As Russia's ties with the West and its business climate deteriorate, the world's largest energy exporter risks years of slow growth that could deepen its dependence on oil and gas and strengthen the state's dominance of the economy. “Even before Crimea …

UK-PMI-SERVICES-GLOBAL:Global economy grew nearly three percent in first Reuters Employees work at the assembly line of the Honda Amaze car inside the company's manufacturing plant in Tapukara, in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan, February 24, …

International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has highlighted a number of obstacles across the global economy that could hinder recovery and lead to years of “subpar growth”. Speaking in Washington ahead of the 2014 IMF-World Bank …

Global private equity firm KKR has bought $150mn worth of shipping loans from two European banks amid a surge of interest in the industry as world trade in goods picks up along with the global economy. There have been a flurry of deals in recent months …

As the situation with regards to Ukraine develops, what were relatively sector-specific outcomes will take on more global significance – making policy and economy yet more difficult to separate, the U.K.-based international consulting firm Oxford …

The recovery in the world's leading economies is strengthening but concerted action by governments is needed to rebuild lost dynamism, according to the latest Brookings Institution-Financial Times tracking index. With the upturn in advanced economies …

The global economy seemed to be on the mend when the International Monetary Fund met for its spring meeting in Washington 10 years ago. Alan Greenspan had cut official interest rates in the US to 1% after the collapse of the dotcom boom and the world's …

At the same time, there should be steps to open up and integrate the regional economies with the global economy. "Since the economic crisis, we have seen a breakdown in confidence in the idea of globalization, but a significant growth engine for Asian …

Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, in her April 2 speech in Washington, D.C., mentioned the discomfort that the ongoing standoff between the two neighbors brings to the global economy. Geopolitical tensions, risks …