This brief presents an overview of Ukraine's economy before and during the first ten months of the Russo-Ukraine war, as well as some preliminary considerations for the post-war economy. Although Ukraine's economic growth trailed many of its peers in the years leading up the invasion, the...

Since early 2021, consumer price inflation has risen sharply across the advanced economies, including the US, the euro area and Denmark. We argue that the surge in inflation in the three economies in 2021-22 reflects multiple factors, including the Covid19 pandemic in 2020-21 and the Russian war...

The President of the United Nations General Assembly has appointed the German and Namibian permanent representatives as co-facilitators for the Summit of the Future. The summit is scheduled for September 2024. Its aim is to reinforce the UN and global governance structures to better address old...

Nordrhein-Westfalen ist wie Gesamtdeutschland in einer wirtschaftlichen Krisensituation. Schon im ersten Halbjahr 2022 war das Wirtschaftswachstum leicht unter dem Bundestrend, ähnlich zur Situation der anderen großen Flächenländer. Die Einschätzungen der Unternehmen sind für das Jahr 2023...