The World Economic Situation and Prospects Monthly Briefing is prepared by the Global Economic Monitoring Branch of UN DESA’s Economic Analysis and Policy Division.

The COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc on the global eco­­nomy, unleashing the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Since the April 2020 Monthly Briefing on the World Economic ...

China's economic output is forecast to account for more than 17 percent of the world's economy in the coronavirus-plagued 2020. As the sole economy recording positive GDP growth last year, China ...

China’s economy grew more than expected last year, even as the rest of the world was upended by the coronavirus pandemic. The world’s second largest economy expanded 2.3% in 2020 compared to a ...

World Economic Outlook, April 2020: The Great Lockdown April 6, 2020 Description: The COVID-19 pandemic is inflicting high and rising human costs worldwide, and the necessary protection measures are ...

China China, officially the People’s Republic of China, is the second-largest economy in the world and the fastest-growing trillion-dollar economy.

The global economy is expected to shrink by about 5.2% in 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, making it one of the four most severe downturns in 150 years, the World Bank said Monday.

Out of the sixteen economies in the trillion-dollar club, only China’s GDP is projected to grow in 2020. That makes growth a rarity; so let's take a look at the five fastest growing economies in ...

Knoema has put together the IMF, EIU, UN, OECD and other GDP projections for the top 20 world economies.

Fast forward to 2020 and China has emerged as a major global power, its single-party rule and state-dominated economy the cause of alarm in foreign capitals—and pride in Beijing. By 2035, Bloomberg ...