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India News: America’s share of global GDP has stayed at 24-25% for 50 years. Post-Covid, its $25trn economy saw robust growth. America more than makes up for the

America’s share of global GDP has stayed at 24-25% for 50 years. Post-Covid, its $25trn economy saw robust growth. America more than makes up for the

US-China relations: Is Biden’s stimulus plan enough to stop China becoming the world’s leading economic power? US President Joe Biden pledged in March he would prevent China becoming the world’s ‘leading’ and ‘wealthiest’ country But economists say in the long run no amount of spending or tailored growth policies will stop China from surpassing the US

Euro dips below 1.19, US retail sales see red March 16, 2021SharePrint The euro continues to weaken this week, as the currency is down for a third successive day. Currently, EUR/USD is trading at 1.1894, down 0.30% on the day. German ZEW Economic Sentiment rises The euro remains under pressure, and even a strong outing from the German ZEW Economic Sentiment earlier in the day has failed to stem the currency’s slump. In March, the indicator rose to 76.6, up from 71.2 beforehand. This marked a ...

Modest markets mask Fed fears March 16, 2021SharePrint US dollar, Wall Street show gains US bonds stabilised overnight, allowing the FOMO buy-everything crowd to dip their toes back into the magical healing waters of technology stocks. Buy everything really did mean buy everything, though, with all three major Wall Street indexes closing higher. Unusually, that same premise saw the US dollar and precious metals, notably gold, rise as well, a deviation from the mechanical correlation playbook of...

Europe rises, German sentiment jumps March 16, 2021SharePrint European bourses are out of the blocks on the front foot after an upbeat session on Wall Street, which saw the Dow and the S&P500 hit fresh all-time highs. Encouraging earnings from the likes of Volkswagen and Zalando are underpinning the mood as is the better-than-expected ZEW sentiment data for the region, providing a good distraction from the one-step-forward, two-steps-back vaccine debacle in Europe. The record high reached in th...

WASHINGTON, March 12 — US President Joe Biden’s stimulus programme is being hailed as both boosting domestic growth and spurring the global recovery, but the IMF warned that policymakers will need to be alert to risks posed by the massive spending as well as low interest rates. The package,...

Republican lawmakers attacked what they called the bills "socialist agenda" and massive cost, saying more than 90 percent does not go to directly combatting Covid-19.

‘This historic legislation is about rebuilding the backbone of this country and giving people in this nation,’ he said.

OECD hikes global growth forecast as vaccines roll out The huge US stimulus package is also a factor that has the group seeing 5.6% growth in 2021 and 4% in 2022 09 March 2021 - 17:32 Leigh Thomas Picture: 123RF/POP NUKOONRAT Paris — The global economic outlook has brightened as Covid-19 vaccine rollouts speed up in some countries and the US launches a vast new stimulus package, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said on Tuesday, hiking i...