Goods trade contracted slightly in the first quarter of 2023 as tight monetary conditions, growing financial stress, elevated geopolitical tensions and lingering pandemic-related disruptions in East Asia...
The key messages of this newsletter include: Trade expanded briskly in 2022 despite the invasion of Ukraine and growing global macroeconomic imbalances. The global impact of the war quickly dissipated...
New export orders have been shrinking since March 2022, amid cooling in China’s imports, war-induced disruptions in the trade of fuel and agricultural products, rising inflationary pressures, monetary...
This newsletter for the Month of June 22 has the following Key messages: The war is taking a heavy toll on Ukraine’s trade and affecting global trade. Monthly data shows that imports of maize (corn) by...
The key messages of this newsletter include: (i) the conflict in Ukraine has already disrupted shipping logistics in the Black Sea area and raised futures prices of fuels and key agricultural products...
Key messages: Trade in goods and services continued its robust recovery in February, on the eve of the war in Ukraine, even as trade in transportation equipment and international travel remained below...
The key messages of this newsletter include: (i) In 2021, global trade in goods and services returned to pre-pandemic levels, despite multiple headwinds.Global trade’s resilience may soon be tested again...
The key messages of this newsletter include: (i) Merchandise trade strengthened in November 2021 despite persistent value-chain bottlenecks and logistics constraints; (ii) Services trade is finally closing...
The key messages of this newsletter include: (i) Global merchandise trade has stabilized at levels above pre-pandemic but hides divergent trends for quantities (weakening since early 2021) and prices of...
2016 is the fifth consecutive year of sluggish trade growth and the year with the weakest trade performance since the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis. Current estimates of growth in the volumes...
2016 is the fifth consecutive year of sluggish trade growth and the year with the weakest trade performance since the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis. Current estimates of growth in the volumes...