World economy

Brazil’s economic minister warned Friday that Western central bankers are “sleeping at the driving wheel” as economies slip deeper into a high inflation environment.

The International Monetary Fund’s managing director said Friday that China’s zero-Covid policy is increasingly looking like a “burden.”

The U.N. says the situation in Myanmar has been worsening since the turn of the year, warning that people in the country are facing an unprecedented crisis.

CNBC’s Geoff Cutmore explores the global economic outlook for 2022.

Disagreements over Covid restrictions, child vaccination and even the very existence of the virus have seen some relationships pushed to breaking point.

Many of the small island states nestled in the Pacific Ocean have had no new cases of the virus for months.

European markets closed sharply lower on Friday, tracking a global pullback for risk assets.

Bill Gates has stressed the urgent need for businesses to step up and invest in emerging green technologies as the fight against climate change intensifies.

European stocks closed higher Thursday as investors appeared to brush off concerns about rampant inflation.

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce that Covid rules in England will be eased when he makes a statement later Wednesday.

European stocks closed slightly higher on Wednesday, seemingly shrugging off concerns about rising bond yields as well as historic U.K. inflation levels.

Covid-19 will never be eradicated, but society has a chance to end the public health emergency this year, a senior WHO official has said.

“Stakeholder capitalism is not about politics. It is not a social or ideological agenda. It is not ‘woke,'” Fink said.

Parosmia — when people experience strange smell distortions — could be affecting some children, experts say.

European stocks closed lower on Tuesday, as investors reacted to developments in the oil and bond markets.

Dr. Anthony Fauci has said it is still too soon to predict whether omicron will mark the final wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

Pivotal elections, referendums, reforms and geopolitical tensions could shape the economic trajectory across emerging markets this year.

European stocks closed higher on Monday as investors digested a string of corporate news and the latest growth data out of China.

The challenges has been “with us for about a year now,” said Katrina Ell is a senior economist for Asia-Pacific at Moody’s Analytics.

The U.S. used to be a global leader in lithium production, but now has fallen way behind. Several domestic projects are in the works, but will it be enough?