LONDON – The end of the summer and the start of the school year is always a time of anticipation. It is an opportunity to take stock of the recent past and look ahead to what to expect in the final months of the year. In the world of global risk …

"This recession shows the exhaustion of a growth model that has been centred on internal consumption," said Eduardo Velho, chief economist at investment firm INVX Global in Sao Paulo. "It is a good picture of what the economy is suffering – a slowdown …

He adds: "You also need the right economic policies. One of the greatest problems in London, but also in New York, San Francisco and elsewhere, has been over-regulated property markets that have pushed up prices and squeezed out the middle classes, …

This is a dangerous game to play in our economy: to build a new, inspiring system that may have the same old-world problems — the most pressing of which is that we may already be creating an even bigger gap between the minorities and the majorities …

Optimism that central banks will support economic growth sent the MSCI All-Country World Index up 3.8 percent from its low this month. The S&P 500 has risen for 10 of the last 13 days and the Nasdaq Composite Index is about 10 percent from an all-time …

A draft of a forthcoming United Nations report on the effects of climate change paints a dark future for the global economy. It finds that the failure to take action has made large-scale climatic shifts inevitable. These shifts will result in …

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 trouble despite being awash with cash …

BUENOS AIRES (MNI) – Argentine Economy Minister Axel Kicillof warned Thursday that global factors are hurting the local economy, even as unions protest rapid inflation and opposition leaders point the finger at faulty policies. Kicillof said global …

Modi's leadership in Saarc — which besides India includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka — could be the key to reversing this trend and advancing the organisation and India to greater roles in the world economy.