The World Economic Forum's annual gathering of elites in Davos has ended with many business leaders, world-class academics, top government officials and other elites casting an upbeat tone about economic prospects,

World leaders and business titans at the World Economic Forum called out widespread pessimism, siloed markets, regulation, and cultural weakness in Europe.

President Trump's 'America First' message takes shape, as the rest of the world begins to digest what it might mean for them and global trade.

World leaders and business executives left the Swiss mountain resort of Davos after a week of discussions dominated from a distance by Donald Trump's return as U.S. President.

Catch up on Wednesday’s news, views and action from day three of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

The do-gooders: The Greta Thunbergs of the Davos set. In between speaking engagements, they’re nibbling spirulina and mountain hemp at the Atelier Vert, drinking kombucha and refusing the merch. Probably hiked to Davos.

As delegates gathered for champagne at a US stock market hub on the Davos Promenade to watch Donald Trump's inauguration, there was a frisson of excitement.

It’s become something of a cliché for delegates at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting to quiz each other about “the mood in Davos”. The nearly 3,000 political leaders, executives, financiers, and policymakers who descended on the Swiss mountain resort last week offered differing answers to that theme.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde speaks on a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde discusses monetary policy at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the ECB president said Europe "must act on the offensive and not just on the defensive, this is a wake-up call. "Strong confidence that inflation will fa

Christine Lagarde said Europe needed to get better at keeping its talent and savings at home, adding that the new US administration’s decision to freeze some funding for former president Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act might remove one of the incentives to invest in the US.