Browsing: International Monetary Fund

The global smartphone boom that’s helped propel Asia’s economic growth and reshape trade channels in recent years may have peaked. That’s one of the observations tucked into the International Monetary

Mining cryptocurrencies is far too energy intensive and is consuming as much electricity as a G-20 economy, International Monetary Fund MD Christine Lagarde said. “The bitcoin mining, which is this accelerated and augmented

South Africa’s economy needs to start expanding, and by a much higher rate, if it hopes to make any dent in poverty, says local economist Dawie Roodt. Projections for South Africa’s economy have gone from bad to worse with the South