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6 days agoUN cuts global growth forecast, blaming Middle East crisis
Global GDP growth forecasts were cut to 2.5% for 2026 and 2.8% for 2027 due to war-related energy and financial shocks.
But the Year of the Horse technically arrived on February 4, the first day of spring and the beginning of the new zodiac. As the seventh sign of the 12-year cycle of animal signs rooted in the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar, the Horse symbolizes freedom, vitality, and success, as seen in the Chinese idiom 馬到功成 ("When the horse arrives, success follows"). This is also a year of the Fire Horse, according to the sexagenary cycle.