Counting the Cost

US debt is on track to reach more than $50 trillion dollars over the next decade.

Main political parties have laid out their economic plans in election manifestos.

Dubbed a ‘competitiveness crisis’, the EU’s investment, income and productivity are lagging behind the US and China.

The makeup of the EU’s next parliament could affect the future of the bloc’s climate policies.

The technology to build green economies is mainly produced in China. The US and EU are trying to catch up.

US slaps tariffs on Chinese goods, and Beijing launches an anti-dumping inquiry in response.

Rising income inequality is a hot topic dominating the national elections.

Israel’s isolation deepens as Turkey halts bilateral trade with the Middle Eastern nation.

Protesters call US university funds into question and demand schools divest from Israel for its war on Gaza.

Global military spending is at all-time high, increasing in all five geographical regions for the first time since 2009.