Improved trade and global growth estimates are cause for cautious optimism, officials at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Spring Meetings said last weekend, while urging countries to adopt structural reforms to boost growth and reduce unemployment.

Uncertainty about the economy and domestic policy battles has had many manufacturers sitting on their wallets during the recovery, but that hesitation to invest may be abating, according to the two surveys. MAPI's non-U.S. investment index, which …

This post shows that if current GDP trends were to continue, even at a moderated pace, Asia will become the world's most important economic region and China the world's largest economy. Emerging market and developing economies have overtaken the …

SEOUL, April 18 (Yonhap) — The focus of the global economy is shifting from coping with the financial crisis to boosting economic growth, South Korea's top central banker said Friday, describing the discussions at last week's G20 meeting. Bank of …

China's gross domestic product growth slipped in the first quarter to its slowest level in 18 months as the world's second-largest economy continued to downshift. Reduced momentum in investment and consumption–key drivers of the economy–were behind …

The global economy is entering phase of heightened vulnerability to digital disruption – a threat likened to the US mortgage crisis, which was largely hidden until its dramatic collapse in 2008, a new report warns. Skip to next paragraph. Related …

(Reuters) – The world economy can expect steady growth at best over the coming year, but any rapid slowdown in China as it tries to rebalance its economy could upset the still-unsteady progress, Reuters polls showed. Growth in the United States, the …

SOUTH Africa is not an island, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Wednesday, and economic growth and development depends on the extent to which the country is integrated with the dominant global economic system. In a speech to mark 20 years of …

Even with all the recent turmoil in Emerging Markets, the current situation in Ukraine is the most dangerous. The world may be on the brink of a major geopolitical and economic shift. Some trades to ponder: short Russia and ruble, long dollar, long …