LONDON (Reuters) -The World Bank lifted its 2025 growth projection for China to 4.8% and raised its forecast for much of the region, but warned of slowing momentum next year, citing low consumer and ...

Trade frictions and policy uncertainty, notably linked to US tariffs, are expected to drive global growth down this year to its slowest pace since 2008 outside of outright global recessions. That’s ...

The findings are contained in the 26th edition of the Uganda Economic Update, which reports broad-based expansion across ...

The robust performance was underpinned by a recovery in household consumption, accelerated government spending, and sustained ...

BANGKOK, September 1, 2025 — Thailand is accelerating efforts to unlock the potential of its blue economy, with strong technical support from the World Bank, including plans for the country’s first ...

Angola’s first World Bank economic update report provides a snapshot of the economy and includes a special focus on inclusive financial development as a crucial reform to support higher and more ...

India overtakes Japan to become world’s fourth-largest economy, government review says - The ranking will be confirmed in ...

"In Russia, growth rose to 4.3% in 2024, supported by solid growth in manufacturing activity, particularly in military-related and import-substituting industries," the World Bank said WASHINGTON, June ...

Myanmar's economy is set to shrink 2.5 percent in the 2025/26 financial year, largely as a result of March's devastating magnitude-7.7 earthquake, the World Bank said on Thursday. The country's ...

HANOI, March 12 (Reuters) - Vietnam's gross domestic product is projected to grow 6.8% in 2025, the World Bank said in a report on Wednesday, noting the uncertain outlook for global trade was a risk ...

July 7 (Reuters) - The World Bank said on Monday that Syria’s gross domestic product is expected to grow modestly by 1% in 2025, following a contraction of 1.5% in 2024. "The easing of sanctions ...

The World Bank has released numbers that show a lack of confidence in global market growth as a result of a variety of factors, including tariffs introduced by U.S. President Donald Trump. On Tuesday, ...