Surprised that Ivanka Trump was almost head of the World Bank? You shouldn’t be

Donald Trump wanting his daughter to have the top job at the World Bank is no great surprise. What intrigues me is the thought of Steven Mnuchin blocking it, writes Arwa Mahdawi

Covid pandemic has pushed poor countries to record debt levels – World Bank

‘Tragic reversal’ has set back progress, president says, as he calls for a comprehensive plan

Donald Trump’s own treasury secretary blocked Ivanka World Bank role – report

Steven Mnuchin said to have stopped move likely to have upset world leaders, which ‘came incredibly close to happening’

Will October again be memorable for wrong reasons as economic risks build?

Bad things happen in this month and, as IMF prepares for annual meeting, signs of a crisis loom

IMF to issue downbeat outlook as spectre of stagflation looms

Fund set for a gloomy annual meeting as supply chain issues and inflationary pressures hobble global recovery

OECD deal imposes global minimum corporate tax of 15%

Accord signed by 136 countries will enable them to raise tax on sales made by multinationals within their borders

What does the Irish tax deal mean for multinationals?

Tech titans came to Ireland for its tax lures – but may now stay despite Dublin’s agreement to raise its rates

Ireland ends 12.5% tax rate in OECD global pact

Low-tax policy of past 18 years had attracted multinationals such as Google and Facebook to Dublin

Global deal on 15% minimum tax rate for multinationals edges closer

Almost 140 countries understood to be in final OECD talks on measures to stop firms moving profits to tax havens

IMF cuts global economic forecast as pandemic ‘hobbles’ growth

Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva says most serious obstacle to full recovery remains Covid vaccine divide between rich and poor states

IMF boss Kristalina Georgieva ‘faces coup plot’

Renowned economist Joseph Stiglitz says chief is victim of conservative ‘hatchet job’ using unfair report to discredit her

Fuel crisis and supply shortages are a product of the UK’s economic model

Rising prices and lack of goods are what happens when just-in-time economy collides with skin-of-the-pants government

How the supply chain crisis is affecting six big economies

From container ship queues in the US to power cuts in China, the post-Covid pickup in activity is taking a toll

‘A perfect storm’: supply chain crisis could blow world economy off course

From Liverpool to LA, shortages of energy, labour and transport are threatening recovery from Covid

IMF warns of global risks from unregulated cryptocurrency boom

Greater financial instability, fraud and funding of terrorism likely unless governments toughen supervision, fund says