“Nobody's going to their bosses saying, 'Give me a raise or else,' because they are terrified that their bosses will say 'or else,'” Scott Hoyt wrote in the Los Angeles Times. Growth hasn't been strong enough to fully support the labor market, and …

Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev stated that Kazakhstan should be ready for the expected slowing of the global economy growth in the mid run, Newskaz.ru reports. “We should be ready to face a substantial weakening of the global economy …

Sovereign credit ratings upgrades on Friday for Spain and Greece had little impact on European markets as their respective economies have been improving for some time. Investors were also reluctant to take on too much risk ahead of European election …

TOKYO, May 23 (Reuters) – Asian shares edged up to one-year highs on Friday as investors welcomed signs of improving momentum in the world's biggest economies, with Tokyo's Nikkei poised to score its first weekly gain in nearly a month thanks to a …

(Updates with U.S. manufacturing data). * U.S. factory activity expands in May. * Euro zone private business growth slows. * Chinese factory activity improves but still contracting. * Japan shows similar trend, but export orders weaken. By Angela Moon …

The global economy is expected to strengthen over the next two years, despite a downgrade of growth prospects for some developing countries and transition economies, and "stubbornly slow" job growth, according to the United Nations World Economic …

ECONOMISTS expected 2014 to be the year in which the global expansion stepped up a gear. Instead, nearly five years into its recovery from a deep recession, the rich world's economy still looks disappointingly weak. America's GDP grew at an annualised …

A breakdown of China's PMI showed the handful of closely-watched indices that measure output, domestic and foreign demand in the world's second-biggest economy all recovered sharply in May to rise back above 50 points. New export orders had the …

"It is very important that he (Modi) gets a majority so that there is a stable government, at least with his allies who are not looking to their greed, but are in alignment to see how the economic growth comes and good governance comes," the Hinduja …