Tag: Economic Conditions and Trends
Ukraine Crisis: What Happens Next for the Rest of the World?
Administration officials have studied how sanctions would affect each of the big banks, including Sberbank and VTB, Russia’s…
White House Prepares Curbs on Russia’s Access to U.S. Technology
Kevin Wolf, a partner in international trade at Akin Gump who worked in export controls under the Obama…
Putin Insulated Russia’s Economy. Will Biden’s Sanctions Hold Him Back in Ukraine?
WASHINGTON — When the Obama administration imposed sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine in 2014, American officials were…
What’s at Stake for the Global Economy as Conflict Looms in Ukraine
That means an invasion could have a dual effect — slowing economic activity and raising prices.In the United…
How Putin Has Already Weakened Ukraine’s Economy
KYIV, Ukraine— Pavlo Kaliuk, a freelance property broker in Ukraine’s capital, used to sell and rent properties to…
Ukrainians Find Common Purpose in Opposing Russia
ALONG THE DNIEPER RIVER, Ukraine — Fishing on a marbled expanse of frozen river, dressed head to toe…
Far From the Big City, New Economic Life
Research by Rebecca Diamond, an economist at Stanford University, and Enrico Moretti, an economist at the University of…
In India, a Bellwether for Narendra Modi as Voters Head to Polls
MEERUT, India — An election now underway in India’s most populous state is being closely watched as a…
Afghanistan’s Health Care System Is Collapsing Under Stress
KABUL, Afghanistan — Amena, 7 months old, lay silently in her hospital crib amid the mewling of desperately…
More Than a Million Afghans Flee as Economy Collapses
ZARANJ, Afghanistan — From their hide-out in the desert ravine, the migrants could just make out the white…
Google Faces New Antitrust Law in Europe
“We are an example of the consequences,” said Michal Feix, a former chief executive of Seznam, who now…
Why Critics Fear the Fed’s Policy Shift May Prove Late and Abrupt
That caused the Fed to change course late last year — and to do so fairly abruptly.“Inflation really…