The global economy has picked up but bold action is needed to surmount serious dangers and deliver the benefits more evenly, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Thursday. Lagarde said the Ukraine crisis, slower …

Singapore Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam speaks with Great Britain Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne during the G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors group photo on the sidelines of their meeting at World Bank …

The figures on April 14 kick off a week of U.S. economic data — including housing starts and industrial production — that are projected to show the world's largest economy strengthening after a weather-depressed start to 2014. Economies in Canada and …

The U.S. is resuming its role as an engine of global growth, this time one that just putt-putts along instead of purring. As the International Monetary Fund declares the strengthening U.S. economy is providing a “major impulse” to the world, economists …

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Major economies of the world cannot rest on their laurels even though the global economy is expected to strengthen this year, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said Friday. "This is no time for complacency, and we must not …

According to a senior finance department official, Oliver and Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz will be participating in discussions about how to return the world economy to sustainable growth and avoid deflation particularly in Europe, whose …

"I continue to believe that there is more deflation in the world than most people appreciate," Gundlach, who helps manage approximately $49 billion in assets, said. "We will see potentially a deflationary scare again," he added. Gundlach said that the …

Group of 20 finance chiefs are likely to discuss, at their two-day meeting in Washington from Thursday, how to prevent the Ukraine crisis and possible downturn in Russia's economy from dragging down global economic growth. Ahead of the G-20 gathering, …

The global economy has picked up but bold action is needed to surmount serious dangers and deliver the benefits more evenly, International Monetary Fund managing Director Christine Lagarde says. Lagarde said the Ukraine crisis, slower growth in …