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ECB: Global trade likely to remain weak in coming quarters

Global trade is likely to pick up only gradually in coming quarters and will remain weaker than overall economic activity, the European Central Bank said on Monday in an economic bulletin.

Reuters polls: Global economic growth rut at risk of deepening despite rate cuts

A global economic growth rut risks deepening, despite expectations that major central banks will cut rates or ease policy further, according to Reuters polls of over 500 economists who remain worried about the US-China trade war.

Global growth forecast cut by IMF amid trade tensions

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut its growth forecasts for the global economy for this year and next.

Indonesia seen posting biggest trade surplus

Indonesia is seen recording its biggest trade surplus in a year in June, though exports and imports may have continued to decline, reflecting a global trend of weaker external trade, a Reuters poll showed on Friday.

UK joins global bond ‘steam train’ in bets on BoE rate cut

The UK is catching up with global bond gains as investors bet the Bank of England will be forced to follow peers in signaling rate cuts.

G20 warns of global slowdown

Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies warned on Saturday of growing risks to the global economy but stopped short of denouncing protectionism, calling instead for a free, fair trade environment after talks some members described as difficult.

Global interest rates peak as investors eye cuts

Global interest rates have peaked.

Trade fears erase over $2 trillion from global stocks in May

Global stock markets shed over $2 trillion in value in May as the US-China trade conflict escalated, with fears of a trade-related economic slowdown intensifying on Friday after US President Donald Trump threatened Mexico with tariffs.

Climate change is already affecting global food production – unequally

The world's top 10 crops — barley, cassava, maize, oil palm, rapeseed, rice, sorghum, soybean, sugarcane and wheat — supply a combined 83 percent of all calories produced on cropland.

Global warming over last 100 years caused by human activity, scientists confirm

Researchers at the University of Oxford have finally confirmed that human activity and other ‘external factors’ are the cause of the rise in global temperature.

Global agreement reached on standards for clinical trials in children with MS

The International Pediatric MS Study Group (IPMSSG) has released updated standards for clinical trials involving children and teens with multiple sclerosis (MS).

Global warming as important to UK voters as economy amid climate crisis

Tackling global warming is now as important a priority for voters as the economy in the UK, according to an official opinion poll.

Human-made changes are cause of connectivity loss in global rivers

Infrastructure development and other human-made changes are the leading contributors to connectivity loss in global rivers, resulting in disrupted ecosystem services, claimed researchers. Just over one-third (37 percent) of the world's 246 longest rivers remain free-flowing, according to a new study published in the journal of Nature.

Treat global nature declines as an emergency, scientists tell world leaders

Scientists and environmental lobbyists alike are calling on world leaders to treat the annihilation of wildlife and plants as a global emergency as UN experts sound the alarm in a landmark new report.

Global economy defies doomsayers in Q1

By Chris Giles