2025: The most-read stories reflecting key forces in the global economy
From record trade flows and rapid advances in artificial intelligence to slowing investment and mounting debt pressures, 2025 sent strong and often contradictory signals about the state of the global economy.
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Secretary-General Statements
15 October 2025
4th G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting: Session 1 – global macroeconomic stability
25 September 2025
G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting: 80th UN General Assembly side event
23 April 2025
2nd G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting – Session 1: State of the global economy
16 April 2025
P4G Viet Nam Summit - High-level plenary session: Sustainable and people-centered green transition
1 April 2025
United Nations General Assembly high-level meeting on middle income countries
20 February 2025
G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting: Discussions on the global geopolitical situation
Meetings
2 December 2025
Global economy 'on the brink' – launch of the Trade and Development Report 2025
Online and London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland16 – 17 December 2024
Workshop on financing and implementing the green transition: National and regional policy essentials
Bangkok, Thailand28 November 2024
Multi-year Expert Meeting on Enhancing the Enabling Economic Environment at All Levels in Support of Inclusive and Sustainable Development, and the Promotion of Economic Integration and Cooperation, seventh session
Geneva, Switzerland4 November 2024
Presentation of the report on the New Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance: Quantitative and qualitative elements
Online29 October 2024
Launch of the Trade and Development Report 2024
31 October 2023
Regional workshop on financing a green and just transition – with effective public development banks and development financial institutions
Bangkok, ThailandDocuments
02 Dec 2025
Trade and Development Report 2025: On the brink - trade, finance and the reshaping of the global economy
14 Nov 2025
Enhancing policy options for countries to finance their development goals sustainably
16 Apr 2025
Trade and development foresights 2025: Under pressure – uncertainty reshapes global economic prospects
28 Feb 2025
Independent evaluation of United Nations Development Account Project 2023Z: Response and Recovery: Mobilising financial resources for development in the time of Covid-19
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