Social welfare costs from bank resolution, including contagion and moral hazard, are often thought to be minimized when supervisors can direct the merger of a failing bank with a sound, healthy one.

Mr Robert Taliercio, the World Bank Country Director for Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone, has called on the government to pursue fiscal measures that support economic growth and protect the poor and ...

After years of bashing cryptocurrencies, US investment bank Goldman Sachs has admitted it was wrong about the asset class.

FIFA Club World Cup looks set to be the biggest and best edition of the inter-continental club football tournament yet, as a ...

Amid setbacks in international development under the Trump administration, could the World Bank be next? While experts deem ...

The World Bank's private investment arm is increasing equity investments and eyeing large-scale infrastructure financing in ...

Conservation projects across the world are reeling from the Trump administration’s abrupt decision to shut down USAID and freeze foreign aid, as groups large and small scramble to fill sudden funding ...

The dollar fell and global stock markets are holding up despite President Trump announcing his plan to impose reciprocal ...

After back-to-back years of 20%-plus gains in 2023 and 2024, the S&P 500 is off to another strong start to 2025. However, the S&P 500's forward earnings multiple of 22 (as of Feb. 7) was also ...

Top crypto executives said they can already see a thaw in their relationships with banks, which are openly seeking business ...

The Bank of Russia carries out foreign currency purchase and sale operations on the domestic market in the currency section of the Moscow Exchange in the "yuan - ruble" instrument ...

Thailand’s pursuit of an expansionary fiscal policy strategy to propel growth faces the risk of rising costs for elderly care ...