The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database contains selected macroeconomic data series from the statistical appendix of the World Economic Outlook report, which presents the IMF staff's analysis and ...

“Inflation is tumbling, while employment is near a 50-year high.” - CBS 60 Minutes (Feb 4, 2024) “What I can say is that inflation has come down over the past year, and really sharply over the past ...

The average life expectancy in the U.S. is now 77.5 years old, according to provisional 2022 data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That represents an increase of 1.1 years ...

For the 2024 election season, we've updated this reporting to cover the latest changes — and debates — around crime stats. Two key crime reports released by the Justice Department this fall reveal a ...

Federal highway safety officials are expanding its investigation into 2021-2022 Ford SUVs to include over 700,000 vehicles. The automaker received hundreds of complaints of vehicles' engines failing ...

World Report 2022, Human Rights Watch’s 32nd annual review of human rights trends around the globe, reviews developments in more than 100 countries. In his introductory essay, Executive Director ...

The sustained period of high inflation left the Fed playing catch-up, as it had initially believed that the surge would prove transitory. The central bank imposed stiff interest rate increases and ...

It was a tough year to make money in the stock market. The S&P 500 peaked on the first trading day of 2022 and never came close to revisiting its high point. The widely used market gauge had its worst ...

A Ukrainian child refugee waiting for transport at Nyugati station in Budapest, Hungary, in the wake of Russia’s invasion. Marton Monus/REUTERS Post Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and ...

We’ve entered a strange moment in history where every year feels somehow both a burning furnace of upheaval and recreation and a frozen monolith we are made to unwillingly re-encounter over and over.