Global ETF News for the Past 2 Months
you are currently viewing::Global economy: If a triple bubble looms, can we survive a triple burst?November 28, 2025-The global economy faces three potential financial bubbles related to cryptocurrencies, artificial intelligence and debt.
Global economy watchers have inundated the internet with historical parallels for the triple financial bubble at hand, inflated by hopes and dreams for artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies, and previously unimaginable levels of borrowing. Potential reference points for different aspects of the AI-crypto-debt hydra abound. There's the mid-19th century British mania for buying into newfangled "railroads", with a fervour reminiscent of investors in the companies now building AI infrastructure. Or Dutch tulip fever in the days of Rembrandt, foreshadowing elements of the crypto rush. Even the credit lines that were once maxed out to prevent Napoleon from conquering everything in sight, presaging the current debt deluge. Source: WEF (World Economic Forum) |
OECD Economic Outlook. Volume 2025 Issue 2 Resilient Growth but with Increasing Fragilities
December 2, 2025-The global economy has proved more resilient than expected this year, supported by improved financial conditions, rising AI-related investment and trade, and macroeconomic policies. However, underlying fragilities are increasing. Labour markets are showing first signs of weakening despite the OECD unemployment rate steady at 4.9%, with job vacancies falling below their 2019 average in many countries and confidence softening.
WTO-New report finds global value chains resilient, reconfiguring amid latest challenges
December 2, 2025-The value of global goods imports affected by new tariffs and other import measures increased more than fourfold from mid-October 2024 to mid-October 2025 compared to the prior 12-month period,marking the highest coverage in over 15 years of WTO trade monitoring,according to the WTO Director-General's latest annual overview of developments in the international trading environment.
