So far, this year has been marked by significant global shifts, including increased geopolitical instability, the accelerating impact of AI and a changing labour market. Economic factors like new US tariffs are redrawing trade maps, while the energy transition shows progress and gender gaps persist. These seven charts from World Economic Forum reports help illustrate the inflection points this ...
The May 2025 Chief Economists Outlook explores key trends in the global economy, including the latest outlook for growth, inflation, monetary and fiscal policy. It underlines the exceptional uncertainty of the current economic environment, highlights key drivers and impacts, and discusses the compounding effect of an ongoing AI revolution. This series of reports draws on the individual and ...
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 'A Spirit of Dialogue' 19 – 23 January 2026 About the meeting World leaders from government, business, civil society and academia will convene in Davos to engage in forward-looking discussions to address global issues and set priorities. The call for bold collective action makes the meeting particularly ...
The Global Economic Futures: Productivity in 2030 report, developed in collaboration with Accenture, explores how the interaction of technology and human capital are shaping the future of productivity and sets out four scenarios for productivity in 2030. It presents a data-driven assessment of how businesses in different sectors may be affected and offers a set of actionable strategies to help ...
Explore stories about sustainable economic growth from the World Economic Forum, featuring strategies for increasing prosperity, promoting inclusivity, and reducing global inequality.
