Discover what the World Economic Forum (WEF) does, its annual Davos meeting, and its significant impact on global economic, social, and environmental issues.

A reordering of the rules of trade, set on top of transformational change in technology, demographics and climate, is ...

Central banks have embarked on austere monetary policy to crush inflation. Worries about the financial system, from bond markets to commercial property to the health of the banks, are ever-present.

SIX MONTHS ago, as President Donald Trump announced a trade war of unprecedented ferocity, firms and investors braced for a slump. Movements in financial markets pointed to a recession. American ...

The International Monetary Fund said the impact of trade tensions had been limited so far, but it expects growth to slow. By Alan Rappeport Reporting from Washington The global economy is projected to ...

The 55 th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum opened this week with a powerful message and all-encompassing themes. Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum Founder and Chairman of the Board of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Gender and generational balance - in countries, companies & couples. In an era where global life expectancy continues to rise, ...

The global economy is adjusting to a landscape reshaped by new policy measures. Some extremes of higher tariffs were tempered, thanks to subsequent deals and resets. But the overall environment ...

Financial intermediaries that channel money from businesses and households desiring to save to others desiring to borrow ...

For two centuries, mainstream economics has promised that abstract models and free markets would deliver prosperity, ...

Economists sometimes present their discipline as the queen of the social sciences, a claim staked primarily on a superificial resemblance to physics: It has universal laws! Expressed in numbers! But ...