Economy

Growing confidence despite a disruptive start to the year.

The Saudi Vision 2030 project sets Saudi Arabia up for a series of transformative years.

Tigers and bears crossed their routes in Slovakia in 2023 and as absurd as it sounds, the fight was real.

Three major developments dominated the conversations in board rooms and living rooms in the U.S. in 2023: the economy, generative AI and an increasingly polarized political establishment.

The latest wave of the Ipsos Global Inflation Monitor finds people across 33 countries will have more money to spend in the next year as red-hot prices cool off slightly in many places; and almost half of the global public are seeing red over products getting smaller but prices staying the same.

Inflation has now been the top global concern in our What Worries the World survey for the last 20 months.

Sentiment is also up significantly in Poland, yet declines in Israel amid conflict.

February: One year on, is war still to blame for rising prices?

For the first time in Anholt-Ipsos Nation Brands Index history, Japan finishes in first place, completing its steady climb from fifth place in 2019. Germany drops down to second after a six-year reign, while Canada remains in third place overall. The United Kingdom and the United States climb the ranks and place fourth and sixth, respectively. Italy drops one rank and places fifth, while France sees the largest rank change within the top ten and falls from fifth to eighth place.