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World's $281 trillion debt pile set to rise again in 2021, says IIF

In emerging markets, South Africa and India had the biggest increases in government debt ratios last year

Asian shares near all-time peak, oil heads to $60 on economic revival hopes

Japan's Nikkei climbed 0.3% while Australian shares advanced 0.5% led by technology and mining shares

When will the Covid-19 pandemic end? In 7 years at today's vaccine rates

US science officials such as Anthony Fauci have suggested it will take 70 per cent to 85 per cent coverage of the population for things to return to normal

Unequal allocation of vaccines could cost the world economy $9.2 trn

Emerging and developing economies are vulnerable to richer countries hoarding their doses because their fragile health systems are straining under the weight of mounting infections

How China's growing appetite for containers is upending global food trade

The core issue is that China, which recovered faster from Covid, revved up export economy and is paying premiums for containers, making it more profitable to send them back empty than to refill them

Make in America

Joe Biden's executive order raises concerns

Slow vaccine rollout stands to halve world growth: World Bank's Reinhart

The Group of 20's common framework, which aims to get China and private lenders more involved in debt relief, can help poor countries resolve issues faster

Sensex ends 535 points lower, Nifty just above 13,800; Maruti falls 3.5%

A sharp fall in the US markets on Wednesday and weak opening in other Asian markets weighed on sentiment of domestic investors causing the Sensex to drop nearly 900 points in intra-day trade

PM says govt aims to transform India through access, inclusion, empowerment

He said Aatmanirbhar Bharat movement is committed to global good and global supply chain while the country's digital profile has been completely transformed

Complacency in markets because of continued monetary support: IMF

The rollout of Covid-19 vaccines has boosted expectations of a global recovery and helped prompt a surge in asset prices

Thriving in uber-uncertainty

Book review of Beyond Great: Nine Strategies for Thriving in an Era of Social Tension, Economic Nationalism and Technological Revolution

IMF boosts world growth outlook as Covid-19 vaccines outweigh uncertainty

The pandemic is exacerbating inequality, with close to 90 million people likely to fall into extreme poverty in 2020 and 2021, the fund said

All hands needed on deck to help world recover from Covid-19: IMF chief

Speaking at the World Economic Forum's online Davos Agenda Summit, she said the IMF is projecting 5.5 per cent global economic growth for 2021, which is higher than before

Is there a bubble in financial markets?

Markets are past the phase of multiple expansion driven by ultra-easy financial conditions

Gripped by greed, emerging markets turn to the US Fed for next spur

Bloomberg's Fear-Greed indicator for the MSCI developing-nation stock gauge climbed to its highest in almost a decade, a sign that gains may have been excessive

World's economic recovery gets delayed by slow Covid-19 vaccine rollouts

Double-dip recessions are now expected in Japan, the euro area and UK

India leads the mobile-first consumer economy amid Covid-19, shows data

While Covid-19 catalysed several trends, it most importantly fast-tracked the transition to a mobile-first world.

After the high, a big fall: Sensex's 11-week winning streak ends

Most global stocks dropped, with investors pruning their bullish bets as rising Covid-19 cases sparked concerns about corporate earnings and economic revival

Joe Biden playbook grips markets: Green up, defence and prisons down

South Korea's OCI Co, a solar equipment maker, rose as much as 9 per cent on and Japan's West Holdings gained 4.5 per cent

Covid-19 pandemic could be source of global crises for years: WEF

The WEF said most countries struggled with crisis management during the pandemic, despite some remarkable examples of determination and cooperation