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 …

In the U.S., data at week's end will probably show a pickup in consumer sentiment in April as the economy emerges from a weather-related slowdown. Figures on U.K. industrial production are forecast to show further progress in manufacturing, and …

It's about the nascent signs of an upset that could derail China's credit markets and send shock waves through the global economy. Most of all, the dispute shows that any property correction in China will probably have its genesis in an unknown “fourth …

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde gestures as she speaks about the global economy at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington April 2, 2014. (Reuters / Kevin Lamarque). Tags. Crisis, EU …

The global economy is turning the corner of the Great Recession, although overall growth remains too slow and weak, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said. In a speech at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington ahead of …

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde urged worldwide banking officials on Wednesday to take more aggressive steps to spur growth, saying the global economy is recovering from the recession but the pace is still too slow.

The International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks to Judy Woodruff about the importance of financial and structural reforms in Ukraine, measuring the effects of sanctions on Russia, combating a sluggish global economy and …

Fears for the so-called lost generation look more valid by the day. Britain's chancellor might have the confidence to target full employment, but the problem of getting young people into work is a genuine…

In its 52-page "Global Economic Outlook and Strategy" report, Citi's Willem Buiter and his team give us a sense of where the world's major economies are headed. The economists expect the global economy to expand by 3.1% this year and by 3.4% in 2015.