GENEVA, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) — The chief of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) commended the vital status of China in global economy in a written interview with Xinhua in the advent of China's National Day. Mukhisa Kituyi …

Macro Horizons covers the main macroeconomic and policy news events affecting foreign-exchange, fixed income and equity markets around the world, as selected by editors in New York, London and Hong Kong. WRAP: The data from around the world …

(The following statement was released by the rating agency) Link to Fitch Ratings' Report: GEO September 2014 here LONDON, September 30 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings says in its latest Global Economic Outlook (GEO) that global growth will pick up in 2015 and …

Will the tensions in Hong Kong be the straw that breaks the global economy's back? That question is on many investors' minds as they watch the Chinese government's response to one of the biggest sociopolitical challenges it has faced in recent years.

By FITSNews || A new report released this week underscores the long-term problems facing the global economy in the wake of the recession and government-initiated “recovery.” Commissioned by the International Centre for Monetary and Banking Studies, …

Oil is in the midst of one of its steepest selloffs since the financial crisis, with prices falling 16 percent since mid-June. This has the Saudis contemplating even deeper cuts in oil production to keep prices from declining any further. The world's …

The protests in Hong Kong are not yet sparking fears that the region will become the next trouble spot for the global economy, but such concerns will grow if the conflict intensifies and ensnares China, economists say. Hong Kong is small, producing 0.4 …

Six years after the global financial crisis, regulators are still grappling with the problem of banks that are too big to be allowed to fail, a top German central banker said yesterday. Key reforms put in place post-crisis mean that it is less likely …

A “poisonous combination” of record debt and slowing growth suggest the global economy could be heading for another crisis, a hard-hitting report will warn on Monday. The 16th annual Geneva Report, commissioned by the International Centre for Monetary …