I HAVE been in the UK for a week now. After an unrelenting schedule of meetings and sometimes fascinating discussions with various people, I decided to take a train to the west coast to get out of the urban jungle. Fortunately, the trip was long enough …

In any case, Janet Yellen's two-day appearance in the U.S. Congress from Tuesday will dominate global markets, which want above all to know how long the Federal Reserve will leave interest rates low after an unprecedented period of cheap money since …

In any case, Janet Yellen's two-day appearance in the U.S. Congress from Tuesday will dominate global markets, which want above all to know how long the Federal Reserve will leave interest rates low after an unprecedented period of cheap money since …

US Trust put out a report titled 101 Things Every Investor Should Know About The Global Economy earlier this year. Inspired by the report, we drew on some key global themes in terms of investment, trade, output, competitiveness and asset performance to …

An exceptionally bitter winter, the expiration of long-term unemployment benefits and a marked slowdown in restocking by businesses combined to drag down the world's largest economy, but these factors should have faded by April. Monthly jobs data …

Finance Minister Joe Oliver fears the turmoil in Ukraine and Iraq is potentially “dangerous” to the global economy, particularly in Europe where he says many countries are not living up to their promises to get their books in line. Canada's finance …

The rapid growth of the money management industry could have ill effects on the larger global economy, said a report from the Bank for International Settlements. In its annual report released Sunday, the bank says now that money management firms not …

The Dow Jones index breached 17,000 for the first time last week, days after the Bank for International Settlements – the global forum for central banks – said that markets were in a “euphoric” state and that keeping interest rates too low for too long …

Instead, Tuesday's report found a number of key policies—none of which included putting an economy-wide price on carbon—would lead to global GDP gains of between $1.8 trillion and $2.6 trillion a year by 2030, in terms of new jobs, increased crop …