LONDON — World leaders are expected to take a softly-softly approach to regulating the so-called shadow banking sector when they meet in Russia next month to avoid damaging the flow of finance to the global economy. While governments have cracked …

LONDON (Reuters) – More bricks in the global recovery wall are likely to slot into place in a week that could also yield more clues as to when the Federal Reserve will start unwinding its exceptional monetary stimulus. Updated gross domestic product …

HONG KONG Aug 23 (Reuters) – Hong Kong shares are set for a stronger open on Friday, supported by gains on Wall Street as upbeat business surveys from the U.S., Europe and China suggested the global economy is on a firmer footing. On Thursday, the …

Lagarde and many global central bank officials fear the increased risks of a sharp economic slowdown in emerging markets while the U.S. Federal Reserve is signaling that it could slow its bond purchases later this year if the U.S. economy continues to …

Lagarde and many global central bank officials fear the increased risks of a sharp economic slowdown in emerging markets while the U.S. Federal Reserve is signaling that it could slow its bond purchases later this year if the U.S. economy continues to …

Analysts said that investors, who have been shackled by concerns of an imminent reduction in the Federal Reserve's massive stimulus, are chasing the market higher after data from China, the U.S. and Europe suggested the global economy was on a firmer …

PARIS — Economic activity in the euro zone this month reached its highest level in more than two years as manufacturing grew, new survey data indicated on Thursday, providing another glimmer that a slow expansion might finally be under way.

The number of people over 60 years old has doubled in the past 30 years and is expected to grow at the same pace by 2050. Increasing pension payments at a time of massive layoffs could result in an unsupportable burden for the world's economies.

Because of copper's near ubiquity — the metal is used in almost everything with an on/off switch — many economists and investors look to it as a gauge of health of the global economy. The latest reason for optimism: HSBC's preliminary gauge of …