Stock traders will be watching a brief flurry of economic reports Thursday, but the main attraction could be the bond market. Reputed to be dull, bonds have been anything but this week. Caught in a tug of war between the opposing policy modes of a …

Beijing will seek to implement much needed reforms to unleash fresh growth drivers and put the world's second-largest economy on a more sustainable footing over time. The government has pledged to keep policy support "targeted" by boosting investment …

"A concerted slowdown in the China, euro zone and UK manufacturing PMIs as the second quarter gets under way raises alarm bells about global demand conditions," said Lena Komileva, chief economist at G+ Economics in London. "This raises serious …

Later this year, the world's media will focus on whether the G20 meeting achieves its stated main goal: to launch economic measures that will boost global gross domestic product by 2 per cent above business-as-usual growth within five years. If …

The global economy is divided at the moment into the good, the bad and the ugly. Two of the most populous nations can claim to be good. The US is growing and since business investment has taken off – an important factor delayed by Washington infighting …

One view is that France is hidebound by rules and regulations that are strangling the private sector, with the 35-hour week a symbol of a country that needs to wake up and face the harsh reality of life in the modern global economy. Jennifer McKeown …

The U.S. economy is ticking over at best. In a world preoccupied by geopolitical crises – from Ukraine, Iraq and Gaza to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa – the global economy has taken something of a back seat. But there are increasing signs it is in …

A supra-national body, the World Trade Organisation, was set up in Geneva to act as the global trade policeman and to facilitate further liberalisation. Russia was subjected to shock treatment that saw economy shrink by 40% by the end of the 1990s …

BRUSSELS – The European Central Bank meeting on Thursday is the prime event for markets seeking clarity on the bank's response to a stalled recovery, disappearing inflation and the sluggish pace of reform in the euro zone. Inflation in the 9.6 trillion …