S. Economy on Track for Contraction as Spending and Exports Decline
Early 2025 economic data suggests the U.S. economy may be slowing down faster than expected. The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s GDPNow model has slashed its first-quarter growth forecast from +2.3% to -1.5%, signaling a […]
Basic Economic Concepts
Coal: the world’s dirtiest and most damaging fossil fuel has now become the most expensive!
As students of economics, these really are crazy times we are living through! From governments paying private sector wages to 0% interest rates, to toilet paper shortages, the latest to add to this list is the environment’s least […]