Global Economy – Asia Times

Oil and gas industry expected surplus – but war brought shortage

by John Patrick Schoeneman Jr. October 1, 2026October 2, 2026

In 2023, the International Energy Agency predicted that by 2028 the world’s oil companies would produce more oil than people wanted to buy. Prices responded to that and similar projections of slowing oil demand, dropping too low to attract investment for new wells and refineries. No forecast anticipated that the Strait of Hormuz, the main […]

World

Iran war threatening to shatter the global economy

by Adi Imsirovic and Antonio Fatas April 14, 2026April 16, 2026

Russia-US détente can revolutionize global economic architecture

by Andrew Korybko December 13, 2025December 17, 2025

Kospi rally shows Trump’s trade war worries way overblown

by Nigel Green October 17, 2025October 21, 2025

Great fracture as 3 rival blueprints for the global economy emerge

by Amirreza Etasi October 10, 2025October 10, 2025

World

Global depopulation: saving the Earth while killing the economy?

by Andrew Taylor and Supriya Mathew September 5, 2024September 7, 2024

China's economy is going through a downturn. Photo: iStock

China needs bold, open-door policies for economic resurgence

by Nigel Green February 6, 2024February 6, 2024

Foreseeing world economy chokepoints in 2024

by Alicia Garcia Herrero December 13, 2023December 13, 2023

China plans to break the petrodollar monopoly by launching a yuan version. Phot:o Reuters

World economy changing – Americans know, but their leaders don’t

by Richard D Wolff June 7, 2023June 7, 2023

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China back in global growth driver’s seat

by William Pesek April 5, 2023April 7, 2023

How bad will global economy get?

by Tom J Velk August 13, 2022August 13, 2022

Russia, EU continue transition to wartime economies

by John P Ruehl August 6, 2022August 6, 2022

Why recession follows from recession

by Tom J Velk July 25, 2022July 25, 2022

Economy confuses West about how far to go in Ukraine

by Daniel Williams May 31, 2022June 3, 2022

The bubble of bubbles

by Igor Kuchma May 23, 2022May 23, 2022

Irony in the supply chains in 2022

by Sarah Schiffling and Nikolaos Valantasis Kenellos January 12, 2022January 12, 2022

World

World economy: the big factors to watch closely

by Muhammad Ali Nasir January 5, 2022January 5, 2022

US stimulus will spur global economy: IMF

by Heather Scott March 12, 2021March 12, 2021

World ‘eyes blockchain’ as US dollar declines

by AT Contributor August 4, 2020August 4, 2020

China’s economy flickers into life

by Gordon Watts June 30, 2020July 3, 2020

IMF forecasts global economic carnage

by Heather Scott June 25, 2020June 25, 2020

China-US Relations

Sex Pistols-style anarchy threatens world economy

by Gordon Watts June 12, 2020June 16, 2020

Broadest economic collapse since 1870: World Bank

by Heather Scott June 9, 2020June 9, 2020

Photo: Reuters/Thomas White

China leads world economic recovery

by David P. Goldman June 4, 2020June 5, 2020

US-China trade war is bad news for Beijing. Illustration: iStock

China’s economy peeps through Covid-19 rubble

by Gordon Watts May 7, 2020May 7, 2020

World

IMF chief: ‘Everything has to be on the table’

by Heather Scott April 17, 2020April 17, 2020

China

Great Depression stalks virus-ravaged economies

by Gordon Watts April 13, 2020April 24, 2020

World

New ‘Great Depression’ looms as virus toll mounts

by Dave Clark April 10, 2020April 10, 2020

World

As deaths mount, virus attacks global economy

by AT Contributor April 9, 2020April 9, 2020

China’s economy rushed into intensive care

by Gordon Watts March 30, 2020April 13, 2020

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