The world economy is like a supercomputer that churns through trillions of calculations of prices and quantities, and spits out information on incomes, wealth, profits and jobs. This is effectively ...

A year ago, a paper published in the journal Nature made a sweeping claim: The world economy was already on track to lose 19% of global gross domestic product by 2050, compared with what it would have ...

Around the world, views of the economy are related to several factors. Public opinion responds to economic shocks, but we also see that some people’s views change significantly following political ...

Global debt has stabilized, though it remains at an elevated level, as a continued reduction in private-sector lending offset greater borrowing by governments. Total debt was little changed last year, ...