Looking ahead, factors such as the internet revolution, the rise of smart machines, and the increasing high-tech component of products will have dramatic implications for jobs and the way we work. Yet governments are not thinking about this in a …

Many economists say they're optimistic that the troubles in emerging markets won't infect the global economy as a whole. They note that the biggest threats in the developing world are confined to modest-size economies — South Africa, Turkey, Argentina …

A year ago, at the Davos World Economic Forum, the new governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, was speaking about a time when the major economies would begin to grow sustainably again, without being pulled back into stagnation by low …

The former dean of the Philadelphia-based Drexel University LeBow College of Business will be among the speakers Tuesday at a free public forum examining the global economy and international markets. The forum will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at Drexel …

A raft of global business surveys, jobs data from the United States and central bank meetings in Europe should offer a clearer view on how well the global economy is faring at the start of 2014. Most economists have been expecting a better 12 months …

The China PMIs provided further reminders for markets of the pressures on the world's top emerging market economy as Beijing tries to push major reforms without tamping down growth too much. SUSTAINABLE GROWTH. China's government wants to …

One prime example of the yin-yang global economy is that better growth in the US may actually be bad news for EM, for two reasons: to the extent that is driven by re-industrialization it harms the manufacturing platforms in EM; and to the extent it …

In a recently published report, the IMF quotes an increase of global output of 3.7% this coming year, translated up from 3% last year. Thanking a marginally stronger U.S. economy, this would mark the fastest growing global economy since 2011. With many …

That could increase worries that weaker growth in Asia's economic powerhouse could spell trouble for markets and the world economy. Worries about Chinese growth were factors behind the recent selloff in emerging market assets, as many countries depend …