By Alan Wheatley, Global Economics Correspondent. LONDON, Aug 4 (Reuters) – China's monthly data deluge is likely to confirm that the world's second-largest economy is still moving down through the gears but is not about to come to a screeching halt.

LONDON: World economy was predicted to grow by 3.1 per cent this year as prospects for the global economy have worsened since early May, according to a forecast of the London-based National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR).

Blame tepid U.S. manufacturing growth, the lingering weak global economy, and a stronger U.S. dollar, which makes it harder to sell American goods and services overseas. Video. The unemployment rate fell to 7.4 percent last month. More than 4.2 million …

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The last updates before Friday's all important update on the US job market in July looked pretty darn good. Weekly claims for unemployment insurance fell to their lowest level since before the financial crisis was a twinkle in Ben Bernanke's eye. (They …

Overall, the data allayed fears that the global economy's mid-year lull would deepen, although much still hinges on how many jobs the U.S. economy added in July. That data is due Friday, and economists polled by Reuters expect a 184,000 gain in …

Tokyo – A failure of the economic policies promoted by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would take a toll on the global economy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said late Thursday. Abe has advocated aggressive monetary easing steps to …

And changed it has – China is currently the world's second-largest economy, which is precisely why investors worry about how demographic issues there will play out globally. How will China's shrinking birthrate affect global economic growth? Over the …

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