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The UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) reports that world food prices decreased at the end of April after reaching an all-time high in March amid the conflict in Ukraine. In April, the FAO Food Price Index was 158.2 points,

After a sudden 8% decline in Swedish stocks, Citigroup Inc. said its London trading desk caused a flash crash in Europe that sent shares across the continent tumbling. A trader at the New York-based bank made an error when entering

A survey released on Saturday showed that the manufacturing sector in China fell to a six-month slump in April due to lockdowns that were carried out in Shanghai and other manufacturing hubs in the wake of COVID-19 outbreaks that were

The US stock market plummeted on Friday, with the Nasdaq marking its worst month since October 2008 and the S&P notching its worst month since March 2020 at the onset of the Covid pandemic. The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 4.2%, dragged

The annual inflation rate in Lebanon is the highest in the world according to recently announced Bloomberg data. As the financial meltdown in the Middle East nation worsens, Lebanon’s inflation rate has risen to the highest of all the countries

Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set the groundwork for cooperation and interoperability between Buna, the cross-border and multi-currency payment system owned by the AMF, and the Pan-African Payment and

According to a World Bank report, Iraq ranks higher than all Arab countries in terms of GDP growth in 2022 with 8.9 percent, exceeding the rest of the Arab countries, including Qatar, which is expected to grow by 4.9 percent,

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, which are meeting in Washington and are grappling with the impact of the Russian conflict with Ukraine, are focusing on the growing crisis of food insecurity and the skyrocketing prices of

The Iraqi Ministry of Industry and Minerals said in a statement on Tuesday that Iraq ranks first in the world for sulfur reserves, noting in particular that more than 400 million tons of sedimentary sulfur reserves are found in the

Jordanian Finance Minister Mohammad Al-Ississ discussed ways to enhance bilateral cooperation in the areas of finance, tax and customs with Saudi Finance Minister Mohammad Al-Jadaan. In the course of the meeting which was held at the sidelines of the Joint