The January Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index posted a softer-than-expected increase, up 2.8% from year-ago levels. Economists forecast that the PCE index would rise 2.9%. When volatile ...

The 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) shows that corruption is a dangerous problem in every part of the world, but change for the better is happening in many countries. Research also reveals ...

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EIU grades 167 countries out of ten according to the state of their democracy, and sorts them into four camps: full and flawed democracies, and hybrid and authoritarian regimes. By that measure, ...

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