Leer en Español From currency peg to currency band: Until 2005, China’s renminbi was pegged at CNY 8.3 per USD. From that moment on the government shifted to a managed float, allowing the currency to move within 2% of a daily rate set by China’s central bank, the PBOC. This change led the renminbi to The post How will China’s currency fare in the coming years?  appeared first on FocusEconomics. read more

Download our free PDF report, which elaborates further on the below analysis and complements it with graphs, quotes from leading economists, and other key forecasts for the region.  The regional economy has been weak as of late: Latin America’s economy grew an average of just 1.4% in the decade to 2024—the weakest performance among all The post A diamond in the rough: Will Latin America finally reach its potential?  appeared first on FocusEconomics. read more

Economics influencers such as academics, journalists, industry professionals and even central bankers frequently take to Twitter to share their daily thoughts on all things economics, finance, monetary policy and politics in concise yet informative 280-character Tweets. With the success of our Top Economics and Finance Bloggers lists and the fact that not all economics inflencers have blogs, we put together a list of top 79 economics influencers that you can follow on Twitter. Nominees came from our team of at FocusEconomics and we have ranked this list by number of followers. This list can be thought of as a living document: We will edit the list from time to time to keep it up-to-date and suggest more influencers for you to follow. Our latest update saw a number of new influencers added to the list, which you will see marked with an *. With that said, let's get to the list of 79 top economics influencers: The post Top Economics Influencers to Follow appeared first on FocusEconomics. read more

Leer en Español On 9 September, France’s prime minister, François Bayrou, quit after losing a confidence vote that toppled his government. Shortly after, President Emmanuel Macron appointed a new prime minister, Sebastien Lecornu: He will be the second prime minister in less than a year and the fifth in two years under Macron’s presidency. The The post Debt and disorder: The French political sequel nobody wanted appeared first on FocusEconomics. read more

Leer en Español What’s The Current Economic Situation In Mexico? Mexico’s economy grew by a revised 0.6% in Q2 from the previous quarter, slightly below the earlier estimate of 0.7%. The figure came in stronger than markets had expected and highlighted the economy’s ability to hold up despite U.S. tariffs. Growth was broad-based, with construction, The post Down But Not Out: Our View on Mexico’s Economic Outlook appeared first on FocusEconomics. read more

GDP per capita—while certainly an imperfect measure—is a useful proxy for measuring a country’s standard of living. We decided to update our popular article and take another look at our forecasts for the 132 countries we cover to see which will have the highest GDP per capita in 2025. The projections are Consensus Forecasts based on the individual forecasts of over 1000 world renowned investment banks, economic think tanks and professional economic forecasting firms. Small European nations dominate the ranking, thanks to their extremely robust institutions, stable policy environments and high-performing education systems, with the United States and Singapore rounding out the top seven. The post Top 10 Richest Countries in the World by GDP per Capita appeared first on FocusEconomics. read more

In our latest piece, we examine the insights from our new Global GDP Tracker page The post Get the latest global GDP growth forecasts via our daily tracker appeared first on FocusEconomics. read more

Leer en Español The mid-2010s doldrums: In the mid-2010s, uranium prices languished below USD 20 per pound. This was a small fraction of the over USD 100 per pound prices reached in the heady days before the global financial crisis of 2007–2008. In the post-crisis years, the uranium spot price was weighed on by the The post What’s the outlook for uranium prices? appeared first on FocusEconomics. read more

Leer en Español Major Geopolitical Events and Their Effect on Oil Prices For decades, the price of crude oil has been a sensitive barometer of global stability. More than just a commodity, its cost is a fever chart of geopolitical health, spiking with conflicts and crashing with unforeseen calamities. To understand the ebb and flow The post The Crude Chronometer: How Geopolitical Shocks Shake the Oil Market appeared first on FocusEconomics. read more

No commodity is more important for the world economy than crude oil. It, along with coal and natural gas, powers our electricity grids and transport networks, greasing the gears and cogs of our modern life. And when their price shifts, as many readers will painfully remember from the 2021–2023 global energy crisis, the effects on our personal finances and the world economy are considerable.  The post The best way to get oil price forecasts less wrong appeared first on FocusEconomics. read more