The danger here is that we risk cutting ourselves off from economic and cultural benefits which other countries maximise on with their well embedded language learning practices and provision. To compete in a global economy we need to speak the lingo.

The Washington-based fund has been a critic of the UK's over-dependence on consumers as well as the government's Help to Buy housing market scheme. But it will bring a welcome boost to chancellor George Osborne when it updates its World Economic …

Now there is a new scary monster haunting the global economy. Last week, Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, described falling prices as “the ogre that must be fought decisively”. She is the first high-profile …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The global economy is slowly picking up steam, led by advanced economies appearing to turn the corner after five years of financial crises and recession and a continued good performance by China, the World Bank said. However …

The two main drivers were a sharp rise in economic growth and a steady growth in the world's population, the report said. The largest contributor to global emissions was the burning of oil and coal and the draft report says its contribution is expected …

WASHINGTON — After a long and lumpy recovery, the world economy may finally be at a turning point with global growth expected to accelerate this year behind the rising strength of the U.S. and other major developed countries. But world finance leaders …

Global growth is set to accelerate in 2014 as advanced economies turn a corner five years after the global financial crisis, said the World Bank. Growth is projected to strengthen to 3.2 percent this year, 3.4 percent in 2015, and 3.6 percent in 2016 …

Sure, the global economy has issues. While GDP growth will be 3.2 per cent versus 2.4 per cent last year, the IMF forecasts, it warns the end of quantitative easing and the resulting rise in interest rates could cause some massive disruptions to global …

Extreme weather events such as floods and drought is the second biggest threat to the global economy according to WEF. “This is hardly surprising, given the devastating impacts of having too little water, or too much. While water's immediate impacts …