While the world economy faces instability from US President Donald Trump's threats of a global trade war, the International ...

The World Bank says tariffs will hurt global growth, estimating that the trade war will shave almost half a percentage point ...

World Bank bureaucrats who jetted to the United Nations' annual global warming conference spewed CO2 emissions equal to what's produced by 200 US households in a year -- sparking accusations of ...

The world’s most desperate countries are falling further and further behind, their plight worsened by conflicts that are ...

The World Bank seeks to reduce poverty and boost living standards by providing grants and low-rate loans to poor economies. Another multinational organization that seeks to promote global prosperity — ...

The World Bank is an organization, rather than a bank. Its financials are not comparable to traditional financial institutions. For the fiscal year 2024, ...

The World Bank said the U.S. economy in 2025 will grow 1.4 percent, 0.9 percentage points slower than its January forecast. It also called for all nations to reduce tariffs.

Jean-Christophe Carret, the World Bank’s Middle East regional director, said the newly approved support is the first phase of ...

The World Bank has softened its once-vocal cheerleading for climate action as the Trump administration evaluates its support for international organizations ... the bank’s sister organization, ...

Washington, DC – October 4, 2024: The Heads of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank Group (WBG), and the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed on broad principles for ...

The World Bank expects the 20 European countries that share the euro currency to collectively grow just 0.7% this year, down from an already lackluster 0.9% in 2024.

India is once again expected to the be world’s fastest-growing major economy, expanding at a 6.3% clip this year. But that’s down from 6.5% in 2024 and from the 6.7% the bank had forecast for ...