The World Bank

Over the last year, key commodity futures have risen sharply. Wheat futures have gained 48% year-over-year to levels not seen since 2013. Soybean futures are up 87% since last year to levels not seen since mid-2013. Corn futures are up 124% year-over-year to levels not seen since 2013. Lumber...

The World Bank said Monday that its Board of Executive Directors has approved $12 billion in financing for developing countries to purchase and distribute COVID-19 vaccines, tests, and treatments. What Happened: The sum will support the vaccination of up to one billion people and constitutes a...

Thanks in large part to soaring precious metals prices, the iShares MSCI All Peru Capped Index Fund (NYSE: EPU) is up nearly 48.7 percent this year. That is better than triple the returns offered by the iShares S&P Latin America 40 Index (ETF) (NYSE: ILF) and more than 11 times the performance...

On Monday, the World Bank revised its growth expectations for the developing East Asia and Pacific region down to 7.1 percent for 2014 and 2015 from its previous forecast of 7.2 percent growth. The bank also trimmed its growth expectations in 2014 for China from 7.7 percent to 7.6 percent,...