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US Economy
Forecast for US recession within year hits 100% in blow to Biden
A US recession is effectively certain in the next 12 months in new Bloomberg Economics model projections.
October 18, 2022
Global Economy
Recession now appears the price to pay for beating inflation
Central banks across many advanced and emerging economies have little option but to keep on hiking in the face of inflation.
July 24, 2022
Global Economy
Citigroup economists see chance of global recession nearing 50%
Citigroup now sees the world economy growing 3% this year and 2.8% in 2023.
June 22, 2022
Global Economy
Who's to blame for a recession: Biden or Powell?
When inflation is raging in an important election year, the best political move may be to outsource the fight to central banks.
June 02, 2022
Geopolitics
Russia's invasion of Ukraine raises spectre of recession
Russia's links with ASEAN may be small, but the conflict in Ukraine could spill over to European markets, which could hit harder.
March 14, 2022
Covid-19
The post-pandemic recovery's missing link
Trust is scarce and it’s chilling to think about what a further loss of trust would mean for today’s crisis-ridden world.
September 25, 2020
Emerging Markets
Weaker emerging markets left behind as wealthier Asian economies pull away from the pack
A Bloomberg study of 17 emerging markets has found a 42% correlation between gross domestic product per capita and stock performance since the virus-fueled risk sell-off began on Jan 2020.
September 03, 2020
Singapore economy
More fiscal support expected as Singapore faces worst recession on record
A joint study by MTI and MOF shows that Singapore’s budgets this year, have prevented real GDP from losing about 5.5% in 2020.
August 14, 2020
Singapore economy
Economists mixed on road ahead for Singapore
Economists are maintaining a cautious stance on Singapore’s economic growth for the year as the city-state reels from the Covid-19 bug.
August 12, 2020
Broker's Calls
No double dip recession imminent, says Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley's base case is for the quarterly GDP profile for AxJ to show a gradual cyclical recovery in the next 12-18 months.
August 06, 2020