The Anglo-Australian miner said the global economy was expected to strengthen over the rest of the 2014 financial year, which would provide continued support for commodities demand, "albeit at more moderate rates of growth." "In the longer term, the …

The U.S. economy wasn't always the biggest in the world. And in a few years, it will most likely lose its position as the biggest economy in the world. Here's an interesting chart from Nomura's Alastair Newton using data from economist Angus Maddison.

Slackening demand from these countries has a major impact on global prices. An erosion in confidence in these markets risks unleashing a "disinflationary impulse through the global economy," said Bruce Kasman, chief economist at JPMorgan Chase.

SOUTH Africa's economy is "well placed" to benefit when global economic growth and demand improve this year, Department of Trade and Industry chief economist Stephen Hanival says, although some economists warn that the growth in manufacturing will …

There's an old quote along the lines of if you're going to lie, make it a big one, repeat it like crazy, and eventually, people will regard it as truth. Truth is awfully cheap these days. For as buffaloed as most people are with the state of economic …

Most Americans act as though the global economy does not apply to them and many tend to ignore what happens in the rest of the world. Living in the US gives many the sense that they enjoy a financial bubble protecting them from the economics of the …

That may in itself lead to more concern about the prospects for global growth and emerging market activity in general," Knightley said. Conversely, purchasing manager indices for the euro zone for both manufacturing and services, also due on Thursday …

By Philip Blenkinsop. BRUSSELS Feb 16 (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve's stimulus taper and China's slowdown, twin factors behind this year's emerging market sell-off, will come firmly into view in the week ahead with minutes from the former and a …

With imports equivalent to 30 percent of its GDP, China is a major source of global demand. Exports to China as a percentage of GDP are largest in Asia and amongst the commodity exporters, so these countries would be hardest hit, Michala Marcussen, …