Turning to the economic data, Markit's Global PMI manufacturing index sums it up nicely: Global manufacturing activity cooled to a five-month low in March, but remains above its average for the current 16-month expansion. Activity increased for the …

WASHINGTON—The global economy risks years of sluggish growth without aggressive steps by central bankers and lawmakers around the world to boost output, the head of the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday. "The recovery is taking hold, but …

Ukrainian tanks near the Crimean capital of Simferopol. There is a serious risk that the current conflict in Ukraine will lead to Cold War II – and possibly even a hot war if Russia invades the east of the country. Photograph: Max Vetrov/AFP/Getty Images.

The global economic recovery was in want of necessary institutions to enable trade flow, said a report released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Tuesday. The Global Enabling Trade Report 2014 assessed and ranked the performance of 138 …

April 1 (Bloomberg) — Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, and Ken Sena, managing director at Evercore, discuss the government's focus on high-frequency trading and how it impacts markets and individual investors on …

With geopolitical issues calmer, even if not resolved, the financial markets are more likely to be guided more by global economic data and central bank deliberations. The ECB's Governing Council meets on Thursday and, although the vast majority of …

Japan's weakening corporate sentiment also helped keep alive market expectations that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) will boost its massive monetary stimulus in coming months to sustain recovery in the world's third-largest economy. "The final reading of the …

But economists warned that given seasonal patterns this was a sign of further weakness rather than improvement in the world's second-biggest economy. "Overall, both March PMI readings further underpin the weak start to the year experienced by the …

The weak performance of China's massive manufacturing sector remains a primary concern for the global economy. The final Markit/HSBC PMI gauge of factory activity fell to an eight-month low of 48.0 in March, and has remained below the 50 level since …