Employees walk in the corridor of the EGING Photovoltaic solar panels factory in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, 01 September 2022. EGING PV High-Efficiency Solar Cell Production FAB has about 250 Billion euros investment and designed annual output of 5GW efficient crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells. Since the beginning of operation in August 2021, MES+ AGV intelligent management has been adopted to build an intelligent manufacturing factory under digital and automatic running mode. EPA / ALEX PLAVEVSKI
Businessmen and women offer prayers for prosperity for their companies and the economy during the start of the New Year at the Kanda Myojin Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, 04 January 2022. EPA / FRANCK ROBICHON
Indian laborers work atop a commercial complex at a wholesale market, in Chennai, India, 01 February 2022. India unveiled on the day a nearly 39.5 trillion Indian Rupee budget (around 530 billion US dollar) for the upcoming financial year, proposing to step up investment in infrastructure to boost the country's economy, which has been slowed down by the COVID-19 pandemic. EPA / IDREES MOHAMMED
In an aerial picture taken with a drone, shipping containers and traffic on the Pulaski Skyway, a raised highway, in South Kearny, New Jersey, USA, 11 February 2022. Many industries are continuing to face supply chain issues which is one factor contributing to the rising rate of inflation in the US economy. EPA / JUSTIN LANE
A chef holds burgers in a food truck 'Matryoshka' in front of closed McDonald's in Moscow, Russia, 18 March 2022. Several foreign businesses have shut down their operation in Russia. EPA / YURI KOCHETKOV
An aid worker prepares emergency food rations provided by Mona relief agency for war-affected people, in Sana'a, Yemen, 24 April 2022. Nearly 23.4 million people in war-ravaged Yemen are estimated to require humanitarian assistance in 2022, of whom 12.9 million people are assessed to be in acute need, and around 161,000 people are likely to experience famine in 2022, a recent report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has estimated. Over seven years of armed conflict in the Arab country has caused the further worsening of its economy, making Yemen the world's worst humanitarian crisis with 80 percent of the 30-million population in need of humanitarian aid and protection. Yemen is highly dependent on imports for almost 90 percent of its food supply, including a significant share of staple wheat from Russia and Ukraine. EPA / YAHYA ARHAB
Passersby wearing faces masks are reflected in a stock market indicator board in Tokyo, Japan, 10 May 2022. EPA /FRANCK ROBICHON
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the start of the day in New York, New York, USA, 24 May 2022. EPA / JUSTIN LANE
A worker (C) prepares chickens at a wet market in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 24 May 2022. Malaysia will stop the export of 3.6 million whole chickens a month until production and prices stabilize, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said on 23 May. EPA / FAZRY ISMAIL
Traders follow stock prices at the Boursa Kuwait (Kuwait Stock Exchange) in Kuwait City, Kuwait, 07 June 2022. EPA / NOUFAL IBRAHIM
A man stands in front of a jumbo screen showing the latest economy and stock exchange updates, in Shanghai, China, 15 June 2022. EPA / ALEX PLAVEVSKI
Lebanese protesters clash with security forces during a protest against the power and water shortage, the high cost of living and the low purchasing power of the Lebanese pound, in front of the Lebanese Ministry of Economy in Beirut, Lebanon, 05 July 2022. EPA / WAEL HAMZEH
A worker monitors the scale at a scrap metal outlet in the township of Hopley, Harare, Zimbabwe, 08 July 2022. Due to over 90 percent unemployment and rising poverty in Zimbabwe as a result of economic decay, thousands have turned into scrap metal business for survival. EPA / AARON UFUMELI
Russian tourists spend time on a beach at Arkhipo-Osipovka Black Sea resort, Russia, 23 July 2022. Domestic tourism is becoming more and more popular in Russia. Over the past five years, almost every second person has spent at least one vacation in a Russian region, but restrictions on foreign trips for Russian citizens due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, have forced a huge number of them to choose travel within the country this summer. EPA / MAXIM SHIPENKOV
A combine harvester unloads wheat into a truck in a field near Obukhiv city, Kyiv region, 26 July 2022. EPA / ROMAN PILIPEY
Employees arrange dried 'krupuk' after frying them at a home factory in Depok, Indonesia, 09 August 2022. Krupuk are deep fried crackers made from starch and other ingredients. It is one of Indonesia's most popular snacks and it is usually eaten as a side dish. EPA / ADI WEDA
An employee works on the assembly line of the SAIC MAXUS car factory in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, 30 August 2022. EPA / ALEX PLAVEVSKI
Workers from TotalEnergies and Esso ExxonMobil released colored smoke bombs during a protest called by CGT union outside TotalEnergies refinery in La Mede, Chateau Neuf les Martigues, France, 11 October 2022. EPA /GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO
Kenyan blacksmiths work at a local factory making different iron made household utensils in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, 20 October 2022. Most small businesses in the country have continued to suffer greatly forcing many to close due to the ongoing biting economic times. According to data by the registrar of companies indicate that 2,540 entities were closed in 2021, 1255 more than in 2020. EPA / DANIEL IRUNGU
An aerial photo made with a drone shows farmers harvesting corn in a field near Darien, Wisconsin, USA, 02 November 2022. Farmers are less optimistic about their future due to rising interest rates and and shipping problems caused by low water levels in the Mississippi River system that is hampering their ability to ship their products according to the monthly survey conducted by the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. EPA / TANNEN MAURY
Supporters of Shor political party light smoke bombs during a protest against the government in Chisinau, Moldova, 06 November 2022. EPA / DUMITRU DORU
The debt clock on the Taxpayers' Association building indicates the total debt burden of the federal, state and local governments, in Berlin, Germany, 21 November 2022. The amount is rising by 11,240 Euros per second. The federal budget for the coming year is in place, and with it the return to the debt brake, which has been suspended for years. EPA / FILIP SINGER
Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank (ECB) (L) and European Commissioner for Economy, Paolo Gentiloni (R) at the start of a Eurogroup meeting in Luxembourg, 03 October 2022. EPA / JULIEN WARNAND