ECONOMICS

While investors and economists are squarely focused on whether the US stock market has bottomed or if this is just a short-squeezing bear market rally, and whether the US economy is still growing or – as the Atlanta Fed GDPNow tracker strongly hints – is rapidly shrinking, a far more troubling problem has emerged for the US economy and the Trump administration: the US consumer, and especially the lower income cohort, is now fully tapped out.

Which should not be news to anyone, and (more…)

Which economies are set to grow the fastest?

Using the latest IMF projections, this infographic, via Visual Capitalist's Marcus Lu, ranks the fastest growing economies in 2025, highlighting Africa and Asia as the top regions.

Oil Powering Economic Growth

The top economies in this ranking are heavily tied to the oil sector, meaning fluctuations in production can have a drastic effect on GDP.

See below for the raw data behind this graphic.

Let’s take a closer look at the top two.

South Sudan (+27.2%)

South Sudan’s GDP has fluctuated up and down in recent years due to an ongoing civil war that has thrown its population into extreme poverty.

As a landlocked country, (more…)

By Maartie Wijffelaars, senior eurozone economist at Rabobank

As expected, the BOE left its policy rate unchanged at 4.5% yesterday. The guidance was left untouched as it continues to pursue a “gradual and careful” approach, taking a meeting-by-meeting approach. In May, the MPC will take a closer look at the balance of risks: to what extent is policy uncertainty weighing on demand, and is there risk of fresh inflation persistence due to the current rise in the headline rate. This will (more…)