For better and often for worse, the U.S.-led IMF and World Bank have dominated the post-World War II international economy.

The sweeping tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on April 2, along with the subsequent postponements and ...

The ongoing US-China tariff tensions resemble 2019's trade war, causing market volatility and impacting global supply chains ...

Washington is hosting the first meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank since Trump’s election ...

Market data shows that spot gold prices had already risen above $3,380 during the early Asian session on Monday, while New ...

From Smoot-Hawley in 1930 to Nixon's gold shock in 1971 and Trump's tariffs in 2025, US economic shocks have repeatedly ...

They created a global system for managing trade and currencies, known as the Bretton Woods system, that has lasted until now. One goal at Bretton Woods was not economic, but political. During the ...

As the world grapples with economic uncertainty, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group (WBG) are set to ...

A weaker IMF and World Bank — known as the Bretton Woods institutions — would be an acute risk for emerging market economies ...

It remains unclear where the China trade war is heading. Last week, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent singled out China ...

In a revealing speech, Trump’s economic adviser has exposed the actual strategy behind the tariff policy: forcing other ...

World economic and finance chiefs want an off-ramp from the worst global trade crisis in a century. This week they’re heading toward its epicenter.