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Dec 17, 20242 min read
Cameroon's Biya warns of disaster for Central Africa financial stability
YAOUNDE - Cameroon's President Paul Biya warned on Monday of "disastrous consequences" for the countries of the Economic and Monetary...
Dec 17, 20243 min read
As Bolivia's big state economic model slowly implodes, fear of 'total crisis'
LA PAZ - Housewife Yola Chura worried about high food prices while shopping at a market in Bolivia's highland city of El Alto, where she...
Nov 23, 20245 min read
Trump taps Scott Bessent for Treasury, capping long drama over choice
President-elect Donald Trump on Friday said he will nominate prominent investor Scott Bessent as U.S. Treasury secretary, ending days of...
Nov 4, 20243 min read
Explainer-How Germany's coalition works and could it fall apart?
BERLIN - The parties in Germany's ruling coalition are under pressure to assert themselves after regional election defeats, dismal...
Oct 11, 20242 min read
Argentina's triple-digit inflation slows, but cash-strapped workers struggle to pay bills
BUENOS AIRES - Argentina's triple-digit inflation, among the world's highest, is starting to slow down but this offers little relief for...
Oct 3, 20242 min read
Argentina budget cuts spark student protests
BUENOS AIRES - Hundreds of thousands of Argentine students protested in the streets on Wednesday against sharp spending cuts at public...
Oct 1, 20243 min read
New Swiss central bank chief takes charge in shadow of Credit Suisse trauma
ZURICH - As the Swiss National Bank's new chairman Martin Schlegel takes office this week, the jury is out on the central bank's handling...
Sep 24, 20243 min read
Factbox-Austrian political parties' plans for the economy
VIENNA - Austria holds a general election on Sunday with the next government facing an economy poised to contract for a second year...
Sep 24, 20242 min read
Factbox-What are the key challenges for Sri Lanka President Dissanayake?
COLOMBO - Sri Lankans have elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake as the country's new president, giving the Marxist-leaning politician a key...
Sep 24, 20242 min read
Factbox-The racial divide in South Africa's economy
JOHANNESBURG - Thirty years after the end of apartheid, South Africa's economy remains deeply divided by race, spurring political debate...
Sep 23, 20243 min read
Factbox-Austrian political parties' plans for the economy
VIENNA - Austria holds a general election on Sunday with the next government facing an economy poised to contract for a second year...
Aug 29, 20244 min read
Analysis-Eastern Germany's economic success leaves voters cold
EISENACH, Germany - Statistics show that Germany's east has done fairly well in catching up with the wealthier west over the past decade...
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