Global economic expansion slowed in the second half of 2018 following two years of strong performance, tariff increases between the United and a rise in policy uncertainty in many of the leading economies. Global growth reached 3.8 per cent in second half of the year. In the advanced economies, well as policy uncertainty in many…

The global economy strengthened in 2017, reaching a growth rate of 3.8 per cent, largely on account of an expansion in global trade. This recovery was led by increased investment in advanced economies, strong growth in emerging Europe and emerging Asia, as well as renewed growth in many commodity exporting countries. In many emerging markets and developing countries growth was largely…