Some economic optimism is connected with the EU. While growth has continued in emerging markets, it has slowed down in some of them, not least because of commodity price volatility. Global economic prospects for 2013 have been marked down and up …

A better global growth environment, combined with some current account improvement and better policy implementation might lead to an improved outlook for the South African economy in the year ahead, especially compared to last year. Johann Els …

Global economic growth should increase over the next two years with continuing signs of improvement, according to the United Nations World Economic Situation and Prospects 2014 (WESP) report. But, several uncertainties and downside risks continue to …

Getting this global trade agreement signed is a big deal for the president, and an important part of his pivot to Asia. It covers 12 Asia-Pacific countries and 40 percent of the world's economy. But if you thought the fight over the North American Free …

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outlined a bold vision of a high-tech Israel playing a central role in the global economy during his speech to the seventh conference of the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv on Tuesday night. Today's …

For the past decade the main driver of the world economy has been the emerging world: the BRICs, the growth markets, the “next 11”, whatever you choose to call them. We talk of the world recession of 2008/9 but there was no overall recession in the …

The global financial crisis returned us, with a vengeance, to a period in which markets need to watch governments closely, and vice versa. So here is a short list of key policy areas to watch in the world's three largest national economies. (I will …

American motorists still pay more than $3 per gallon for gasoline, even as consumption and demand have dropped in the last five years — an irony not lost on Bernard Weinstein. But the reason prices remain high, says the economist and associate …

A case in point is Turkey, a developing economy where many citizens incorrectly still see gold and real estate as their primary investment options. Turkish officials only now are joining the global movement to boost personal financial know-how. The …