Vast and global “black markets”—what national-security practitioners call shadow economies—are no longer peripheral nuisances but core strategic terrain. Trade executed outside regulatory, taxation, ...

While Germany's economy falters, the country is experiencing a rise in undeclared work. What role do taxes and generous state ...

Uzbekistan’s GDP grew at an estimated 6.5 percent rate in 2024, according to an annual report prepared by the Presidential Statistical Agency. It added that shadow and informal economic activity was ...

Private credit and the shadow banking system could be the next subprime crisis, lacking regulation and transparency as their size and risk-taking grow. The sector's explosive growth, now rivaling the ...

WELLINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - New Zealand published on Tuesday ‌new financial forecasts that show no return ‌to a budget surplus in the next five years, as the effects of a stuttering economy offset ...