Not only is China the second-largest economic hub in the global economy, but China also exports a significant amount of its products to the global economy. If the country experiences a GDP decline, it's because there isn't demand in the global economy.

"Precise weapons, in effect, doesn't yield to strategic weapons in terms of its capabilities, which affects global power balance," Putin said, adding that Russia also must counter militarization of outer space and cyberspace as well as special operations.

Whilst this manipulated dynamic equilibrium is being established, global markets are imploding. For once, the global markets are actually signalling where the US should be going. Strategists are opining the wisdom of the “Long US and Short the Rest …

The program sends groups of 12 to 15 to countries around the world to help emerging markets move forward in terms of economic development. Since its launch in 2008, IBM has sent 2,400 of its best employees to 34 countries; that figure includes 50 …

A tapering of Quantitative Easing (QE) by the US Federal Reserve may hurt global growth, according to QNB Group. While the evidence is mixed on how much support QE provides to the US economy, the Fed's announcement on June 19 of its intention to …

Financial markets, of course, knew deep down that the Federal Reserve would have to start withdrawing its extraordinary monetary stimulus once the U.S. economy was out of the emergency ward.

Given the weakened global economy, Dolega said, imports would likely outpace exports in the coming months. “This will be somewhat offset by lesser U.S. energy import-dependence,” he said. “As global recovery gathers steam into 2014, we expect exports …

While the evidence is mixed on how much support QE provides to the US economy, the Fed's announcement on June 19 of its intention to start tapering QE later this year has produced a strong negative reaction in global financial markets with 10-year US …

1) The U.S. economy is the largest and most productive in the world – The U.S. accounts for one-fifth of global GDP with only 4.5% of the world's population. America's economy is nearly twice the size of China's in nominal dollars. Plus, the U.S. is …