Keywords: Economic growth


AI investment helps support global economic resilience despite energy shock

Strong investment in artificial intelligence is helping sustain global economic activity as countries face renewed pressure from higher energy prices and geopolitical uncertainty, according to the OECD’s latest Interim Economic Outlook. The organisation said the global economy has absorbed the......

Bank Al-Maghrib keeps key interest rate unchanged at 2.25%

Bank Al-Maghrib, Morocco’s central bank, has decided to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 2.25%, maintaining a cautious monetary policy stance amid continued uncertainty over the economic outlook. The decision was taken during the central bank’s third quarterly monetary policy......

IMF chief warns of multiple risks facing the global economy despite resilience

The global economy has shown greater resilience than expected, but persistent inflation, rising debt-servicing costs and the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence investment are creating a complex set of risks, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has warned. Speaking......

Guterres highlights Africa’s growing role as a global investment and growth hub

Africa is increasingly being positioned as an important destination for investment and economic expansion, as its natural resources, young population and growing technological sectors attract greater attention from international investors. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres highlighted......

World Bank: Morocco could unlock major productivity gains through deeper digitalisation

Morocco has made visible progress in adopting digital technologies, but a substantial gap remains between having access to digital tools and using them intensively across business operations. A new World Bank assessment identifies this “incomplete digitalisation” as a significant constraint......

Asia remains the main driver of global economic growth

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said global economic growth slowed slightly in the second quarter of 2026, with Asia continuing to provide the largest contribution to worldwide expansion. Real global gross domestic product growth fell to 0.7% in the second quarter, compared with 0.8% during the......

Morocco’s 2030 World Cup investment boom raises fiscal risk concerns

Morocco’s preparations for the 2030 FIFA World Cup are entering a phase of major infrastructure investment, with large-scale projects expected to reshape transport, sports facilities and other strategic infrastructure. But according to Fitch Ratings, the scale of this investment also creates potential......

Africa’s Demographic Surge Tests the Limits of Economic Growth

Africa continues to expand economically despite a difficult global environment, but the latest assessment from the African Development Bank (AfDB) points to a growing disconnect between headline growth figures and the realities facing millions of people entering the labour market. The continent has......

WTO warns global economic fragmentation could hit output and trade

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has warned that escalating trade and geopolitical tensions among major economic powers could fragment the global economy into competing blocs, potentially carrying significant costs for global output and international trade. In its latest annual report, the WTO said......