The world economy's twin giants are exerting conflicting pressures. As U.S. growth accelerated in the second quarter to the fastest rate since 2011, China's economy waned, with manufacturing and lending data pointing to a weakening in activity. A …

WRAP: The challenges of governing in a weak global economy were on display Monday. Most strikingly, the protests that have gripped Hong Kong speak to the difficulty that China has in trying to sustain the Communist Party's centralized control over …

When the global economy crashed in 2008, the list of culprits was long, including dozy regulators, greedy bankers and feckless subprime borrowers. Now the dismal science itself is in the dock, with much soul-searching over why economists failed to …

The risk of what Nobel laureate Paul Krugman calls "Japanification" – a semi-permanent economic funk – has haunted China for at least a couple of years now. Last week a Bank of America Merrill Lynch report again asked: "Will China Repeat Japan's …

The risk of the euro zone sliding into deflation and deeper stagnation is adding to the drag on the global economy from a slowdown in China, where authorities are trying to rein in lending, and concerns about conflict in the Middle East. But instead of …

The forum saw more than thirty CEOs and analysts presenting and answering questions about subjects that included an analysis of the global economy and its impact on Malaysia, the role of Asean, crisis resilience, Malaysian productivity, education and …

"The global economy, despite its ups and downs, is running as smoothly as it is because of that presence," Mabus said, "and that's what we have to maintain; that forward presence to make sure we are there, to make sure we are where we need to be when …

WASHINGTON — The economy grew more strongly than previously estimated in the second quarter, clocking the fastest pace since late 2011, the Commerce Department reported Friday. Gross domestic product surged at annual rate of 4.6%, the department …

At last weeks' 2014 Clinton Global Initiative, Paulson spoke on the panel "Confronting Climate Change Is Good Economics," along with Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Prime Minister of Denmark. Judith Rodin, President of The Rockefeller Foundation, served as …